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UFA Update June 18 2005 Contents 1. Fishermen storm over push to halt weather report - action needed 2. Sowing the seas: U.S. should move slowly to expand fish farming 3. Fresh Or Farmed? The wrong fish 4. Seattle Times editorial: Building more fish farms is inevitable 5. NOAA - Bill Hogarth's Corner for June 2005 on US Ocean Aquaculture 6. Bush and Boxer ocean bills conflict on fish farms 7. Fish Plants Frustrated with Freight Capacity 8. Taku king fishery could pour $900K into Juneau economy 9. Area M Sockeye fleet pulls its nets to avoid Chums 10. Kodiak ADFG: Early salmon season starts slow 11. F&G takes another look at red king crab fishery 12. Seafood highlights Alaska 2004 Export Report 13. DCED flyer highlights seafood industry successes 14. Alaska Delegation Announces First Leg of Mobile Office 15. ADF&G encourages skate bycatch 16. Skate wanted: Korean importer looks for delicacy in Southeast waters 17. Craig Medred on Chitina: Blockade fails to intimidate dipnetters 18. Judge orders feds to come up with right whale proposal 19. Center for Biological Diversity sues to protect Alaska sea otters 20. MMPA Reauthorization: Administration Bill Updates Protections 21. Court lets Chignik co-op fish ... for now 22. Homer Sea Watch: Shellfish thrive in Kachemak Bay's water 23. Kenai Wild going to 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy 24. Kris Fanning: 1953-2005: Crab boat owner was 'true leader' who pushed safety 25. NW: PFMC Regulators tighten Pacific trawl fishing 26. Judge orders increased spills on Snake and upper Columbia dams 27. Albertsons threatens not to buy BC Farmed salmon if problems not addressed 28. B.C. biologist Alexandra Morton launches private prosecution over fish farm sea lice 29. BC: DFO announces final results of 2004 sea lice research program, updates 2005 30. DFO Canada moves ahead with reform to Pacific fisheries 31. Pebble gold better left in the ground 20. USA Today: The Debate's Over - Globe is Warming 21. Fulton Fish Market is moving after almost two centuries _ to a high-tech Bronx 22. NE: Commerce department declares red tide shellfishing disaster 23. Laine Welch's Fish Radio 24. CFEC notice on permit and vessel fees regs and hearings 25. FAS reports U.S. exports of fishery products up in January-April 26. FDA HACCP Inspection and Hazards and Controls Guide Survey, by NFI 27. State Blue Ribbon Panel on CDQ Program 28. NPFMC Items from the June Council Meeting: 29. NPFMC June Newsletter 30. June Central Bering Sea Pollock Workshop Reports Available Online 31. Fisheries and the Environment: Ecosystem Indicators for the North Pacific 32. AFSC Final Report of NMFS Workshop on Underwater Video Analysis 33. IPHC 2005 Halibut Landing Report No. 3, posted June 17 34. USCG Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Advisory Comm. meets (in MA) 7/18-19 35. USCG Coast Guard releases Galaxy investigation report online 36. Coast Guard helicopter crew finds missing crewman, did not survive. 37. NOAA Information Collection Call for Comments - Observer Providers 38. NOAA Information Collection call for comments - BSAI King and Tanner Crab 39. BSAI Amendment 79 Bycatch Proposed rule posted , comment by Aug 1. 40. NOAA launches marine mammal ecosystem survey off west coast 41. NOAA announces hatchery policy, listing determinations for 16 salmon species 42. Commerce Department Announces 2005 Ocean Fishery Council Appointments 43. Nominations open for MPA Advisory Committee; & Gulf MPA meeting July 18 44. Nominations open for IOOS agency Director 45. NMFS reopens comment period on Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Draft Conservation 46. Comment by August 1 on new Coast Guard oil-spill removal and response plans 47. Anchor Point sport halibut fishermen busted 48. Marine Mammal Research Consortium: In Search of the Ultimate Steller Diet 49. Steller Sea Lions - Boom to bust - and back? 50. Collaborative Insights-Copper River Wild, Gulkana Seafoods, AK Seafood Exchange 51. Fishlines, the in-house newsletter of the Alaska Sea Grant College Program, UAF 52. ADF&G Management Plan for the Lynn Canal (District 15) Drift Gillnet Fishery 53. ADF&G 2005 Preliminary Alaska Commercial Salmon Catches - updated weekly 54. Conference June 20: The Role of Aquaculture in Meeting Global Seafood Demand 55. Board of Fisheries Tentative Meeting Schedule for 2005 - 2006 56. SMIS Salmon Market Bulletin for June 2005: 57. Alaska Salmon Price Report for Jan - April 2005 1. Laine Welch: Fishermen storm over push to halt weather report The National Weather Service is under attack by a Pennsylvania senator and it could limit the radio and other reports that mariners and pilots count on for their safety. http://www.adn.com/money/industries/fishing/story/6594994p-6478842c.html Webform for emailing your Senators:
http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/ 2. Sowing the seas: U.S. should move slowly to expand fish farming A (Eugene, Oregon) Register-Guard Editorial Fish farming has great potential for putting seafood on American dinner tables and boosting the economy. But the Bush administration should put its proposal to massively expand the practice into dry dock until the government develops regulations necessary to protect wild fish stocks, coastal waters and shorelines from disease, pollution and other threats posed by aquaculture.
