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Who's watching the watchdog? Harassment reports against fishing observers double	Andrew Sharpless	07 Sep 2007	Gristmill
In just one year, attacks have doubled on government observers contracted to collect catch and bycatch information from commercial fishing fleets. Observers are the only independent source of data we have for tracking catches, monitoring quotas and recording harmful activity. They're contracted under NOAA, an agency within the Department of Commerce that conducts environmental research. But the agency has ceased collecting data on reports of harassment or int ...
Topics: fishing, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, oceans (all these topics)

Everyone loves a happy ending One lucky sea turtle released back into the wild	Andrew Sharpless	05 Sep 2007	Gristmill
Four hooks in the throat and belly, three hooks embedded in the skin, two feet of fishing line in the stomach -- one happy ending for a lucky loggerhead sea turtle. After months of rehabilitation, rescuers in Florida finally released a female sea turtle, estimated between 40 and 50 years of age. She took off quickly, according to witnesses, hopefully never to again to be so hooked and entangled. That's an optimistic point of view. Trouble is all the commercia ...
Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Greenie Get Your Gun Number of hunters and fishers in U.S. has declined since 1996		04 Sep 2007	News
Posted at 7:50 AM on 04 Sep 2007 Wildlife agencies have been scrambling to make up funding shortfalls in the last few years due at least in part to a drop in the number of hunters and fishers and the revenue-generating licenses they buy. According to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, hunter numbers have declined about 10 percent between 1996 and 2006, down to about 12.5 million from 14 million, due in part to t ...
Topics: fishing, news, sports, United States, wildlife (all these topics)

Because whaling is so last season Iceland announces it will reinstate whaling ban next year	Andrew Sharpless	30 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Rejoining the 21st century is Iceland, who after lifting its 10-year-old whaling ban just a year ago, announced it will reinstate the ban for the coming season because the whaling market just isn't as lucrative as it used to be. The Iceland announcement marks a victory for whales, though many obstacles remain. Bycatch still threatens the survival of many smaller whale species and sonar disorients whales, which use sound to communicate and to navigate their migrat ...
Topics: fishing, Iceland, whaling, wildlife (all these topics)

The Shrimp and Petroleum Festival... ... for real	Roz Cummins	30 Aug 2007	Gristmill
It sounds like an unappetizing combination, I know, but it's for real: http://www.shrimp-petrofest.org/
Topics: fishing, food, funnies, Louisiana, oil (all these topics)

Scaling Down Another judge rules that hatchery fish don't count when determining ESA status		17 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Scaling Down Another judge rules that hatchery fish don't count when determining ESA status The federal government does not have to count hatchery fish along with wild fish when deciding whether to protect dwindling Northwest populations under the Endangered Species Act, U.S. District Judge Michael Hogan ruled yesterday. In 2001, Hogan had ruled in favor of builders and farmers, saying that the feds should count hatchery ...
Topics: endangered species, fishing, news (all these topics)

Bring in the Reserves Bush administration expands marine reserves off Southern California		10 Aug 2007	Daily Grist
Bring in the Reserves Bush administration expands marine reserves off Southern California Ending eight years of debate and study, the Bush administration yesterday announced the expansion of a network of marine reserves around Southern California's Channel Islands. The move permanently bans recreational fishing in an area of some 150 square miles; nearly 80 percent of the area remains open to sport and comm ...
Topics: California, fishing, George Bush, news, oceans (all these topics)

Sobering fish story Turning the seas into sterile wastelands	JMG	06 Aug 2007	Gristmill
I don't eat meat, or fish, or, as a friend puts it, anything with a face. (This comes up because in the Midwest, when you tell your host you are a vegetarian, you will be asked, 'What about chicken? Do you eat that?' So you need a quick summary that describes the boundaries of your food weirdness.) Occasionally people will assure me that I should be eating fish for the health benefits. After watching an extraordinary documentary feature called Deep Trouble by the BBC, I'm con ...
Topics: fishing, oceans (all these topics)

It's time to cut the bait Too many boats are fishing for too few fish	Andrew Sharpless	03 Aug 2007	Gristmill
Here's a remarkable fact: Global fishery collapse is financed with tax money. You already know that many nations are failing to enforce the laws that are essential to keeping our oceans healthy and abundant forever. Instead, they are presiding over a global ocean collapse. According to a report in Science, 29 percent of the world's commercial fisheries have already collapsed. This is terrible news for the billion people who turn to the ocean for protein, th ...
Topics: fishing, international politics, oceans, politics (all these topics)

