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Gone killing Japanese fisherman slaughter their competition	Chris Schults	01 Oct 2005	Gristmill
All over the world people are feeling the effects of overfishing. While I would personally advocate not eating fish to begin with, others have come up with alternative solutions, from establishing sustainably managed fisheries to launching campaigns educating the public on what fish to consume. And then there is this: In the Japanese fishing village of Taiji, fishermen are rounding up and slaughtering hundreds and even thousands of dolphins right now.After driving p ...
Topics: fishing, Japan, oceans (all these topics)

That's Some Commitment Bush administration cuts protections for Pacific salmon habitat		15 Aug 2005	Daily Grist
That's Some Commitment Bush administration cuts protections for Pacific salmon habitat In a move it says reaffirms its "commitment to salmon recovery," the Bush administration on Friday slashed critical habitat for Pacific salmon facing extinction. The National Marine Fisheries Service announced that federal protection for salmon habitat in California, Idaho, Oregon, and Washington would be cut fr ...
Topics: fishing, National Marine Fisheries Service, news (all these topics)

Thrill Spill Cult Water should keep pouring over Northwest dams to aid salmon, court says		28 Jul 2005	Daily Grist
Thrill Spill Cult Water should keep pouring over Northwest dams to aid salmon, court says Salmon will continue to find a watery way over several Northwest dams. The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals this week voted to uphold a federal judge's June order for the feds to aid migrating salmon by spilling water over five dams in the Columbia and Snake river systems in the Northwest. A three-judge panel of the a ...
Topics: dams, energy, fishing, news, Pacific Northwest (all these topics)

Craig's %$#! List Idaho senator tries to axe center that analyzes endangered salmon		24 Jun 2005	Daily Grist
Craig's %$#! List Idaho senator tries to axe center that analyzes endangered salmon Sen. Larry Craig (R-Idaho) has inserted a rider into the federal energy bill that would eliminate funding for the Fish Passage Center, which has tracked salmon in the Columbia and Snake River systems in the Pacific Northwest for over 20 years. Craig is peeved that the center's fish survival data was used to support a rece ...
Topics: fishing, Idaho, news, Pacific Northwest, politics (all these topics)

And Squad Said, Let There Be Blight Judge orders dam spills in Northwest; critics may call on higher power		13 Jun 2005	Daily Grist
And Squad Said, Let There Be Blight Judge orders dam spills in Northwest; critics may call on higher power Just two weeks after ruling that the Bush administration plan to protect Northwest salmon was inadequate, on Friday U.S. District Judge James Redden issued an order for large-scale spilling of water at a number of dams that are hindering the ability of juvenile salmon to navigate downstream ...
Topics: dams, energy, fishing, hydrogen, news, Pacific Northwest (all these topics)

Salmon and Denial-Ah Federal judge calls Bush admin's salmon plan fishy		27 May 2005	Daily Grist
Salmon and Denial-Ah Federal judge calls Bush admin's salmon plan fishy In a strongly worded opinion, U.S. District Judge James Redden yesterday ruled that the Bush administration's salmon-protection plan for the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Northwest is "contrary to law" because it doesn't take into account how dams affect the fish's chances of recovery. This is ...
Topics: Columbia River, dams, energy, fishing, news, Pacific Northwest, Snake River (all these topics)

They're Just Not That Into You Low Northwest salmon run confounds fishers, closes fisheries		12 May 2005	Daily Grist
They're Just Not That Into You Low Northwest salmon run confounds fishers, closes fisheries Conservationists, salmon enthusiasts, and fisheries managers along the Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest are wondering, Is it something we said? They've been stood up by thousands of chinook salmon that were expected to swim up the river to spawn this season, but n ...
Topics: Columbia River, dams, energy, fishing, Idaho, news, Oregon, Pacific Northwest, Washington (all these topics)

What's the Time? It's Time to Get Iliamna Proposed Alaskan mine may threaten salmon wonderland		26 Apr 2005	Daily Grist
What's the Time? It's Time to Get Iliamna Proposed Alaskan mine may threaten salmon wonderland Near the shores of vast Lake Iliamna in southern Alaska, locals are worried that a huge proposed open-pit mine at the region's headwaters could imperil legendary salmon runs. The story is familiar enough: an economically depressed, mineral-rich area gets courted by slick mining-company officials promising jobs ...
Topics: Alaska, fishing, lakes, mining and drilling, news (all these topics)