http://www.registerguard.com/news/2005/06/13/ 3. Fresh Or Farmed? The wrong fish There are good and bad reports about fish farming along coastal waters. Projects around Puget Sound have been pursued in limited fashion, which offers hope science will maintain a balance… The administration, however, treats such opportunities as an invitation to forgo even the slightest environmental common sense. The fish-farming legislation sent to Congress contains no new ecological protections, leaving it to the secretary of commerce to draft any rules (if the administration deems it necessary)… http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/opinion/228021_oceaned.asp 4. Seattle Times editorial: Building more fish farms is inevitable The problems associated with fish farming should not dissuade our (Washington state) delegation from supporting the Bush administration's aquaculture bill…
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/editorialsopinion/ 5. NOAA - Bill Hogarth's Corner for June 2005 on US Ocean Aquaculture On June 7, NOAA Fisheries Service sent Congress a bill asking for authority to permit fish farms offshore, in federal marine waters. The bill has been introduced in Congress and is currently undergoing amendments. For this month's Bill's Corner, I'd like to share with you an op-ed that Vice Admiral Lautenbacher, the head of NOAA, submitted to newspapers throughout the country about this aquaculture bill. I ask for your support of this legislation. http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/features/billscorner/index.htm 6. Bush and Boxer ocean bills conflict on fish farms The national media are predicting the Bush and Boxer bills could conflict over aquaculture-fish farms. Environmentalists and some commercial fishing groups support the Boxer bill, while the Bush bill is opposed by both groups. http://www.advocate-news.com/Stories/0,1413,95~3977~2924034,00.html 7. Fish Plants Frustrated with Freight Capacity Airline company can't keep up with Southeast's bumper harvest… In Southeast Alaska, seafood processors and Alaska Airlines are struggling to get a bumper crop of fresh fish to Lower 48 markets this year.
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/061405/sta_ 8. Taku king fishery could pour $900K into Juneau economy The first commercial harvest of Taku River king salmon in 30 years is shaping up to be a rousing success, state biologists and fishermen said this week. A rough estimate shows the Taku king gillnet harvest could pump as much as $900,000 into Juneau's economy, said Eric Norman, plant manager of Taku Smokeries/Fisheries.
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/061705/loc_ 9. Area M Sockeye fleet pulls its nets to avoid Chums Goodwill move; skippers halt fishing when too many chums are caught Commercial fishermen in far-flung ports along the Alaska Peninsula had a chance to net lucrative hauls of sockeye salmon this week -- but didn't. Instead, 24 boat captains working the seas around the Shumagin Islands quit fishing and headed to port after they saw too many chum salmon, which mix with the more valuable sockeye, entering their seine nets.