The good news is that we're pulling mercury from the ocean The worst good news/bad news tale ever told	JMG	25 Jul 2007	Gristmill
The bad news is that we're doing it by eating the fish that are eating the concentrated mercury in the food chain, further concentrating it in ... us. Mad as hatters we are! This could also have been titled, "Another reason that coal is the enemy of the human race (or at least those members of it that like to eat)."
Topics: fishing, food, mercury, oceans, toxics (all these topics)

Your media at work The continuing quest to find something, anything to bash Gore with	David Roberts	18 Jul 2007	Gristmill
People magazine reports that Al Gore's daughter Sarah just got married, revealing in the course of the article that Chilean sea bass was served at the rehearsal dinner. In the Daily Telegraph, Australian Humane Society Rebecca Keeble writes that 'only one week after Live Earth, Al Gore's green credentials slipped.' Why? Because Chilean sea bass is endangered. ABC politics columnist Jake Tapper, smelling the kind of vapid, gimmicky story upon which his profession thr ...
Topics: Al Gore, endangered species, fishing, food, oceans (all these topics)

West African fisheries being destroyed Unsustainability in the water	Jon Rynn	18 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Poor African countries have been selling their fishing rights to richer countries for years, and now they can neither catch enough fish for their populations nor protect their fisheries from collapsing. In today's Wall Street Journal (behind a subscriber wall), the grim state of affairs is laid out: Wealthy countries subsidize their commercial fishermen to the tune of about $30 billion a year. Their goal is to keep their fishermen on the water. China, for example, provid ...
Topics: fishing, oceans (all these topics)

Do You Really Want to Grill a Fish? All you need for summer seafood splendor	Roz Cummins	12 Jul 2007	'Tis the Season
As you might imagine, people often ask me what species of fish are the best to eat in terms of environmental and health concerns. I usually respond by saying, "OK, how much free time do you have? Are you sitting down? Do you have access to the internet? Do you have a cold compress for your forehead? Are next-of-kin present and available to care for you if you keel over from information ov ...
Topics: aquaculture, fishing, food, green living, recipes, Tis the Season (all these topics)

Ranger crew encounters jellyfish swarm Overfishing, pollution contribute to exponential rise	Andrew Sharpless	11 Jul 2007	Gristmill
Oceana divers documenting the state of ecological communities in Cabrera Marine Park along the Mediterranean Coast encountered swarms of jellyfish, with numbers in the thousands, 30 miles south of the area. On a seamount some 130 meters from the surface, Oceana's unmanned submarine robot revealed especially high concentrations of these jellies that have wreaked havoc along the Mediterranean in years past. Oceana is working to have the area added to the national p ...
Topics: biodiversity, fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Sustainable Fillet-O-Fish? I'm lovin' it	Samuel Fromartz	20 Jun 2007	Gristmill
I've got an interview over at Salon with Charles Clover, a British journalist who has been covering the oceans for 20 years and has a book out, End of the Line. Among his more startling revelations: that McDonald's fish sandwich is more sustainable than Nobu's menu (the restaurant for the stars), because it is sourced from an Alaskan fishery certified by the Marine Stewardship Council. McDonald's, though, does not advertise the MSC label because then it would have ...
Topics: business, fishing, food, green living (all these topics)

Gillnetters get the boot Latest victory protects Pacific sea turtles	Andrew Sharpless	20 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Endangered leatherback sea turtles migrating from an Indonesian beach to feed on jellyfish off the Pacific coast have one less obstacle to overcome. NOAA has denied issuance of the special exempted fishing permit required for gillnet boats to operate in an area of coast stretching from central California to central Oregon, during the time critically endangered leatherback sea turtles are feeding there.Commercial fishing operations kill an estimated 10,000 sea tu ...
Topics: fishing, oceans, wildlife (all these topics)

Understatement of the week	Kit Stolz	17 Jun 2007	Gristmill
A federal judge tells the Bush administration that, yes, there is a difference between wild fish and farmed fish. 'A healthy hatchery population is not necessarily an indication of a healthy natural population,' [Judge Coughenour] said.Insert your insult here ...
Topics: agriculture, aquaculture, fishing, food (all these topics)

