Senator Lisa Murkowski : My Bering Sea fisherman is home! (Otherwise known as my son Nic.)
With ice melting, U.S. pushes for limits on fishing in Arctic Ocean
By Maria L. LaGanga
February 22, 2014, 1:57 p.m.
SEATTLE — U.S. officials are heading to Greenland for a three-day meeting to persuade other Arctic nations to place a moratorium on high-seas fishing in the Arctic Ocean, where climate change is melting the permanent ice cap and allowing trawlers in for the first time in human history. The United States is proposing an agreement “that would close the international waters of the Arctic Ocean to commercial fishing until there is a good scientific foundation on which to base management of any potential fishing,” said.... http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-arctic-ocean-fishing-20140222,0,7982828.story
Feb 22, 7:02 PM EST
Sen. Murkowski questions China's shellfish ban
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) -- Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski questioned this week whether the Chinese ban on shellfish from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest might be about more than safety. "Yes, it's a concern about safety," the senator said while visiting Ketchikan on Thursday. "But it does cause you to wonder if there are other issues that are at play here with China, and how appropriate levels of intervention might be."....... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AK_CHINA_SHELLFISH_BAN_WAOL-?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
No Cause Identified for 2011 Northern Pinnipeds Unusual Mortality Event
February 22, 2014
(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - NOAA Fisheries announced recently that no specific cause has yet been found for the elevated numbers of sick or dead seals with skin lesions discovered in the Arctic and Bering Strait regions of Alaska in mid-July of 2011..... http://www.sitnews.us/0214News/022214/022214_sick_dead_seals.html
FDA Rules Threaten Organic Farmers
by WILLIAM BIGELOW 23 Feb 2014, 12:03 AM PDT
The Food and Drug Administration was given permission by Congress in 2010 to regulate practices on farms across the nation. Now small farms, many of whom use organic farming techniques, are finding that the methods they have been using for years, including spreading house-made fertilizers, tilling their farmland with grazing animals, and irrigating with water from open creeks, are coming under assault. The 2010 act, titled the Food Safety Modernization Act, was a response to data that showed 3,000 people die every year in the U.S. from tainted food, while tens of... http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/02/22/FDA-Rules-Threaten-Organic-Farmers
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By Maria L. LaGanga
February 22, 2014, 1:57 p.m.
SEATTLE — U.S. officials are heading to Greenland for a three-day meeting to persuade other Arctic nations to place a moratorium on high-seas fishing in the Arctic Ocean, where climate change is melting the permanent ice cap and allowing trawlers in for the first time in human history. The United States is proposing an agreement “that would close the international waters of the Arctic Ocean to commercial fishing until there is a good scientific foundation on which to base management of any potential fishing,” said.... http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-arctic-ocean-fishing-20140222,0,7982828.story
Feb 22, 7:02 PM EST
Sen. Murkowski questions China's shellfish ban
KETCHIKAN, Alaska (AP) -- Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski questioned this week whether the Chinese ban on shellfish from Alaska and the Pacific Northwest might be about more than safety. "Yes, it's a concern about safety," the senator said while visiting Ketchikan on Thursday. "But it does cause you to wonder if there are other issues that are at play here with China, and how appropriate levels of intervention might be."....... http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/A/AK_CHINA_SHELLFISH_BAN_WAOL-?SITE=OKOKL&SECTION=HOME&TEMPLATE=DEFAULT
No Cause Identified for 2011 Northern Pinnipeds Unusual Mortality Event
February 22, 2014
(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - NOAA Fisheries announced recently that no specific cause has yet been found for the elevated numbers of sick or dead seals with skin lesions discovered in the Arctic and Bering Strait regions of Alaska in mid-July of 2011..... http://www.sitnews.us/0214News/022214/022214_sick_dead_seals.html
FDA Rules Threaten Organic Farmers
by WILLIAM BIGELOW 23 Feb 2014, 12:03 AM PDT
The Food and Drug Administration was given permission by Congress in 2010 to regulate practices on farms across the nation. Now small farms, many of whom use organic farming techniques, are finding that the methods they have been using for years, including spreading house-made fertilizers, tilling their farmland with grazing animals, and irrigating with water from open creeks, are coming under assault. The 2010 act, titled the Food Safety Modernization Act, was a response to data that showed 3,000 people die every year in the U.S. from tainted food, while tens of... http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Government/2014/02/22/FDA-Rules-Threaten-Organic-Farmers
Pretty incredible scene here at closing ceremonies... http://t.co/nH5PhyAUYF
— Kikkan Randall (@kikkanimal) February 23, 2014
Solomon Gulf Hatchery Valdez Alaska - Some serious humpies here y'all.. (video) http://t.co/k3RhIJuqGK cc: @AlaskaSalmon @AlaskaSeafood
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 23, 2014
UAVs (this one a manned plane that can fly as a drone) are here to stay in Alaska (video) http://t.co/CTdQROcxXd pic.twitter.com/RarwRIs3vP
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 23, 2014
Local USPS mail in Ketchikan still being routed through Juneau? http://t.co/9U7diH4Zjm
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 23, 2014
Fairbanks: Paul Basile performs "Oh My Home, My Ohio" for KSUA Take Out http://t.co/sP9gmaTTlv via @youtube
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 23, 2014
We're turning off our real-time NOAA Weather Alert tweets. Will study code to compress in one tweet w/map. Would @NWSAlaska like to help?
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 23, 2014
Are tagged sharks and fishes helping us predict hurricanes? Find out how. @divefinatic http://t.co/VH60oh1B2z
— Monterey Aquarium PR (@MontereyAq_PR) February 22, 2014
Bitcoin Basics For The '76 Percenters' Who Don't Have A Clue What It Is - Forbes http://t.co/5gZwEz7coq pic.twitter.com/uZGhY6uWAW
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 23, 2014
@GOP secures .gop (entire web suffix) http://t.co/CB838RyZHA
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 23, 2014
CNN: 'There are some stories which do not have two sides. The climate change debate is one of them.' http://t.co/TkPf6LGKg7
— Byron York (@ByronYork) February 23, 2014
Nice. @krauthammer & Goldberg together again. pic.twitter.com/q1K2tmNZmQ
— Jonah Goldberg (@JonahNRO) February 23, 2014
Open Enrollment Medical/Dental/Vision Ins FFinest crew ends 2/28 - don't miss out - #Kirkland pic.twitter.com/6V8fxQnfT4 pic.twitter.com/TZ6igVVFAw
— Fishermen's Finest (@FishFinest) February 23, 2014
Turning mobile phones into massive supercomputer to solve big problems. @alexekoren discusses big idea w @DerekKhanna http://t.co/TWRSU0n2Dv
— David West (@dwesty) February 23, 2014
2 min video covering the Olympics - For those (like me) who didn’t have time to watch this is a great... http://t.co/YvPJxuprJ7
— marissamayer (@marissamayer) February 23, 2014
Kitesurf Alaska. Between glaciers and killer whales. http://t.co/oW4R1f3pLd
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 23, 2014
Darwin award submission: man running in the road in white sweats at dawn in #ERAlaska. No, not Army. He has dreads.
— Dave Snider (@DaveSnider) February 23, 2014
Here's a collection of photos from last week's incredible aurora display: #alaska #aurora pic.twitter.com/eYt3EpUa12
— Fairbanks News-Miner (@newsminer) February 23, 2014
A Brief Primer on Human Social Networks, or How to Keep $16 Billion In Your Pocket https://t.co/wHqacquAU3 #Facebook #WhatsApp #SupplyChain
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) February 23, 2014