http://www.adn.com/money/industries/fishing/story/ 10. Kodiak ADFG: Early salmon season starts slow Although the official salmon season started over a week ago, one would hardly know it by looking at St. Herman Harbor. Seiners and tender boats alike are still lined up along the docks as captains eagerly wait for the perfect run of salmon… http://www.kodiakdailymirror.com/?pid=19&id=1590 11. F&G takes another look at red king crab fishery Fishermen were outraged last fall when the department shut them down The Alaska Department of Fish and Game plans a third-party review of its Southeast Alaska red king crab stock survey this summer to help resolve an impasse with fishermen who criticized the last one…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/061505/sta_ 12. Seafood highlights Alaska 2004 Export Report Seafood continues to be the driving force behind international export growth in Alaska, accounting for 53% of all sales. In 2004, fish exports increased 21%, an impressive $289 million more than the previous year for a total of nearly $1.7 billion. This eclipses the year end totals for the last decade and is one billion dollars, or two and a half times, more than the $697 million in seafood exported from Alaska in 1998.
http://www.gov.state.ak.us/trade/products/seafood_ 13. DCED flyer highlights seafood industry successes The Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development has put together a flier regarding the seafood industry in Alaska. http://www.gov.state.ak.us/pdf/SeafoodSuccess.pdf 14. Alaska Delegation Announces First Leg of Mobile Office Beginning June 20, the Alaska Congressional Delegation will be continuing its annual Mobile Office tour to meet constituents and help Alaskans handle federal issues. Alaska Sens. Ted Stevens and Lisa Murkowski will have staff visiting towns across the State where the Delegation does not have permanent offices. The first leg of the Mobile Office tour begins next week when Congressional staff will hold office hours in Cordova, Copper Center, Glennallen, Valdez and Sitka. For dates and locations see: http://murkowski.senate.gov/pressapp/record.cfm?id=238863 15. ADF&G encourages skate bycatch Tory O'Connell, Groundfish Project Leader, Alaska Department of Fish and Game conveys support for skate bycatch use…and full utilization of skates by-caught in existing fisheries…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/061505/let_ 16. Skate wanted: Korean importer looks for delicacy in Southeast waters A Korean seafood importer visited Southeast Alaska last week, looking into the market for skate, a flat fish that is eaten raw in his country…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/061405/sta_ 17. Craig Medred on Chitina: Blockade fails to intimidate dipnetters http://www.adn.com/outdoors/story/6599075p-6483113c.html 18. Judge orders feds to come up with right whale proposal A judge has ordered a federal agency to come up with its proposal for providing critical habitat protection for North Pacific right whales, considered the world's most endangered whales. The strongly worded decision was issued late Tuesday by U.S. District Judge William Alsup in San Francisco. It orders the National Marine Fisheries Service to come up with its critical habitat proposal for the whales in four months, or explain why not. Most of the U.S. population of North Pacific right whales summer in one area of Alaska's Bering Sea. There are believed to be fewer than 100 whales…
http://www.juneauempire.com/stories/061605/ Court Decision:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/ CBD Press release:
http://www.biologicaldiversity.org/swcbd/press/ 19. Center for Biological Diversity sues to protect Alaska sea otters Environmentalists have sued the U.S. Interior Department for taking too long to put Alaska sea otters on the threatened species list…
http://www.cnn.com/2005/TECH/science/06/07/alaska. Kenai Peninsula Clarion:
http://ap.peninsulaclarion.com/pstories/state/ak/20050602/ 20. MMPA Reauthorization: Administration Bill Updates Protections For Marine Mammals NOAA Joins Administration Partners in Resubmitting Marine Mammal Protection Act Reauthorization Bill. … The bill’s major amendments would strengthen initiatives to reduce marine mammal bycatch, clarify the definition of marine mammal harassment for the regulated community and the public, and enhance the Act’s enforcement capabilities.
http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2005/jun05/ 21. Court lets Chignik co-op fish ... for now A controversial salmon fishery got under way at Chignik June 5, salvaged by an Alaska Supreme Court decision to stay final judgment in litigation challenging a cooperative fishing effort…
http://www.alaskajournal.com/stories/061205/hom_ 22. Homer Sea Watch: Shellfish thrive in Kachemak Bay's water By Will Smith , School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences - University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF)
http://www.homernews.com/stories/061605/ 23. Kenai Wild going to 2006 Winter Olympics in Italy Cook Inlet Salmon Brand Inc. is sponsoring Kasilof resident Jay Hakkinen, a biathlon athlete who has qualified to compete in the Olympics. "He's our local boy that's going to the Olympics," said Sylvia Beaudoin, executive director of CISB, the company shepherding the Kenai Wild brand and also a Kasilof resident. "He's one of the best in the entire world."
