Saturday, March 3, 2012

Pacific coast fishing

  • A ruling by a federal court in California threatens to upset a controversial new fishing management plan embraced by environmental groups, including the Environmental Defense Fund and The Nature Conservancy.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • Basking sharks, the second-largest fish on the planet, were once plentiful along the Pacific coast of North America, gathering by the hundreds and even the thousands. Now, its a rare treat to see even one of these ocean giants.
  • (msnbc.com)
  • Debris from the tsunami initially formed a thick mass in the ocean of Japans northeastern coast. But ocean currents have dispersed the pieces so theyre now estimated to spread out some 3,000 miles halfway across the Pacific.
  • (The Christian Science Monitor)
  • The process will conclude with the Pacific Fishery Management Council meetings April 1-6 in Seattle. "Coastal coho fishing should be really good," said Pat Pattillo, salmon policy coordinator for the department.
  • (Olympian)
  • Lumber, boats and other debris ripped from Japanese coastal towns by tsunamis last year have spread across some 3,000 miles of the North Pacific, where they could were expected to be from Japans fishing industry.
  • (Seattle Times)
  • Next up, the Pacific Fishery Management Council is set to meet so that will make it tougher to fish bait on the upper section," Huber added.
  • (Eureka Times-Standard)
  • Coast Guard vessels also patrolled the rich fishing grounds near Kodiak where foreign ships can take only hake and squid, UPI reported.
  • (1977: 200 mile limit takes effect; 1932: Schooner George W. Elzey in collision with Coast Guard cutter Acushnet off Cross Rip lightship - Cape Cod Today)
  • Almost a year after an earthquake sent 130-foot tsunami waves sweeping over the coast a pair of fishing vessels, both positively linked to the earthquake-ravaged regions of Japan, that were found in the middle of the Pacific.
  • (Los Angeles Times)

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