Lice Age Farmed salmon infect wild stocks with sea lice, study finds		30 Mar 2005	Daily Grist
Lice Age Farmed salmon infect wild stocks with sea lice, study finds A new study of wild and farmed salmon in the Pacific Northwest reveals that farmed salmon breed parasitic sea lice that infect juvenile wild salmon swimming nearby and could affect stocks of other important commercial species. A Canadian research trio looked at some 5,500 young salmon as they swam through a narrow channel past a salmon farm, and they recorded unnatu ...
Topics: fishing, news, toxics (all these topics)

See food, make smart choices	Sarah van Schagen	29 Mar 2005	Gristmill
A new seafood-labeling scheme went into effect yesterday across the U.S. The regulations require that retailers label fish and shellfish with the country of origin and whether they were raised on a farm or caught in the wild. The labels may be put directly on packaging or on signs in the display cases. Proponents say the labels satisfy a consumer's basic 'right to know' about products before purchasing them. Greens should be pleased because the labels will make i ...
Topics: aquaculture, fishing, food, oceans (all these topics)

Hook, line, and stinker?	Katharine Wroth	07 Mar 2005	Gristmill
Not long ago, PETA launched a 'Fish Empathy' project. Which I'll do my very best to treat seriously here ... just for the halibut. Citing research that shows fish communicate, feel pain, store memories, and even tend gardens, PETA is trying to convince anglers to quit. In January, after former President Carter chatted on the Tonight Show about hooking himself in the face, PETA wrote him a note: now you know how a fish feels. More recently, the organization asked Mai ...
Topics: animal welfare, fishing, wildlife (all these topics)

Heavy Metal Madness Pombo eggs on mercury debate with controversial report	Amanda Griscom Little	24 Feb 2005	Muckraker
Pombo says: Eat up! House Resources Committee Chair Richard Pombo (R-Calif.) -- longtime bete noire of the environmental community -- cooked up what appears to be some fishy science in a report released last week titled "Mercury in Perspective: Fact and Fiction About the Debate Over Mercury" [PDF]. The report -- written not by scientists but rather by aides to Pombo and a ...
Topics: coal, energy, fishing, mercury, Muckraker, National Academy of Sciences, National Wildlife Federation, NRDC, politics, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Less Salmon, More Dammin' Northwest salmon to lose critical habitat; Bush admin to keep dams		01 Dec 2004	Daily Grist
Less Salmon, More Dammin' Northwest salmon to lose critical habitat; Bush admin to keep dams A double dose of salmon news today: The Bush administration yesterday announced its intention to cut by more than 80 percent the miles of rivers and streams designated as critical habitat for threatened and endangered Northwest runs of salmon and steelhead. The plan, which is subject to a 60-day public comment period, was dr ...
Topics: dams, energy, fishing, United States (all these topics)

More windmill tilting from PETA	David Roberts	17 Nov 2004	Gristmill
Do you ever feel a slight twinge of guilt when digging into a plate of baked salmon, envisioning the poor fish frolicking with its family and thinking deep thoughts? �Yeah, me neither. �But PETA hopes to change that. �Their 'Fishing Empathy' (seriously) campaign kicked off yesterday. It's built around convincing folks that fish are more intelligent than we thought (based on several recent studies). �'No one would ever put a hook �through a dog's or cat's mouth. Once pe ...
Topics: animal welfare, fishing, food (all these topics)

I Hope You Like Dammin', Too Bush Administration Won't Remove Northwest Dams to Save Salmon		01 Sep 2004	Daily Grist
I Hope You Like Dammin', Too Bush Administration Won't Remove Northwest Dams to Save Salmon The Bush administration announced yesterday that it will not remove dams from the Columbia and Snake rivers in the Northwest as part of its efforts to save endangered salmon runs. According to Bob Lohn of the National Marine Fisheries Service, "Our work shows that you can achieve recovery w ...
Topics: dams, energy, fishing, National Marine Fisheries Service, Northwest (all these topics)

The Age of Aquariums Advice on buying aquarium fish	Umbra Fisk	24 Jun 2004	Ask Umbra
Dear Umbra, I'm an elementary school teacher and I'd like to get a pet fish for my classroom, but I've heard tales of such fish being caught by eco-egregious means: dynamite blasting, cyanide dumping, etc. How can I make sure I'm getting happy, healthy, sustainably caught fish for my aquarium? Ginger Dearest Ginger, Is nothing sacred? Apparently not cute aquarium fish, which are wooing consumers to inadvertently destro ...
Topics: advice, aquaculture, Ask Umbra, fishing, green living (all these topics)

School of Continuing Fish Education	Suzy Becker	16 Mar 2004	Ha.

