Publication Items

Integrity Problems at Interior's Science Integrity Program? [1]

One sign of problems came when Interior's Inspector General office launched what seemed to be a ham-handed investigation, later dropped, into activities of the scientist who sounded the alarm on polar bears losing habitat to global warming. Now Interior has fired one of its scientific integrity officers — who is defending himself by saying he was just doing his job.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Science [5]
Government [6]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Environmental Politics [8]
Climate Change [9]
Biodiversity [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Integrity Problems at Interior's Science Integrity Program? [1]
Big Canadian Fish Farm Firm Seeks to Criminalize, Silence Environmental Critics [12]

Mainstream Canada, the nation's second-largest farmed-salmon producer — and a subsidiary of an even more gargantuan Danish transnational holding company — will try to crush and silence environmental activist Don Staniford, who has had the temerity to criticize their operations publicly.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Water & Oceans [4]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Activism [13]
Region:
Canada [14]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Big Canadian Fish Farm Firm Seeks to Criminalize, Silence Environmental Critics [12]
Feds Issue Regional Plans for Recreational Saltwater Fishing [15]

NOAA Fisheries Service has developed an action plan for 6 coastal regions, plus a plan for highly migratory Atlantic species. Projects outlined in the plans will include a wide range of education and communication efforts, targeted fisheries improvements, altered management approaches, scientific studies, and improvements in social and economic data.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Feds Issue Regional Plans for Recreational Saltwater Fishing [15]
Another Interior Science Probe: This Time on Delta Smelt [17]

The latest episode is an internal Interior Dept. probe into the work of two scientists who study the tiny but endangered smelt which live in the Sacramento River delta that feeds into San Francisco Bay.
SEJ Publication Types:
WatchDog TipSheet [2]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Region:
California [18]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Another Interior Science Probe: This Time on Delta Smelt [17]
NOAA Releases First Fishing Bycatch Report [19]

Current fishing methods are rather destructive, with 17% of the fish caught commercially being unintended bycatch, according to NOAA's first national assessment of bycatch. That damages the environment, and costs those who fish time and money.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [6]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Water & Oceans [4]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about NOAA Releases First Fishing Bycatch Report [19]
New NOAA Fishery Advisers Appointed [20]

Thirteen new members join the ranks; 8 others are reappointed. The shift in members provides an opportunity to explore what each Council has been doing, whether the new people will shift its direction (and NOAA's), and what the fishing industry, the public, and various interest groups think about past decisions and future directions.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Government [6]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about New NOAA Fishery Advisers Appointed [20]
Ocean Issues Highlighted at 'Blue Vision' Summit May 20-23 in DC [21]

The event will cover everything from the Gulf of Mexico's struggle to recover from the BP oil spill to protection of over-exploited commercial fish stocks … to ocean acidification, marine protected areas, offshore energy, and coastal ecosystem restoration.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Energy & Fuel [22]
Disasters [23]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region:
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [24]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Ocean Issues Highlighted at 'Blue Vision' Summit May 20-23 in DC [21]
FWS: Climate Change Is Affecting Fish and Wildlife in Every State [25]

To illustrate those impacts in each state — and related attempts at mitigation and collaborative projects — the US Fish and Wildlife Service is publishing a new article every weekday for fifty consecutive days. For example, one story is on Wisconsin's innovative native prairie restoration program.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [3]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Climate Change [9]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about FWS: Climate Change Is Affecting Fish and Wildlife in Every State [25]
Reports: Fish Habitat Seriously Degraded [26]

A National Fish Habitat Board report, which includes maps and mitigation efforts, identifies the primary human sources of US fresh- and saltwater habitat degradation as urban development, livestock grazing, agriculture, point source pollution, and areas with high numbers of active mines and dams.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Reports: Fish Habitat Seriously Degraded [26]
Local Hunting, Fishing, and Recreation Projects Get Funded [27]

States and territories have just been allocated about three-quarters of a billion dollars for their use in building facilities, providing services, and conducting planning and research related to fishing, hunting, wildlife conservation, and recreational opportunities. This is a gold mine for local environmental stories.
SEJ Publication Types:
TipSheet [16]
Topics on the Beat:
Wildlife [3]
Natural Resources [28]
Fish & Fisheries [7]
Biodiversity [10]
Visibility:
Public [11]
- Read more about Local Hunting, Fishing, and Recreation Projects Get Funded [27]

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