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The Alaska Independent Fishermen's Marketing Association AIFMA applauds the US Environmental Protection Agency EPA for its Watershed Assessment of impacts of potential large scale mining in the Bristol Bay drainages of Alaska
Posted 02/17/2014
by Dave Harsila - for the Cordova Times
The Alaska Independent Fishermen's Marketing Association (AIFMA) applauds the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for its Watershed Assessment of impacts of potential large scale mining in the Bristol Bay drainages of Alaska. The Assessment is thorough, peer-reviewed, and comprehensive. It describes the risks of unavoidable, adverse, cumulative effects of.... http://www.thecordovatimes.com/article/1408beyond-pebble-protect-entire-watershed
Lots of tools available for entrepreneurs
Posted: February 16, 2014 - 4:15pm
By Molly Dischner
For the Peninsula Clarion
Low interest rates, helpful banks and a variety of tools for entrepreneurs are helping foster new business on the Kenai Peninsula. The success of small businesses is tied to the local economy, said Bryan Zak, South West Region Director for the Alaska Small Business Development Center. Agrium re-starting in Nikiski, and the potential for an in-state gasline with a Peninsula outlet...................In Seward, the marine service industry is booming, with a boatyard expanding and the marine industrial center ready to come online. There’s a new salmon smoker there, too. Down in Homer, Ohlson Mountain Mineral Springs H2O is successfully bottling water..... http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2014-02-16/lots-of-tools-available-for-entrepreneurs
Salmon forecasts to be unveiled at March 3 meeting
Staff report
February 16, 2014 Updated 22 hours ago
Public participation in the process for setting salmon fishing seasons will kick off March 3 when salmon run forecasts are released. The final decisions are scheduled to be made at meetings April 5-10. The March meeting is the traditional start of the North of Falcon process during which state, federal and tribal fishery managers hammer out the fishing seasons for the coming year. During the morning session, staff from the state Department of Fish and Wildlife will reveal salmon... http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/02/16/3050487/olympia-salmon-forecasts-to-be.html
Columbia coho forecast at nearly 1 million fish
BY STAFF REPORT
February 16, 2014 Updated 22 hours ago
The run of coho salmon returning to the Columbia River this year will reach nearly 1 million fish, more than three times the size of the run in 2013. The ocean abundance, before any fisheries, of early- and late-run Columbia coho is forecast at 964,100 adult fish, compared with a final estimate of 301,500 for the 2013 run. The forecast was released last week by the Technical Advisory Committee. The 2003-2012 annual average return to the mouth of the Columbia, which subtracts ocean.... http://www.thenewstribune.com/2014/02/16/3050501/2014-estimate-columbia-coho-forecast.html
How oil breaks fish hearts
Hydrocarbons spilled into oceans stifle the beat of cardiac cells
BY BETH MOLE 11:17AM, FEBRUARY 14, 2014
CHICAGO— Crude oil in the ocean from spills may cramp crucial electrical activity in fish, crippling the pitter-patter of piscine hearts and potentially causing death.... https://www.sciencenews.org/article/how-oil-breaks-fish-hearts
Opinion: Plan to exploit oceans scares fishermen
Fishermen have come to realize that they are inextricably linked to the sum health of the ocean. Our very existence depends upon it. Gone are the presumptuous times of our past, when people believed the world’s oceans were impervious to....... http://www.nationalfisherman.com/news-events/top-news/3018-opinion-plan-to-exploit-oceans-scares-fishermen
USD 6.4 million funding to enhance biosecurity and aquaculture best practices
CANADA
Monday, February 17, 2014, 23:50 (GMT + 9)
Enhancing biosecurity, pursuing best practices, and continually improving the overall approach to provincial aquaculture were the key themes discussed by Keith Hutchings, Newfoundland and Labrador Minister of Fisheries and Aquaculture, at the recent Newfoundland Aquaculture Industry Association Annual Conference and Trade Show.... http://fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp?l=e&country=0&special=&monthyear=&day=&id=66552
3 February, 2014 12:30PM AEDT
Will there be super trawler based in Tasmania?
