Fisheries in the News: August 2009
Excerpted from the Top of the World Telegraph
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| Title | Date | Publication | keyword | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Take a few simple steps to reduce ocean acidification | 08-28 | Anchorage Daily News | editorial | Because carbon dioxide dissolves better in colder water, ocean acidification is happening fastest near the poles, including here in Alaska ... |
| More efficient fisheries management | 08-28 | Norden | management | Overcapacity, overfishing and poor financial rewards are just some of the problems faced by fisheries management the world over ... |
| Research for Arctic development called out of date | 08-27 | Arctic Sounder | research | Is the Arctic ready for a fishing fleet? “The lack of scientific information should mean that the nations of the world will restrain themselves ..." |
| Russian salmon threatens Atlantic salmon | 08-26 | Barents Observer | salmon | The humpback salmon has spread from Russian rivers and over to Norwegian rivers, and is now threatening the existence of the wild Atlantic salmon in Norwegian rivers ... |
| Climate change gives record Arctic cod catch | 08-25 | Barents Observer | cod | According to marine researchers, the cod stocks in the Barents Sea now grow with about one million tons per year due to warmer water in the Norwegian and Barents seas ... |
| Sharp decline in large female salmon in Teno River | 08-25 | Helsinging Sanomat | salmon | Researchers are concerned about the decline in the in the number of large female salmon weighing >10 kg in the River Teno, which marks the border between Finland and Norway ... |
| A real fish story | 08-24 | New York Times | editorial | Here is an unusual fish story. And a positive one ... |
| Wise course | 08-23 | Anchorage Daily News | editorial | The goal of this wise decision is not to forever ban fishing in the Arctic, but to know what we're doing before we fish ... |
| Mapping underway of Pribilof Canyon | 08-21 | Alaska Public Radio Network | mapping | Scientists, industry, federal agencies and communities are working together to map the productive Bering Sea Pribilof Canyon Ecosystem ... |
| US closes parts of Arctic to commercial fishing | 08-21 | Christian Science Monitor | commerce | Vast areas of the Arctic Ocean are now officially no-go areas for commercial fishermen ... |
| 08-20 | Los Angeles Times | commerce | In an attempt to head off a major commercial fishing march into the Arctic, the Obama administration has declared a moratorium on expanded fishing in the still-uncharted waters of the far north ... | |
| Scotland and Norway sign memorandum | 08-18 | Norway Post | aquaculture | Scotland and Norway have signed a Memorandum of Understanding on aquaculture ... |
| Record ocean warmth worries fishermen | 08-17 | Juneau Empire | oceanography | Ocean surface temperatures around the world were the warmest on record for the month of June, according to federal scientists ... |
| New findings show increased ocean acidification in Alaska waters | 08-13 | SitNews | acidification | According to new findings by a University of Alaska Fairbanks scientist, Alaska's oceans are becoming increasingly acidic, which could damage Alaska's king crab and salmon fisheries ... |
| Fraser River's salmon stocks "beyond a crisis" | 08-13 | Globe and Mail | salmon | Between 10.6 million and 13 million sockeye were expected to return to the Fraser River this summer. But the official count is now just 1.7 million ... |
| Alaska candidate for top NMFS job pulls out | 08-11 | Gloucester Daily | fisheries | Arne Fuglvog of Alaska cited the length of the process in a July 31 letter asking NOAA to take him out of the running for its NMFS job ... |
| Greenpeace launches cod fishing protest | 08-11 | The Local | cod | Activists for environmental group Greenpeace have started dropping boulders into EU-protected cod fishing grounds off Sweden to impede bottom-trawling, a spokesperson confirmed ... |
| International study shows some success in efforts to curb over-fishing | 08-07 | Alaska Journal of Commerce | conservation | An international study assessing the status of marine fisheries and ecosystems concludes that efforts to curb over-fishing are beginning to succeed in five of the 10 large marine ecosystems examined ... |
| Marine pest species costing billions in damage to fisheries | 08-06 | Science Daily | pests | Marine pest species costing billions in damage to fisheries, coastal communities and infrastructure are spreading ... |
| US offshore fish farms swimming in controversy | 08-03 | Scientific American | farming | New legislation would prevent NOAA and regional fishery management councils from permitting offshore aquaculture under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Management Act ... |
| Halibut threatens compensation case | 08-02 | Sermitsiaq | commerce | Halibut Greenland has lodged a complaint over the treatment the company has received in connection with getting permission to install a trading vessel in Upernavik ... |
| Declining king run devastating to Alaska river villages | 08-02 | Anchorage Daily News | salmon | One Alaska river after another has been closed to king fishing this summer because significant numbers of fish failed to return to spawn ... |
The purpose of the 2009 International Arctic Fisheries Symposium was
to initiate international discussions for conserving
and managing future fisheries in the Arctic Ocean,
including managing migratory, transboundary
and straddling fish stocks.
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