Salmon Escapes from B.C., Scottish Farms Renew Controversy
"The latest mass escape from a British Columbia fish farm has led to renewed calls from the New Democratic Party to change how the farms are run."
Source: Canadian Press, 10/27/2009
Fish & Fisheries
"Watching the Changes in Narragansett Bay for Half a Century"
A trawl survey that has been conducted weekly for some 50 years in Narragansett Bay is finding profound changes in the composition of sea life there. Biologically, the news is bad. Despite huge investments in cleaning up the Bay, climate change seems to be the villain.
Source: Providence Journal, 10/26/2009
"European Cod Stocks Collapsing"
"Cod is slipping closer to disappearing from key European fishing grounds, officials warned Friday, saying that only steep catch cuts will prevent the disappearance of a species prized for centuries for its flaky white flesh."
Source: AP, 10/19/2009
"Critics Contest Dam Plan in Northwest"
"The Obama administration’s new plan to show that salmon and hydroelectric dams can coexist along the Columbia and Snake Rivers is not all that different from the Bush administration’s old plan, according to critics who want a federal judge to rule against it."
Source: NYTimes, 10/12/2009
"California 'Inventing New River' To Lure Salmon Back"
Federal water managers open valves this week for an ambitious effort to restore salmon from the San Joaquin River.
Source: AP, 10/05/2009
"Scarcity of King Salmon Hurt Alaskan Fishermen"
"Just a few years ago, king salmon played an outsize role in villages along the Yukon River....But this year, a total ban on commercial fishing for king salmon on the river in Alaska has strained poor communities and stripped the prized Yukon fish off menus in the lower 48 states."
Source: NYTimes, 10/05/2009
"Bering Sea Pollock Survey Finds Fewer Fish Than Anticipated"
"Government researchers have released data indicating that Alaska's Bering Sea pollock population remains low. ... The pollock fishery in the eastern Bering is the nation's largest commercial fish harvest by weight, and it is Alaska's most valuable fishery, worth nearly $1 billion annually."
Source: Anchorage Daily News, 09/21/2009
"New Northwest Salmon Plan Modifies Bush Approach"
"Seattle -- Fisheries managers announced Tuesday that they would enhance but not significantly alter the government's current strategy for saving salmon from extinction in the rivers of the Pacific Northwest, drawing criticism from conservationists."
Source: LA Times, 09/16/2009
"Male Bass in Many US Rivers Feminized, Study Finds"
"Government scientists figure that one out of five male black bass in American river basins have egg cells growing inside their sexual organs, a sign of how widespread fish feminizing has become."
Source: AP, 09/15/2009
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