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Mainebiz
March 3, 2018
It is the best way to ensure resilience of our marine resources and opportunity for future generations." According to National Marine Fisheries Service data, American lobster was the species of highest landed value in the U.S. in 2015 and 2016, and Maine's landings accounted for approximately 80% of thatÃâà...
Petaluma Argus Courier
March 3, 2018
“We do anticipate that this will restrict harvest opportunities,” Jeromy Jording, a biologist with the National Marine Fisheries Service, announced to a standing-room-only crowd at Thursday's annual kick-off to salmon season planning. The annual assessment is based on a detailed statistical review of theÃâà...
VeterinaryPracticeNews.com
March 2, 2018
Claire Simeone, DVM, a conservation medicine veterinarian with The Marine Mammal Center in Sausalito, Calif., and NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, is the first veterinarian to become a TED Fellow. March 1, 2018. Dr. Claire Simeone, conservation medicine veterinarian at The Marine Mammal Center. Credit BillÃâà...
Eureka Times Standard
March 2, 2018
After reviewing the Karuk Tribe's November petition to recognize the spring-run salmon as a separate species from its fall-run counterparts and to list them as an endangered species, the National Marine Fisheries Service this week found the tribe's request “may be warranted.” The federal agency will nowÃâà...
Santa Rosa Press Democrat
March 2, 2018
... those fishing off the San Francisco Bay and Sonoma Coast, is 229,432, nearly identical to last year's forecast of 230,700. But last year's modeling, like the year before, was overly optimistic, according to Michael O'Farrell with the National Marine Fisheries Service. The amount of catch was underestimated,Ãâà...
North Coast Journal (blog)
March 1, 2018
The National Marine Fisheries Service today triggered a 12-month review process on whether the Klamath River's spring Chinook should be listed as endangered after finding the Karuk Tribe and Salmon River Restoration Council presented scientific evidence showing the “actions may be warranted.”
KTOO
February 13, 2018
The National Marine Fisheries Service, according to Litzow, recently found that the Pacific cod population had dropped by about 60 percent since 2015. The North Pacific Fisheries Pacific Council reduced the amount of Pacific cod that can be caught by commercial fishermen in the Gulf of Alaska by aboutÃâà...
The Boston Globe
February 8, 2018
After a year of major losses for North Atlantic right whales, a local environmental advocacy group filed a federal lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service Thursday, arguing that the agency should do more to protect the critically endangered mammals. Over the past year, 18 right whales haveÃâà...
Lexology
February 2, 2018
On January 30, 2018, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) issued a final rule listing the oceanic whitetip shark (Carcharinus lonigmanus) as a threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This final listing rule is the culmination of NMFS' analysis following the 2015 petition filed byÃâà...
