Fish & Fisheries

"River Project Offers New Hope For Oysters, Researchers Say" [1]

"Scientists say they've created something in a Virginia river that hasn't been seen since the late 1800s: a vast, thriving reef of American oysters, the shellfish that helped create the Chesapeake Bay's ecosystem and then nearly vanished from it."

Fish & Fisheries [2]

Public [3]

Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [4]

Source: Wash Post [5], 07/31/2009

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"Imperiled Fisheries Make A Comeback, Study Shows" [6]

"There's no question that the world's fish are in trouble. Fishermen are pulling fish out of the seas far faster than these populations can grow back. Some fisheries are heading toward collapse or even extinction. But a major new analysis of this grim picture shows that fisheries aren't doomed. In fact, some are on the mend."

Fish & Fisheries [2]

Public [3]

International [7]

Source: NPR [8], 07/31/2009

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"The Most Cooked-Up Catch" [9]

Despite what you see on TV's "The Deadliest Catch," the Rambo-style competition for crab in the Bering Sea has been ended under a new system that permanently divides up the catch among all the boats in the fishery. ---

Fish & Fisheries [2]

Public [3]

Alaska and Hawaii [10]

Source: High Country News [11], 07/29/2009

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"Rainbow Trout Rebound in Renowned River" [12]

"Rainbow trout are rebounding in the Madison River, the world-class fishing stream where Montana's first known outbreak of whirling disease occurred about 15 years ago, devastating the rainbow fishery."

Fish & Fisheries [2]

Public [3]

Mountain West (CO ID MT NV UT WY) [13]

Source: AP [14], 07/21/2009

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NOAA Fishery Advisers Have New Look [15]

If you report for a coastal region where fisheries are important, it's a good time to investigate the membership makeup of your regional Fishery Management Council.

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TipSheet [16]

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Fish & Fisheries [2]

Government [17]

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National (U.S.) [18]

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August 10, 2009

DEADLINE: SEJ Post-Conference Tour / IJNR Lake Country Institute [19]

The Institutes for Journalism & Natural Resources will, for the first time, conduct SEJ's Post-Conference Tour, Oct 11-14, 2009. Journalists chosen as fellows will explore several newsworthy destinations in northern Wisconsin. Apply by: August 10, 2009.

SEJ Annual Conferences [20]

Workshops and Fellowships [21]

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Climate Change [22]

Fish & Fisheries [2]

Air [23]

Planning & Growth [24]

Forests [25]

Water & Oceans [26]

Biodiversity [27]

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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]

"Council Continues Gulf Longline Fishing Ban" [29]

"The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council ... left in place a moratorium on longline fishing to aid a federally protected sea turtle species."

Fish & Fisheries [2]

Public [3]

National (U.S.) [18]

Source: Greenwire [30], 06/23/2009

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Toxaphene in Lake Superior Fish Poses Risk [31]

"The largest, deepest and coldest Great Lake holds another distinction -- the highest levels of the contaminant toxaphene in the region and possibly anywhere in the world."

Fish & Fisheries [2]

Public [3]

Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [28]

Source: South Bend Tribune [32], 06/15/2009

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Mercury-And-Fish-Contamination Stories Dominate Recent Coverage [33]

By MIKE DUNNE
The Chicago Tribune's series of mercury in seafood (see page 1) was not the only fish story in the news in the past several months. Stories about the safety of seafood ran across the United States and Canada.

Jerry Hirsch of the Los Angeles Times reported on Feb. 27 that shoppers who browse the seafood counters at Holiday Quality Foods' 19 grocery stores in rural Northern California find a new Safe Harbor brand, the nation's first line of low-mercury fresh fish.

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