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NOAA Fishery Advisers Have New Look [1]

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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Fish & Fisheries [3]
Government [4]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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August 10, 2009

DEADLINE: SEJ Post-Conference Tour / IJNR Lake Country Institute [7]

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 [8]
Workshops and Fellowships [9]
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Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Air [11]
Planning & Growth [12]
Forests [13]
Water & Oceans [14]
Biodiversity [15]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]

"Council Continues Gulf Longline Fishing Ban" [17]

"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 [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Greenwire [18], 06/23/2009

Toxaphene in Lake Superior Fish Poses Risk [19]

"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 [3]
Public [6]
Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]
Source: South Bend Tribune [20], 06/15/2009

Mercury-And-Fish-Contamination Stories Dominate Recent Coverage [21]

 

 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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Testing Chicago Fish Opens Door Into Big National Story [22]

 

By MIKE DUNNE

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Fish & Fisheries [3]
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Great Lakes (IL IN MI MN OH WI) [16]
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Eastern States Warn on Fish Consumption [23]

Eight eastern states warned against over-consumption of rockfish, bluefish, and other popular Atlantic Ocean species because of PCB contamination.
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Public [6]
National (U.S.) [5]
Source: Baltimore Sun [24], 06/05/2009

Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization [25]

 

 Climate change scientist paints a stark and vivid picture

THE WINDS OF CHANGE: CLIMATE, WEATHER AND THE DESTRUCTION OF CIVILIZATIONS By Eugene Linden 
Simon & Schuster, $26

Topics on the Beat: 
Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Economy & Business [26]
Consumer [27]
Disasters [28]
Energy & Fuel [29]
Environmental Studies [30]
Food [31]
Forests [13]
Health [32]
Government [4]
Environmental Politics [33]
Journalism & Media [34]
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National (U.S.) [5]
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Public [6]

Shad Struggle for Comeback in James River [35]

American shad are struggling with little success to make a comeback in Virginia's James River. Historically abundant, this "founding fish" disappeared for years because its spawning was blocked by dams.
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Public [6]
Mid-Atlantic (DC DE MD PA VA WV) [36]
Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch [37], 05/28/2009

Cumulative Ocean Impacts Mapped Off U.S. and Mexican Shores [38]

Researchers from California and Hawaii have analyzed 25 factors and developed a map that reflects the relative cumulative magnitude of their effects on the waters extending for about 250-350 miles off the shores of Washington, Oregon, California, and the Baja Peninsula.
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Climate Change [10]
Fish & Fisheries [3]
Pollution [39]
Water & Oceans [14]
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International [40]
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Northwest (OR WA) [41]
California [42]
Mexico [43]
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