Frozen in their footprints North Pacific Fishery Management Council protects seafloor habitat areas in Bering Sea	Andrew Sharpless	15 Jun 2007	Gristmill
It's official -- and unanimous. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to ban bottom trawling of some 180,000 square miles of previously unexploited ocean floor in the Bering Sea, particularly in the North. The area is home to 26 species of marine mammals, including whales and walruses, as well as 450 species of fish and million of seabirds that flock to the region from all seven continents. This is a great victory for the oceans and Oceana, too, sinc ...
Topics: biodiversity, fishing, habitat loss, oceans (all these topics)

Don't Count Your Hatchery Salmon Before They Hatch, or Even After Judge rules hatchery fish don't count when determining ESA status		14 Jun 2007	Daily Grist
Don't Count Your Hatchery Salmon Before They Hatch, or Even After Judge rules hatchery fish don't count when determining ESA status A federal judge in Washington state has overturned a contentious Bush administration policy that had tallied hatchery-raised fish as well as wild populations when determining the species' status under the Endangered Species Act. Under that policy, that a collection of green groups sued to overturn, ...
Topics: endangered species, fishing (all these topics)

Power of a map Washington watersheds deserve better data	Erik Hoffner	14 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Water-typing is the name for a process of identifying and cateorizing streams, lakes, and wetlands in terms of their importance for biodiversity and human use. It's a pretty basic inventory developed by the Washington Department of Natural Resources in the 1970s, and it works, but only when it's done right. The accompanying image shows what happens when it's done wrong. In January, this important habitat for fish was logged without any protection simply because the ...
Topics: biodiversity, fishing, scientific research (all these topics)

Oceana: talk of the town Company presentation offers glimpse of life on the other side	Andrew Sharpless	05 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Have you ever wanted to be a fly on the wall at a top-level corporate meeting just to see what really goes on behind closed doors? Consider this nifty PowerPoint presentation your ticket in. It turns out chlorine companies talk about Oceana in their meetings as much as Oceana talks about them. The Chlorine Institute held a meeting a few months back where one of the companies gave a formal presentation about being 'In the 'Crosshairs' of an Environmental NGO.' ...
Topics: business, fishing, oceans, toxics, water crisis (all these topics)

News travels fast Incident on the Mediterranean makes rounds on U.S. news	Andrew Sharpless	01 Jun 2007	Gristmill
Last week we broke the story about French fishermen coordinating an attack on Oceana's research vessel, Ranger, in an attempt to get their hands on the pictures our crew has been taking of them using illegal driftnets. Now everyone's talking about it, including our friends at NPR. They aired a segment on the confrontation on their top radio show, 'All Things Considered.' And footage of the assault is racking up hits on YouTube. Remember, you heard it here firs ...
Topics: fishing, oceans (all these topics)

But don't take my word for it ... Top scientists appeal to WTO	Andrew Sharpless	01 Jun 2007	Gristmill
The other day I told you how there's a good chance we could see an end to commercial overfishing subsidies through WTO negotiations. And my organization is not alone in making the case to the World Trade Organization. At least 125 scientists from 27 countries feel the same way and sent a letter to the WTO making it clear that 'an ambitious outcome in the ongoing WTO fisheries subsidies negotiations is vital to the future of the world's fisheries.'The scientists who ...
Topics: fishing, international politics, oceans, World Trade Organization (all these topics)

Just Say Noh Forty nations condemn Japan's 'scientific' whale hunt		31 May 2007	Daily Grist
Just Say Noh Forty nations condemn Japan's "scientific" whale hunt The International Whaling Commission has been meeting in Anchorage this week, and as always, Japan is making a splash. Yesterday saw fierce debate over a resolution condemning that country's "scientific hunt," in which it's allowed to kill about 1,000 Antarctic whales. The resolution, sponsored ...
Topics: fishing, international politics, Japan, news, oceans, politics, whaling (all these topics)

Fishing subsidies stink WTO talks could end fishing subsidies	Andrew Sharpless	30 May 2007	Gristmill
Most ocean conservationists are on pins and needles in anticipation of the results of this week's International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting. But I'm also thinking about another three-letter acronym and how much good may be coming out of it. W-T-O. That's right, the World Trade Organization. In Geneva (and at the current Doha round) there's serious talk of cutting government subsidies for commercial fishing -- the fundamental driver for the unsustainable expl ...
Topics: fishing, international politics, oceans (all these topics)

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