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"Scientists Close In On What’s Killing Sea Stars" [1]

"ORCAS ISLAND, Wash. — Drew Harvell peers into the nooks and crannies along the rocky shoreline of Eastsound on Orcas Island. Purple and orange starfish clutch the rocks, as if hanging on for dear life. In fact, they are."

Fish & Fisheries [2]
Water & Oceans [3]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: EarthFix/OPB [6], 06/18/2014
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"Fish Derby Sees Dramatic DDT Drop After Cleanup" [7]

"Anglers in a recent fishing derby on Michigan’s Pine River got news far better than pulling in the largest fish."

Chemicals [8]
Environmental Health [9]
Fish & Fisheries [2]
Public [4]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [10]
Source: Great Lakes Echo [11], 06/18/2014
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"California Drought Forces Evacuation of Trout Hatcheries" [12]

"Millions of young rainbow and steelhead trout are being evacuated from California's most productive hatchery complex as summer heat and the state's ongoing drought combine to make the water too warm for them to survive, officials said Tuesday."

Climate Change [13]
Fish & Fisheries [2]
Public [4]
California [14]
Source: Reuters [15], 06/18/2014
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October 5, 2014 to October 11, 2014

International Union of Forest Research Organizations - 2014 World Congress [16]

The International Union of Forest Research Organizations is holding its every-5th-year World Congress in Salt Lake City, UT this year. Media professionals are encouraged to attend. All attendees with a media/press pass will have access to the conference plenary, sub-plenary and technical sessions, the media room and press events, and entry to the expo floor.

Professional Meetings [17]
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Public [4]
Topics on the Beat: 
Activism [18]
Agriculture [19]
Biodiversity [20]
Climate Change [13]
Disasters [21]
Economy & Business [22]
Energy & Fuel [23]
Environmental Health [9]
Fish & Fisheries [2]
Food [24]
Forests [25]
Government [26]
Natural Resources [27]
Policy [28]
Pollution [29]
Science [30]
Water & Oceans [3]
Wildlife [31]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [5]
International [32]

"Fight Over Calif. Oyster Company Splits Chefs And Land Defenders" [33]

"Drive just an hour and half north of San Francisco and you're in Drakes Estero, or estuary, named for the first English explorer to lay claim to California."

Environmental Politics [34]
Fish & Fisheries [2]
Government [26]
Laws & Regulations [35]
Natural Resources [27]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: NPR [36], 06/12/2014
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"FDA, EPA Advise Pregnant Women, Children To Eat More Low-Mercury Fish" [37]

"Federal officials on Tuesday announced major changes in advice to pregnant and breastfeeding women by recommending consumption of at least 8 ounces of low-mercury fish per week."

Environmental Health [9]
Fish & Fisheries [2]
Food [24]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: EHN [38], 06/11/2014
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Study: Steelhead 'Map Sense' Thrown Off By Iron [39]

"A new study suggests steelhead trout can have trouble using the Earth’s magnetic field to navigate if they were raised in a hatchery, where the field can be distorted by iron pipes."

Fish & Fisheries [2]
Public [4]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: AP [40], 06/06/2014
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Special Edition TipSheet: Gulf Coast Restoration [41]

Amy Wold, a reporter with The Advocate in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, writes about coastal challenges facing the state, including coastal loss, restoration, economics, diversion, the aftermath of the Deepwater Horizon disaster, BP settlements and the RESTORE Act, fisheries impacts — and why protecting and stabilizing Louisiana’s coastline is not just a local issue, but a national one. Image: Heavy machinery moves around sediment that has been piped in from the Mississippi River at a coastal restoration project in Plaquemines Parish in November 2013. © Amy Wold, The (Baton Rouge) Advocate.

SEJ Publication Types: 
TipSheet [42]
Topics on the Beat: 
Energy & Fuel [23]
Fish & Fisheries [2]
Planning & Growth [43]
Water & Oceans [3]
Region: 
National (U.S.) [5]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [44]
Visibility: 
Public [4]
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"Vanishing Island" [45]

"This short documentary profiles residents of the Isle de Jean Charles in Louisiana, as they confront a future threatened by sinking shorelines and rising seas.""

Climate Change [13]
Fish & Fisheries [2]
Food [24]
Forests [25]
People & Population [46]
Public [4]
SE (AL AR FL GA KY LA MS NC PR SC TN) [44]
Source: NY Times [47], 06/04/2014
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"When Global Warming Kills Your God" [48]

"Twenty-three Alaskan tribesmen broke the law when they overfished king salmon, but they claim their faith gave them no other choice."

Climate Change [13]
Fish & Fisheries [2]
People & Population [46]
Public [4]
Alaska and Hawaii [49]
Source: Atlantic [50], 06/04/2014
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