http://ap.peninsulaclarion.com/pstories/state/ak/20050609/ 24. Kris Fanning: 1953-2005: Crab boat owner was 'true leader' who pushed safety Kris Fanning, a fisherman and longtime Seattle crab boat owner who was instrumental in pushing for changes to make the fishing industry safer, died Monday of an apparent heart attack. He was 52. Fanning, friends and family said, had just finished setting nets near Port Moller, Alaska, when he collapsed. "People are shocked," said Arni Thomson, executive director of the Seattle-based Alaska Crab Coalition, who has known Fanning for nearly 20 years. "It's just a huge loss. http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/228115_fanningobit11.html 25. NW: PFMC Regulators tighten Pacific trawl fishing Federal fishery regulators voted to impose a permanent ban on trawl fishing in nearly 300,000 square miles of Pacific waters off the West Coast, a move hailed by environmentalists as a landmark in marine conservation… http://www.adn.com/money/story/6615801p-6500725c.html 26. Judge orders increased spills on Snake and upper Columbia dams U.S. District Judge James Redden ordered federal officials on Friday to substantially increase the volume of water spilled through the four Snake River dams and McNary Dam on the Columbia River to make it easier for juvenile salmon to make it out to the sea…
http://159.54.227.3/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050611/ 27. Albertsons threatens not to buy BC Farmed salmon if problems not addressed One of the country's major retailers is threatening not to buy farmed salmon from British Columbia. Albertsons says it will go elsewhere for salmon if B.C. fish farmers don't deal with environmental problems caused by their open net operations. KPLU environment reporter Steve Krueger has the story. (audio link)
http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/kplu/news.newsmain? Save our Skeena Salmon web page: Click on Map in right side of title bar http://www.saveourskeenasalmon.org/ 28. B.C. biologist Alexandra Morton launches private prosecution over fish farm sea lice A B.C. biologist has started a private prosecution against a Central Coast fish farm and the federal and provincial governments alleging they're allowing sea lice to infect wild salmon. In legal action filed on Tuesday, Alexandra Morton claims the Heritage Salmon company is illegally discharging sea lice from its farm in the Broughton Archipelago. Morton said both governments need to be included in her legal action…
http://www.macleans.ca/topstories/news/shownews. 29. BC: DFO announces final results of 2004 sea lice research program and provides update on 2005 program Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) today provided final results from its 2004 study of sea lice on juvenile pink and chum salmon in the Broughton Archipelago area near the north end of Vancouver Island. The Department also provided an update on preliminary observations from 2005 monitoring to date. "Sea lice is one of many factors, including commercial fishing, climate change, predation and habitat destruction, that influence wild salmon populations." http://www-comm.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/pages/release/p-releas/2005/nr043_e.htm 30. DFO Canada moves ahead with reform to Pacific fisheries Geoff Regan, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today introduced new measures to advance his agenda for reform of Pacific fisheries by committing $5.2 million to strengthen enforcement, implement new catch monitoring programs and improve scientific research. http://www.dfo-mpo.gc.ca/media/newsrel/2005/hq-ac64_e.htm 31. Pebble gold better left in the ground The Pebble mine appears to be a world-class mining prospect, and potentially a world-class environmental disturbance. Estimates are that it contains $10 billion in gold and $15 billion in copper and will, if developed, create a significant number of jobs. The problem, though, is that this mine is going to create a massive open pit nestled between two national parks…