Topics: dams, energy, fishing (all these topics)

Fish Stickers		04 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Fish Stickers Starting this fall, seafood sold in the U.S. will be labeled with information about where it was caught, the country where it was processed, and whether it was wild or farmed, thanks to a provision in a spending bill recently passed by Congress. Seafood will be the first food group subject to "country of origin" labeling, something the beef and pork industries have avoided through ...
Topics: Alaska, fishing, food and agriculture, marine life (all these topics)

Let's Get Fiscal		03 Feb 2004	Daily Grist
Let's Get Fiscal President Bush's $2.4 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2005, released today, gives the environment the shaft. The budget does propose funding increases for a handful of high-profile enviro projects (mostly in electoral swing states), including Superfund cleanups, conservation grants to private landowners, maintenance and construction in national parks ...
Topics: energy, fishing, national parks, politics, toxics, US EPA, US Forest Service (all these topics)

A Dam Sham Bush Officials Stand Atop Dam to Trumpet Salmon Funding		27 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
A Dam Sham Bush Officials Stand Atop Dam to Trumpet Salmon Funding Bush administration officials announced a $10 million increase in funding for restoration of endangered Northwest salmon on Monday, drawing election-year attention to recent increases in salmon numbers. Enviros expressed measured support for the rise in funding, but pointed out that higher salmon numbers we ...
Topics: Columbia River, fishing, marine life, Northwest, politics, rivers and watersheds (all these topics)

Streaming Media Judge Bans Pesticide Use Near Northwest Salmon Runs		23 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Streaming Media Judge Bans Pesticide Use Near Northwest Salmon Runs A federal judge Thursday banned the use of a wide range of pesticides in and around thousands of miles of waterways in the Northwest frequented by endangered salmon, and required stores selling seven of the most dangerous banned pesticides to display signs reading &q ...
Topics: environmental justice, fishing, green living, marine life, Northwest, politics, rivers and watersheds, toxics, US EPA (all these topics)

Just Stick to Tofu Farmed Salmon Contaminated With PCBs, Other Nasties		09 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
Just Stick to Tofu Farmed Salmon Contaminated With PCBs, Other Nasties Consumers, still struggling with the news that bovine spongiform encephalopathy-laden beef will make your brain melt and mercury-laden tuna will make your children stupid, were met today with more bad news: A new study in the journal Science claims that fish-farmed salmon contain enoug ...
Topics: European Union, fishing, green living, health, marine life, South America, toxics, United States (all these topics)

The Grinch Who Stole Tongass Bush Reverses Logging Ban in Alaska's Tongass Forest		07 Jan 2004	Daily Grist
The Grinch Who Stole Tongass Bush Reverses Logging Ban in Alaska's Tongass Forest Doing their part for holiday spirit, the Bush administration announced just two days before Christmas that it is exempting Alaska's Tongass National Forest -- America's largest, and a longtime environmental battleground -- from a controversial Clinton-era ban on development in roadless areas o ...
Topics: Alaska, fishing, logging, marine life, politics, US Forest Service, wilderness (all these topics)

A Case of Influence-a Enviros Say Pesticide Makers Are Illegally Influencing EPA		08 Dec 2003	Daily Grist
A Case of Influence-a Enviros Say Pesticide Makers Are Illegally Influencing EPA Northwest salmon and other endangered species could suffer because pesticide manufacturers are acting illegally to weaken rules on the use of dangerous chemicals, enviros are charging. A coalition of environmental groups, including the ...
Topics: commercial and industry organizations, fishing, National Wildlife Federation, Northwest, politics, Sierra Club, toxics, US EPA, wildlife (all these topics)

Fishing for Answers Bush Administration Admits Role in Klamath Fish Die-Off		19 Nov 2003	Daily Grist
Fishing for Answers Bush Administration Admits Role in Klamath Fish Die-Off The Bush administration has finally admitted to its role in last year's die-off of more than 34,000 chinook and coho salmon in the Klamath River basin, which straddles the Oregon-California border: The massive fish kill was caused a ...
Topics: California, dams, energy, fishing, food and agriculture, Oregon, politics, rivers and watersheds, US Fish and Wildlife Service, water conflicts (all these topics)

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