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Plan would ban U.S. commercial fishing in Arctic Ocean

Space & Earth / Environment

created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity 2.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0

Federal fishery regulators Thursday approved an unprecedented plan to ban U.S. commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean.





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NOAA bans commercial harvesting of krill

Biology / Ecology

created Jul 13, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) today published a final rule in the Federal Register prohibiting the harvesting of krill in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) off the coasts of California, Oregon, ...


Commerce secretary approves Arctic fisheries plan

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created Aug 21, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

(AP) -- The nation's secretary of commerce has approved a plan that would prohibit an expansion of commercial fishing in the Arctic, at least until more is known about the area.


King salmon vanishing in Alaska, smokehouses empty

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created Aug 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

(AP) -- Yukon River smokehouses should be filled this summer with oil-rich strips of king salmon - long used by Alaska Natives as a high-energy food to get through the long Alaska winters. But they're mostly empty.


A pilot program for harvesting Kodiak rockfish

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created Jan 31, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In 2007, fishing for Pacific Rockfish (Sebastes sp.) took place in the Central Gulf of Alaska under a 5-year pilot program that incorporated fishery cooperatives instead of the usual “race for fish.” Results after the first ...


World interest in Australian fishery impact test

World interest in Australian fishery impact test

Biology / Ecology

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

An Australian method for assessing the environmental impact of marine fisheries has caught the eye of fishery management agencies worldwide.


New study finds catch shares improve consistency, not health, of fisheries

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created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Catch share programs result in more consistent and predictable fisheries but do not necessarily improve ecological conditions, according to a new study published online this week by the journal Proceedings of the National ...


To manage a fishery, you must know how the fish die

To manage a fishery, you must know how the fish die

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created Aug 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Recreational anglers and commercial fishermen understand you need good fishery management to make sure there will be healthy populations of fish for generations to come. And making good management decisions ...


Helping Albacore tuna come out of the can

Helping Albacore tuna come out of the can

Biology / Ecology

created Aug 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists are set to study the earbones and organs of more than 2000 albacore tuna to better understand the growth, age and breeding patterns of this increasingly important species.


Satellite imagery shows Typhoon Vamco has a huge 45-mile wide eye

Satellite imagery shows Typhoon Vamco has a huge 45-mile wide eye

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created Aug 24, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Typhoon Vamco is being as stubborn in its quest to live in the Pacific Ocean as Bill is in the Atlantic Ocean this week, and NASA satellite data confirmed that the large storm has a huge eye, about 45 miles ...


Unfavorable ocean conditions likely cause of low 2007 salmon returns along West Coast

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created Mar 03, 2008 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

NOAA scientists are reviewing unusual environmental conditions in the Pacific Ocean as the likely culprit for the dramatically low returns of Chinook and coho salmon to rivers and streams along the West Coast of the United ...



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