http://www.adn.com/opinion/guest_columns/story/ 20. USA Today: The Debate's Over - Globe is Warming Don't look now, but the ground has shifted on global warming. After decades of debate over whether the planet is heating and, if so, whose fault it is, divergent groups are joining hands with little fanfare to deal with a problem they say people can no longer avoid… http://www.usatoday.com/news/world/2005-06-12-global-warming-cover_x.htm?POE=NEWISVA 21. Fulton Fish Market is moving after almost two centuries _ to a high-tech Bronx "It'll be 400,000 square feet of fresh seafood - the largest fish market in the Western Hemisphere," says George Maroulis, manager of the South Bronx venue… 22. NE: Commerce department declares red tide shellfishing disaster The U.S. Department of Commerce declared a disaster in the Massachusetts shellfish fishery Thursday due to the red tide outbreak off the coast, making the state eligible for funds to study the problem…
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/ NOAA Closure Notice:
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ 23. Laine Welch's Fish Radio This weeks topics: Friday 6/17/05 Web based business Vital Choice is booming for former BBay fisherman Thursday 6/16/05 East coast company wants to source fish from AK fisheries Wednesday 6/15/05 Southeast Dungeness season opens today; markets look good Tuesday 6/14//05 Kenai Wild goes to 2005 Olympics/Italy; Update on waterless shipping Monday 6/13/05 Value of pinks, chums increases: Ak Peninsula seine top earner http://www.marineconservationalliance.org/fishradio.htm & see Laine Welch's Fish Factor at http://www.kinyradio.com/fishfactor.html 24. CFEC notice on permit and vessel fees regs and hearings CFEC is proposing changes to miscellaneous regulations including changes to permit fees based on SB 93. A handout with 2006 permits fees based on the proposed regulations will be available by the end of July. Comments to Susan Haymes at Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission, 8800 Glacier Highway, Suite 109, Juneau, AK 99801-8079 or by email: susan_haymes@cfec.state.ak.us. The comments must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. on September 1, 2005. Oral or written comments may also be submitted at hearings to be held on August 9 and August 17, 2005in the Conference Room of the Commercial Fisheries Entry Commission, 8800 Glacier Highway, Suite 109 Juneau, Alaska. CFEC Notice: http://www.cfec.state.ak.us/notices/NO_2005_0519.htm Proposed Regulation & Fees:
http://www.cfec.state.ak.us/pregs/PR_2005_0519 25. FAS reports U.S. exports of fishery products up in January-April U.S. exports of fishery products were valued at $1.27 billion in the first four months of 2005, up 6 percent, or about $69 million, compared with the same period last year. Higher exports of surimi (up $48 million), pollock (up $27 million), squid (up $19.7 million), mackerel (up $8.6 million), scallops (up $6.6 million), canned salmon (up $5.1 million), lobster (up $4.3 million), and oysters (up $3.7 million) were the major reasons for the overall increase to date. However, categories with decreased exports included other fishery products (down $15.3 million), crab (down $9.3 million), sea urchin (down $8.7 million), and cod (down $7.1 million). Among the factoids found with a search on Alaska: - Germany has emerged as a growing market for sockeye and coho, as well as salmon roe from Alaska… - retail promotions of wild Alaska salmon have helped develop new markets in the EU… - Anchorage, Alaska was the leading export port with $1.51 billion… - Alaska pollock is the single most important groundfish species that the United States exports to Germany and the one with the greatest growth potential.
