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4 Years After California’s Largest Dam Removal, How Are The Fish Doing? [1]

"Steelhead trout numbers are growing on the Carmel River, a potential model for other dam removal projects nationwide".

Fish & Fisheries [2]
Natural Resources [3]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
California [6]
Source: San Jose Mercury News [7], 05/09/2019

"Super Trawlers Threaten Australian Fisheries, Conservationists Warn" [8]

"Australia’s ban on super-sized industrial fishing boats is far too narrow and places local fisheries under threat, environmentalists have said."

Fish & Fisheries [2]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [5]
Australia & Oceania [10]
Source: Australian AP [11], 05/07/2019
June 25, 2019 to June 26, 2019

Africa Blue Economy Forum [12]

The second annual forum in Tunis, Tunisia will focus on opportunities and innovations in emerging and frontier sectors of the Blue Economy and how they can help accelerate Africa’s transformation.

Other Events [13]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [14]
Diversity [15]
Economy & Business [16]
Fish & Fisheries [2]
People & Population [17]
Planning & Growth [18]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region: 
Africa [19]

"Cooke Aquaculture Pays $332,000 Over Escaped Atlantic Salmon" [20]

"A salmon-farming company with net pens in Rich Passage has agreed to pay $332,000 in fines after one of its floating pens collapsed in 2017, releasing a quarter-million nonnative Atlantic salmon into Puget Sound near Cypress Island, about 10 miles southwest of Bellingham."

Fish & Fisheries [2]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [5]
Northwest (OR WA) [21]
Source: Kitsap Sun/AP [22], 05/01/2019

Track Wetlands Stories with National Inventory Tool [23]

As a battle brews over which U.S. waters are protected, environmental journalists can use an invaluable national database to pinpoint vulnerable wetlands. This week’s TipSheet has more on the National Wetlands Inventory, the backstory on wetlands protection, why it matters, and reporting resources and story ideas.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [24]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [25]
Agriculture [26]
Biodiversity [27]
Environmental Health [28]
Environmental Politics [29]
Fish & Fisheries [2]
Journalism & Media [30]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Natural Resources [3]
Pollution [31]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [32]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

Global Warming Is Hitting Ocean Species Hardest, Including Food Fish [33]

"Sea creatures, especially those that live in shallower water near the coasts, are much more vulnerable to global warming than land animals, new research shows. The scientists found that local populations of marine animals are disappearing at double the rate of land-based species."

Climate Change [14]
Fish & Fisheries [2]
Water & Oceans [4]
Public [5]
International [34]
Source: InsideClimate News [35], 04/29/2019

Pod Of Orcas Starving To Death. Tribe Has A Radical Plan To Feed Them [36]

"The Lummi Nation is dropping live salmon into the sea in a last-ditch rescue effort: ‘We don’t have much time’"

Fish & Fisheries [2]
People & Population [17]
Wildlife [37]
Public [5]
Northwest (OR WA) [21]
Source: Guardian [38], 04/26/2019
September 18, 2019

Underwater Sound Sources – 2019 Webinar Series [39]

Discovery of Sound in the Sea presents a free, four-part webinar series on anthropogenic underwater sound sources. Topics include seismic sound sources, pile-driving, wind turbines, commercial vessel traffic, echosounders and sonar.

Other Events [13]
Visibility: 
Public [5]
Topics on the Beat: 
Biodiversity [27]
Energy & Fuel [40]
Fish & Fisheries [2]
Health [41]
Pollution [31]
Technology [42]
Transportation [43]
Water & Oceans [4]

Is Your Favorite River Endangered? Check the List. [44]

The latest release of the annual endangered rivers list provides boatloads of environmental reporting angles, including climate change-related threats like flooding and drought. This week’s TipSheet has the backstory and the new top-10 list, plus 10 suggested starting points for stories and a half-dozen key reporting resources.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [24]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [25]
Climate Change [14]
Consumer [45]
Environmental Health [28]
Fish & Fisheries [2]
Journalism & Media [30]
Natural Resources [3]
Pollution [31]
Science [46]
Water & Oceans [4]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [32]
Alaska and Hawaii [47]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [48]
Great Plains (IA KS ND NE MO SD) [49]
Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [50]
Northeast (CT MA ME NH NJ NY RI VT) [51]
Northwest (OR WA) [21]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [52]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [53]
Visibility: 
Public [5]

MD Lawmakers Override Veto, Protect Oyster Restoration Sanctuaries [54]

"The Maryland General Assembly on Monday overrode Gov. Larry Hogan’s veto of legislation aimed at preventing harvests from oyster sanctuaries in five Chesapeake Bay tributaries that the state has targeted for large-scale restoration."

Fish & Fisheries [2]
Laws & Regulations [9]
Public [5]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [55]
Source: Bay Journal [56], 04/10/2019

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