By Leon Compton and Tim Walker
While it is not until later this year that a scientific report is released into the sustainability of a super trawler operating in Australian Commonwealth waters, those opposed to it in Tasmania want the views of all candidates in the upcoming state election put on the record..... http://www.abc.net.au/local/audio/2014/02/03/3936887.htm
NFMag: Slideshow: These classics are not relics http://t.co/VleRfoNGnH pic.twitter.com/Ggwt51u6FL
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 17, 2014
Any Alaska fishing folks have a ComFish event calendar you'd like to share? Our special place to plug you in is here. http://t.co/8SeZNupbWg
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 17, 2014
Alaska Salmon Project: The complete series (1-15) | Alaska Dispatch (a definite keeper bookmark for fish folks) http://t.co/MnxoqRs2RF
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 17, 2014
@JA_Machin Trawler leaving Aviles for Hake. Think again before you think its too expensive! #eatmorefish. pic.twitter.com/HAWn3fX9C8
— Nick Ely (@Nick_Ely) February 16, 2014
Next time your neighbor whines about expensive seafood... pic.twitter.com/khyQzxSUbT
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 17, 2014
St. Patrick's Day & the great migration 2 Sitka a month away. So, in the spirit, a fave. The Corrs: Toss the Feathers http://t.co/8e4YaaHacZ
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 16, 2014
Have you heard ‘We Are One Tribe’ by AK REBEL on #SoundCloud? https://t.co/MxCdDkW0mc Good stuff!
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 17, 2014
Electronic Monitoring is the wave of the future in #fisheries accountability http://t.co/CmTnWfWXfV #EM pic.twitter.com/Wk5tY7MLn0
— EDF Oceans (@EDFOceans) February 12, 2014
The face of Bill Nye, the science guy, when Marsha Blackburn says that climate change may be good for us. pic.twitter.com/XqjJeMW90x
— Derek Khanna (@DerekKhanna) February 16, 2014
Bill Nye confuses South Pole with North Pole in 'Meet the Press' Climate Debate http://t.co/7pTXP3w10p pic.twitter.com/X9EvTFcPN7
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 17, 2014
Less sea ice may be the explanation for more mobile diseases in the #Arctic, subarctic: http://t.co/r5ahLV8YZ8 pic.twitter.com/xyeV6XUlpQ
— Alaska Dispatch (@alaskadispatch) February 17, 2014
http://t.co/2olO7HPqF2 spiders @Google's carbon footprint http://t.co/V4r4z5ewNp
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 17, 2014
Center-Pivot Irrigation in Saudi Arabia Color Infrared Imagery +1 by SkySat-1 12-26-2014 http://t.co/wo1iPLBV0P pic.twitter.com/HCM5JADrvV
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 17, 2014
What can your dog do? pic.twitter.com/Xrpv8J4lAo
— Military Porn (@Military_Porn) January 29, 2014
Bloomberg: 'Using drones is so lucrative for Hollywood that they’re flown knowing they’re illegal' +Boeing777nearmiss http://t.co/aG14LHg570
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 17, 2014
@alaskatravelgrm with situation @TSAIAirport yesterday, good luck on oil field passengers still wanting to leave bags unattended, in line.
— Scott A. Johnson (@akscojo) February 17, 2014
@akscojo Ya. I feel safer. You? Gah
— Scott McMurren (@alaskatravelgrm) February 17, 2014
The person who told me this column would write itself was a liar.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) February 17, 2014
Dude just came up to me at Starbucks at Rockefeller Center and asked if I was @chucktodd. Should said "yes" and let the expletives fly.
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) February 17, 2014
This tweet dedicated to fixing the Microsoft free speech 'bug' in China. “达赖喇嘛” (Dalai Lama) “自由微博” (FreeWeibo) http://t.co/Swz90sFArp
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 17, 2014
@Dropbox scales the Great Firewall and is now no longer blocked in China http://t.co/Ta5NaFIG9R
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 17, 2014
Google Drive has been stuck behind the Great Firewall since the day it launched in early 2012 http://t.co/cOgOPvkh7R
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 17, 2014
Why South Korea is really an internet dinosaur - #Censorship http://t.co/yImULmcHX9
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 17, 2014
Gallery of 2014 @irondograce start at #BigLake! See your favorite team leaving the start http://t.co/ttQCKFa8rN #ktuu pic.twitter.com/uaQC4e2uMO
— KTUU.com (@Ch2KTUU) February 17, 2014
'President Hamilton': I Like the Sound of It. And Here’s What I’d Do, Starting in California http://t.co/qSfHfdKsmy
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 17, 2014