http://www.fas.usda.gov/ffpd/Fish-Circular/Market_News/market.html#U.S.%20EXPORTS%20OF 26. FDA HACCP Inspection and Hazards and Controls Guide Survey, by NFI 2005 begins the tenth year of the mandatory Seafood HACCP inspection program enforced by the US Food and Drug Administration. FDA has stated that it has begun to review the "Fish and Fisheries Products Hazards and Controls Guidance" 3rd edition (known as the "Guide") which is used for reference by both seafood industry HACCP coordinators and FDA inspectors to establish and verify HACCP plans. NFI plans to comment on the Guide prior to release of the next edition. http://seafood.ucdavis.edu/haccp/committee/nfi.htm 27. State Blue Ribbon Panel on CDQ Program Background Information and tables from June 16 meeting:
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/CDQ/ 28. NPFMC Items from the June Council Meeting: • GOA Rationalization
Community Provisions (suite of options):
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/groundfish • Pcod Allocations: Motion:
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/motions/ Alternatives:
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/motions/ • BSAI Amendment 80 Council motion, elements and options
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/bycatch/ • GOA Rockfish Pilot Program Elements and Options
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/ • BSAI Salmon bycatch motion
http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/current_issues/ 29. NPFMC June Newsletter http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/newsletters/NEWS605.pdf NPFMC Home Page: http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/npfmc/ 30. June Central Bering Sea Pollock Workshop Reports Available Online Reports from the Central Bering Sea Pollock Workshop on Acceptable Harvest Level and Stock Identification held 6-9 June 2005 in Seattle, Washington are available online in pdf format… http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/refm/cbs/Seattle_workshop_05.htm AK Fisheries Science Center home page: http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/ 31. Fisheries and the Environment: Ecosystem Indicators for the North Pacific and their implications for Stock Assessment…Proceedings of the First Annual Meeting of the NMFS Ecological Indicators Research Program, posted by ASFC… (103ppg)
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/ProcRpt/PR% 32. AFSC Final Report of NMFS Workshop on Underwater Video Analysis Final report of National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Advanced Sampling Technology Working Group workshop held in August 2004 on underwater video photography in providing quantitative data for assessment of fish stocks and evaluation of essential fish habitat. (PDF; 756KB)
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/Publications/misc_pdf/NMFS% 33. IPHC 2005 Halibut Landing Report No. 3, posted June 17
http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/newsrel/2005/ IPHC home page: http://www.iphc.washington.edu/halcom/Default.htm 34. USCG Commercial Fishing Vessel Safety Advisory Committee meets July 18-19 in New Bedford, Massachusetts Requests to make oral presentations should reach the Coast Guard on or before July 11, 2005. Written material for distribution at the meeting should reach the Coast Guard on or before July 11, 2005. Requests to have a copy of your material distributed to each member of the committee should reach the Coast Guard on or before July 4, 2005.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ 35. USCG Coast Guard releases Galaxy investigation report online Investigation into the circumstances surrounding the explosion, fire, and sinking of the uninspected fish processing vessel GALAXY: Part 1:
http://www.uscgalaska.com/external/index.cfm?cid=780& Part 2:
http://www.uscgalaska.com/external/index.cfm?cid=780& 36. Coast Guard helicopter crew finds missing crewman, did not survive. Coast Guard crews searched for a missing crew member, reported overboard, near King Salmon Tuesday afternoon.
http://www.piersystem.com/external/index.cfm?cid=780& 37. NOAA Information Collection Call for Comments - Observer Providers Deadline August 12, 2005.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800 38. NOAA Information Collection call for comments - BSAI King and Tanner Crab Deadline August 12, 2005.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800 39. BSAI Amendment 79 Bycatch Proposed rule posted , comment by Aug 1. NMFS issues a proposed rule to implement Amendment 79 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area (FMP). This action is necessary to reduce bycatch and improve utilization of groundfish harvested by catcher/processor trawl vessels in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island management area (BSAI) that are not listed American Fisheries Act (AFA)
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800 40. NOAA launches marine mammal ecosystem survey off west coast Emphasis Placed on National Marine Sanctuaries The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today announced the beginning of a research effort to identify and count marine mammals and seabirds along the west coast of the United States while also investigating the ocean ecosystem…
http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2005/jun05/ 41. NOAA announces hatchery policy, listing determinations for 16 salmon species NOAA Fisheries today issued its final policy for considering hatchery fish in making Endangered Species Act listing determinations. The agency also made a final listing decision for 16 salmon populations, while deferring eleven others for six months for further scientific review. NOAA is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration…
http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2005/jun05/ 42. Commerce Department Announces 2005 Ocean Fishery Council Appointments The Commerce Department today announced the appointment of 22 members to the eight regional fishery management councils. The councils, established by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, prepare fishery management plans for marine fish stocks in their respective geographical areas of responsibility. The management plans are submitted for review by the NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service and approved by the Secretary of Commerce… Eric Olson and Milton J. Bundy are appointed to NPFMC.
http://www.publicaffairs.noaa.gov/releases2005/jun05/ 43. Nominations open for MPA Advisory Committee; & Gulf MPA meeting July 18 The Department of Commerce is seeking nominations for membership on the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee… Nominations should be sent to: Lauren Wenzel, Marine Protected Areas Center, NOAA, N/ORM, 1305 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ &&&& The Gulf of Mexico Region Public Dialogue on MPAs will be held July 18, 2005, 6:30-9 p.m. in New Orleans, Louisiana….
