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In the 09/09/2021 edition:
  • Alaska governor nominates Pebble Mine opponent to state Board of Fisheries
    September 8, 2021 — It took freedom of information requests, weeks of queries to administrators and more than three months past a legal deadline for Gov. Mike Dunleavy to finally release his choice for a Board of Fisheries seat. Dunleavy announced last Friday his appointment of Indy Walton of Soldotna to fill the vacant seat on...Read More
  • Maine groups receive $900K to help restore Atlantic salmon populations
    September 8, 2021 — Continuing efforts to help restore Atlantic salmon populations in Maine are receiving a boost thanks to $900,000 in funding awarded through the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. U.S. Senators Susan Collins and Angus King announced Tuesday that four organizations in Maine have been selected to receive money from the distribution to assist their...Read More
  • NORTH CAROLINA: Judge allows fisheries management lawsuit to proceed
    September 8, 2021 — A Raleigh judge says a lawsuit filed by dozens of North Carolina residents and a recreational fishing advocacy group against state regulators can move forward. The Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina, along with 86 other plaintiffs, filed the suit against the state in November over what they call “abject failure”...Read More
  • Tokyo Olympics’ sustainability legacy outweighs actual sales
    September 8, 2021 — The Tokyo Paralympics wrapped up on 5 September, following the first-ever Olympic Games without spectators, and despite challenges related to COVID-19, the event was still a win for seafood sustainability – both the advocates and the organizations promoting it. Exactly how much certified seafood was sold during the Olympics, and what percentage...Read More
  • MASSACHUSETTS: NPS provides $368k to Coastal Studies
    September 8, 2021 — The Center for Coastal Studies (CCS) in Provincetown has received $386,000 from the National Park Service and $75,000 the state of Massachusetts to establish a new Shark Ecology Research Program. The foundation of the program is an ongoing study conducted by Bryan Legare, a seascape ecologist in the Center’s Marine Geology department. Legare...Read More
  • Bering Sea crabbers talk shutdown, facing biomass disaster head on
    September 7, 2021 — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced on Friday, Sept. 3, that the Bristol Bay red king crab fishery would be closed for the 2021-22 season, for the first time in 25 years. The announcement came in advance of the management decision-making process, providing the crab fleet time to make...Read More
  • IATTC meeting defers decision on proposed bluefin harvest increase
    September 8, 2021 — The regional fishery management organization that sets tuna harvest-limits in the Eastern Pacific Ocean once again deferred a decision on the Pacific bluefin harvest after failing to reach consensus on the details of a proposed increase. At the 23 to 27 August meeting of the full commission of the Inter-American Tropical...Read More
  • Groundfish Subcommittee of the SSC to hold online meeting September 29-30, 2021
    September 8, 2021 — The following was released by the Pacific Fishery Management Council: The Pacific Fishery Management Council’s (Pacific Council)  Groundfish Subcommittee of the Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) will hold an online meeting to review requested analyses exploring scale uncertainty in the new spiny dogfish stock assessment and rebuilding analyses for copper rockfish and...Read More
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