Judge: Feds followed proper procedure in Alaska sea lion case / @Deckboss wrap

By MARK THIESSEN
Associated Press

Published: January 19th, 2012 06:03 PM
Last Modified: January 20th, 2012 01:50 AM

A federal agency followed proper procedures when instituting fishing restrictions in the western Aleutian Islands to protect endangered Steller sea lions, a judge ruled Thursday.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess found the National Marine Fisheries Service followed acceptable procedures for concluding that fishing must be curtailed because sea lions are nutritionally stressed because they aren't getting enough to eat. "The Court must defer to the technical expertise of the agency as long as there is a rational connection between the evidence and its conclusions," Burgess wrote.... http://www.adn.com/2012/01/19/2272737/judge-feds-followed-proper-procedure.html

@Deckboss

Conservationists hail Steller sea lion ruling http://deckboss.blogspot.com/2012/01/conservationists-hail-steller-sea-lion.html

Another note on the sea lion ruling http://deckboss.blogspot.com/2012/01/another-note-on-sea-lion-ruling.html

The gist of the Steller sea lion ruling http://deckboss.blogspot.com/2012/01/gist-of-steller-sea-lion-ruling.html

Judge sides with government in Steller case http://deckboss.blogspot.com/2012/01/judge-sides-with-government-in-steller.html

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http://www.adn.com/2012/01/19/2272838/predators-may-block-alaska-sea.html

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Crabbers get a boost in bairdi Tanner quotas

LAINE WELCH Image via Wikipedia FISHERIES Published: November 7th, 2009 10:10 PM Last Modified: November 7th, 2009 10:12 PM KODIAK -- Kodiak and Alaska Peninsula crabbers got some good news last week -- bigger catch quotas for bairdi Tanner crab, a mid-January fishery important to local economies. Bairdi are the larger cousins of the better-known opilio Tanners, or snow crab. The bairdi boost stems from a big pulse of new crab recruits that biologists have been tracking for years. "That is what's fueling the increase in the harvest this year. We're just getting the very beginning of that year class," said......... http://www.adn.com/money/welch/story/1004091.html

#01-14-2014 - ComFish News Roundup

Chinook Conservation, Trawling and Permit-Stacking Addressed by BoF Jan 13, 2014 View of Kodiak from Pillar Mountain (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska Board of Fisheries wrapped up its Kodiak area meetings on Friday afternoon at the Harbor Convention Center. KMXT’s Jay Barrett spoke with board Chairman Karl Johnstone about some of the decisions that came out of the meeting, and how the meeting schedule may change in the future..... http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5374 3:32 PM MON JANUARY 13, 2014 The Dillingham City Council Opposes Passage of House Bill 77 By MIKE MASON The Dillingham City Council has come out in opposition to a bill that is expected to be a major focus of attention during the next session of the Alaska Legislature. KDLG’s Mike Mason has the details..... http://kdlg.org/post/dillingham-city-council-opposes-passage-house-bill-77 PORT STUDY Corps draft feasibility study on ports due in March

Danish commandos 'monitoring hippies' on Arctic offshore rig #artcticloons

Image by Steve Rhodes via Flickr Alaska Dispatch | May 31, 2011 Armed Danish commandos have (possibly) been summoned to monitor Earth-loving "hippies" clinging to the underbelly of an Arctic deepwater oil rig off the coast of Greenland , sources say. The environmental non-governmental group Greenpeace has published statements and video showing its activists aboard two ships that are attempting to "interfere" with oil exploration going on in the Davis Strait, 100 miles west of Greenland. This business has in turn prompted the Kingdom of Denmark to launch two ships and a few helicopters to monitor the Greenpeace interference. The Leiv Eriksson is the source of all this Arctic bait and switch. British oil company Cairn Energy is attempting to drill four wells at depths of at least 5,000 feet this summer in "iceberg-strewn sea" with the 53,000-ton offshore oil rig, which has made its way to Arctic waters after a month of failed attempts by Green

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