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ 44. Nominations open for IOOS agency Director Applications for the position of Director, Ocean.US are invited. Ocean.US was created by the National Oceanographic Partnership Program (NOPP) to coordinate the development of an operational integrated and sustained ocean observing system (IOOS).
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800 45. NMFS reopens comment period on Cook Inlet Beluga Whales Draft Conservation Plan -new deadline June 27 NMFS is reopening the comment period for the draft conservation plan for Cook Inlet beluga whales. The initial comment period ended May 16, 2005. The draft conservation plan is intended to promote the conservation and recovery of these whales so they are no longer considered depleted under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. DATES: Written comments and information must be received by June 27, 2005.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800 46. Comment by August 1 on new Coast Guard oil-spill removal and response plans The Coast Guard proposes changes to its requirements for oil-spill removal equipment under tank vessel response plans and MTR facility response plans (33 CFR 154 and 33 CFR 155). These changes would increase the available spill removal equipment required for tank vessels and MTR facilities, add requirements for new response technologies, and clarify methods and procedures for responding to oil spills in coastal waters… DATES: Comments and related material must reach the Docket Management Facility on or before August 1, 2005.
http://a257.g.akamaitech.net/7/257/2422/01jan20051800/ 47. Anchor Point sport halibut fishermen busted Three sport fishermen were recently caught near Anchor Point with halibut in excess of the daily limit aboard their boat. They forfeited the illegal fish and must pay fines totaling $900. http://www.fakr.noaa.gov/newsreleases/anchorpoint061505.htm 48. Marine Mammal Research Consortium: In Search of the Ultimate Steller Diet Scientists have long suspected that the more than 80% decline in Steller sea lion numbers over the past 30 years has been related to concurrent changes in their prey base. Specifically, the Nutritional Stress hypothesis proposes that the sea lions' preferred prey has been replaced by an abundance of less-nutritious prey. While sea lions might be getting enough fish to satisfy their hunger, they may not be getting the nutrients required to forage, reproduce, or remain healthy. However, establishing a physiological link between Steller sea lion diets and health is key to determining whether this theory has merit… http://www.marinemammal.org/2005/composition.php MMRC Home Page: http://www.marinemammal.org/ 49. Steller Sea Lions - Boom to bust - and back? Alaska Seas and Coasts: posted by AK Seagrant
http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/Pubs_Videos/seasandcoasts/ 50. Collaborative Insights profiles Copper River Wild, Gulkana Seafoods, AK Seafood Exchange http://www.imakenews.com/networkdirect/ 51. Fishlines, the in-house newsletter of the Alaska Sea Grant College Program, UAF June 2005 issue of Fishlines is at… http://www.uaf.edu/seagrant/Fishlines/2005/jun05.html 52. ADF&G Management Plan for the Lynn Canal (District 15) Drift Gillnet Fishery 2005
http://www.cf.adfg.state.ak.us/region1/pdfs/salmon/ 53. ADF&G 2005 Preliminary Alaska Commercial Salmon Catches - updated weekly http://csfish.adfg.state.ak.us/BlueSheets/BLUEWebReport.php 54. Conference June 20, Seattle: The Role of Aquaculture in Meeting Global Seafood Demand http://www.sma.washington.edu/news/index.html Bell Harbor International Conference Center, 2211Alaskan Way, Pier 66 Seattle, Washington.. A $25 registration fee will be collected at the door; this will cover the continental breakfast, buffet lunch, and reception. 55. Board of Fisheries Tentative Meeting Schedule for 2005 - 2006 http://www.boards.adfg.state.ak.us/fishinfo/meetinfo/fcal.php 56. SMIS Salmon Market Bulletin for June 2005: http://www.alaskaseafood.org/fishingprocessing/0605smb.pdf SMIS Homepage: http://www.alaskaseafood.org/fishingprocessing/bulletin.htm 57. Alaska Salmon Price Report for Jan - April 2005
http://www.tax.state.ak.us/programs/fisheries/reports/
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