Fisheries in the News: October 2009

Excerpted from the Top of the World Telegraph

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Title	Date	Publication	keyword	Summary
Minimal startle effect on fish by seismic acquisition	10-27	Norway Post	seismic	There are no documented negative effects on fisheries from seismic acquisition, with the exception of gillnet fishing for saithe and haddock ...
Alaska Federation of Natives to consider asking Commerce secretary to overturn king salmon bycatch limit	10-22	Arctic Sounder	salmon	The Alaska Federation of Natives will consider a resolution asking U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke to reject a decision by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council limiting the amount of king salmon that can be caught by the pollock fishing industry ...
Increased quotas for Barents Sea stocks	10-21	Barents Observer	quota	Russia and Norway have renewed the agreement on joint management on the common fish stocks in the Barents Sea ...
EU ban on sales from recreational fishing will hit Finnish enthusiasts	10-20	Sanomat	sportfishing	European Union fisheries ministers reached agreement on a new control regime to prevent fishermen across the EU from landing illegal catches ...
Costly fisheries dispute between Norway and the EU	10-12	Norway Post	mackerel	The Norwegian fisheries industry as a whole stands to lose at least NOK one billion, after the EU banned Norwegian fishermen from catching mackerel in EU waters ...
Modeling future fish catches	10-08	New York Times	modeling	Global warming will not necessarily change the amount of fish caught half a century from now, but it will shift catches away from the tropics toward the poles ...
EU threatens the Greenland shrimp	10-06	Sermitsiaq	shrimp	The European Union plans to lower customs duty on shrimp from six percent to zero for third-world countries in an effort to increase commodity supplies to the European fishing industry ...
Northern Greenland predict billions in lost income	10-06	Sermitsiaq	halibut	Greenland's large northern council of Qaasuitsup Kommunea is strongly appealing to the government to increase the quota for Greenland halibut in areas around Upernavik and Uummannaq ...
Editorial: Safer Alaskan Seas	10-06	Anchorage Daily News	safety	In Alaska fishing for a living will always be dangerous work, even with more rational seasons ...
Norwegian seafood exports worth than NOK 30 billion	10-06	Norway Post	commerce	So far this year Norway has exported seafood worth NOK 30.6 billion. This is NOK 4.7 billion or 18 per cent higher than for the same period last year ...
Fisheries dispute between Norway and the EU	10-05	Norway Post	fisheries	The Norwegian ambassador to the EU has delivered a formal protest to the EU Commission, after Norwegian fishermen have been turned away from EU waters ...
Scarcity of king salmon hurt Alaskan fishermen	10-02	New York Times	salmon	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 ...