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Friday, June 3, 2011

Challenges And Opportunities For Commonwealth Fisheries

Predicted climate change impacts on the Australian marine environment include increases to sea surface temperature (especially in the waters off south-eastern Australia); rises in sea level; altered ocean current, wind and rain patterns; increases in ocean acidification; and increases in the frequency and intensity of tropical cyclones and storm events.

New Bluefin Tuna Management Zones Implemented

TheFishSite, 2 June 2011

The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has announced that Southern Bluefin Tuna management arrangements were put into place on 21 May 2011 after catches of Southern Bluefin Tuna were recorded off the east coast of New South Wales.

Spring Chinook Fishery above Bonneville Dam on the Columbia Extended

The Seattle Times, 01 June 2011

The spring chinook fishery above Bonneville Dam in the Columbia River mainstem will now remain open through June 15. The area stretching 163.5 miles above Bonne-D was originally scheduled to close on June 3,