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9Jul/10

Fishery adapts years after N.L. cod closure

Fishery adapts years after N.L. cod closure "It's science and it's sustainability and they go hand in hand," he said. Science, though, has had problems of its own. With the decline in the commercial value of traditional fisheries, successive federal governments...
Source: CBC News

23Jun/10

Chris Genovali: Would a Grizzly Bear Certify This Fishery?

Chris Genovali: Would a Grizzly Bear Certify This Fishery? The Raincoast Conservation Foundation recognizes the value that certification could play in terms of improving fisheries practices. However, we are very concerned that MSC criteria has set the bar too low, and by doing so they are endorsing...
Source: Huffington Post

28May/10

OUTDOORS: Anglers get one more crack at ocean halibut

OUTDOORS: Anglers get one more crack at ocean halibut This fishery is governed by the department's ESA Section 10 Permit...
Source: The Bellingham Herald

25May/10

Enviro group launches input sessions on catch shares

Enviro group launches input sessions on catch shares Starting with the surf clam and quahog fishery in the Mid-Atlantic in 1990, about 10 percent of U.S. fisheries have been reorganized under catch share principles, replacing the notion of the wild prey as commonly owned with a system...
Source: Gloucester Daily Times

5May/10

Atlantic State Marine Fisheries Commission: ‘Menhaden Resource is Not Overfished … Overfishing Not Occurring.’

Atlantic State Marine Fisheries Commission: 'Menhaden Resource is Not Overfished ... Overfishing Not Occurring.' He added, "We believe that the menhaden fishery should continue to be managed based on the best available science...
Source: PR Newswire

3May/10

NO MORE PERMITS! SAVE THE FOOD CHAIN!

NO MORE PERMITS! SAVE THE FOOD CHAIN! Oyster FARMING is not a fishery. They are not even NATIVE! Please issue this order immediately and SAVE OUR WHALES, SALMON...
Source: Oregon Live

30Mar/10

Limits, bans up for discussion – roanoke.com

The other is a fishery for wild brown trout, most of which are small. Allowing the harvest of smaller brown trout streamwide, biologists surmise, could actually help...
Source: Roanoke.com

17Mar/10

Pacific Smelt Added to Threatened Species List

The food and bait species has gone into abrupt decline, possibly due to warming of the ocean. The ocean shrimp trawl fishery may have to make additional gear modifications to reduce accidental catches.
Source: Northwest Public Radio

6Feb/10

Momentum builds for United We Fish March

In that role, she has undertaken a high-pressure effort to convert the fisheries to a new regulatory system based on catch shares, which divide a total allowable catch for each species in each fishery into fishermen's...
Source: Gloucester Daily Times

3Jan/10

Taiwan grouper farmers struggle to keep heads above water

The fishery, however, was nearly drowned by a mass inundation triggered by Typhoon Morakot, with 90 percent of the grouper farms washed away or choked by ...

Source : eTaiwan News