Hawaii Is Not an Evolutionary Dead End for Marine Life, Snail Study Finds

ScienceDaily, July 2, 2011

The question of why there are so many species in the sea and how new species form remains a central question in marine biology. Below the waterline, about 30% of Hawai'i's marine species are endemic -- being found only in Hawai'i and nowhere else on Earth -- one of the highest rates of endemism found worldwide. But where did this diversity of species come from?

Plastic Found in Nine Percent of 'Garbage Patch' Fishes: Tens of Thousands of Tons of Debris Annually Ingested

ScienceDaily, July 1, 2011

The first scientific results from an ambitious voyage led by a group of graduate students from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego offer a stark view of human pollution and its infiltration of an area of the ocean that has been labeled as the "Great Pacific Garbage Patch."

Why You Should Eat Fish? by: Jennifer McGuire

huffingtonpost, 29 June 2011

Just like the Meryl Streep commercial about alar horrified new moms away from apples in the late 1980s, fear-mongering messages about mercury in seafood contribute to the woefully low amount of seafood women eat today in the U.S.

Tracking Top Marine Predators in Dynamic Ocean

wood stanford, 22 June 2011

Like the vast African plains, two huge expanses of the North Pacific Ocean are major corridors of life, attracting an array of marine predators in predictable seasonal patterns, according to final results from the Census of Marine Life Tagging of Pacific Predators (TOPP) project published in the June 23 edition of the journal Nature.

NOAA Sets Fishing Quotas For Bluefin Tuna

The FishSite, 01 July 2011

NOAA has announced quotas and other measures for bluefin tuna that underscore the nation’s commitment to sustainable science-based management of this vital fish stock. The allocations divide the available 2011 US bluefin tuna quota of 957 metric tons among commercial and recreational fishing sectors for the fishing season that began on June 1.

EU Extends EU-Morocco Fishing Deal

TheFishSite, 01 July 2011

Four months after the conclusion of the negotiations between the EU and Morocco, member state representatives in the COREPER group of ambassadors decided on 29 June to provisionally apply a one-year extension of this widely criticised fisheries partnership agreement.

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,

SAMOA - Climate Change May Half Pacific Islands' Coastal Fish Catches

Samoa News, 5 March 2011

Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SPC), Noumea, New Caledonia, Friday 4 March 2011 - Heads of Pacific Islands' fisheries agencies heard yesterday that climate change is predicted to cause big declines in coastal fisheries resources in the region, with potential production cut by as much as 50% by 2100.

Vietnam: Seafood Industry, A year of Blooming Harvest

The Vietnamese Seafood News, 25 February 2011

In 2010, Viet Nam’s fisheries industry achieved its targets in almost all fields of business with the total fisheries output reaching 5.2 million tons, including 2.8 million tons from aquaculture and 2.4 million tons from capture fishery.

India Looks To Barramundi

The Vietnamese Seafood News, 1 December 2010

India looks to barramundi Some 230 kilometers from the east coast hub of Chennai, 200 acres of barren land is set to become India’s first commercial-scale barramundi farm.

Sulu Gets Modern Fish Port, Cold Storage

zamboangajournal, 25 February 2011

Filipino Agriculture Secretary Proceso Alcala flew to the Muslim autonomous province of Sulu in the southern Philippines where he led government officials in the groundbreaking ceremony of a huge fishing port complex and cold storage facility in the town of Maimbung.

The Gulf Oil Spill's Toxic Legacy

theage.com, 26 February 2011

SMALL trucks noisily patrol the beach behind Steve Fourrier's home in Grand Isle, Louisiana. From his deck he watches them dump sand into screening machines. Crews follow close by, dragging rakes along the beach.

Costly Regulations Threaten Jobs and Access to Fishing

American Banking News, 25 February 2011

The California Association for Recreational Fishing (CARF) announced its opposition to new regulations being unveiled at the March 3rd California Fish and Game Commission hearing being held in Los Angeles.

Chile-Significant Decline in Fish Landings During 2010

fis.com, 21 February 2011

Accumulated landings of fishery and aquaculture products upto December 2010 totaled 3.7 million tonnes, ie 21.5 per cent less than in the 12 months of 2009, when 4.5 million tonnes were landed.  According to the latest Report on the Fisheries and Aquaculture Sector by the Subsecretariat of Fisheries (Subpesca),

EU Must Prioritize Mediterranean Fisheries: WWF

fis.com, 21 February 2011

The EU Commissioner for Fisheries and Maritime Affairs, Maria Damanaki, was urged by World Wildlife Fund (WWF) fisheries experts to put the sustainability of Mediterranean fisheries and recovery of fish stocks in the region at the heart of a reformed European fisheries policy, due for completion in 2012.

Science Shows Planned Area Closure off Georgia and North Florida NotNecessary

NOAA, 17 February 2011

Updated scientific data on red snapper populations in the South Atlantic show that the planned area closure for all snapper and grouper species off southern Georgia and northern Florida is no longer needed.

Environment Lobbyists Hopeful of WTO Fish Deal

Reuters, Feb 17, 2011

Environmental activists are hopeful that negotiations at the World Trade Organization to curb fisheries subsidies, especially those on fuel, can produce a deal that will help end overfishing.

Fisherman Wants Peers To Consider Options

nmbtimes.com, 17 February 2011

Matt Ruby is a commercial fisherman from Little River. For 15 years he has supported his family through the snapper grouper fishery. Concerned with the new fishing limits, Ruby and other fishermen have been meeting in order to help preserve their occupations.