Conservation
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Washington: Rivers Designated Gene Banks to Protect Wild Steelhead
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) today designated the Nisqually and Elwha rivers as wild steelhead gene banks to help conserve wild steelhead populations.
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DWF Reminds Anglers/Boaters that Feeding Alligators is Illegal
Feeding alligators is illegal in Mississippi. Feeding alligators will condition wild alligators to associate humans and human activity with a source of food.
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Public tours of Black River sturgeon hatchery offered
"On the tour visitors will see the 3-month-old lake sturgeon currently in the hatchery, and learn about early life history and how we can all play a role to keep healthy populations of this fish in our waters.
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CA Legislature to Audit CA “WaterFix” Funding
Sacramento – Today, the Joint Legislative Audit Committee voted to launch an audit into funding for the California WaterFix (Delta Tunnels) as requested by Assemblymember Susan Eggman and Senator Lois Wolk.
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Black Sea Bass Study Underway
The Atlantic Coastal Fish Habitat Partnership (ACFHP) has established a new collaborative project with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore(UMES), Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council), and National Fish Habitat Fund (Fund) to study black sea bass habitat characteristics, fish abundance, and fish diets in the Mid-Atlantic.
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Give Fish a Voice: A VERY Important Public Service Message !!!
The clock is ticking. We MUST band together and make our voices heard before our most vital resource, WATER, is taken from us!! Get involved before it's TOO LATE!!!
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Give Fish a Voice: A VERY Important Public Service Message !!!
The clock is ticking. We MUST band together and make our voices heard before our most vital resource, WATER, is taken from us!! Get involved before it's TOO LATE!!!
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Subway Cars Generate New Life
Each summer staff conduct offshore artificial reef monitoring via SCUBA diving at as many reef sites as possible. Through diver surveys staff can assess material structural integrity, species abundance and diversity, as well as fish and invertebrate biomass accumulation over time.
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Trawlers Suspected in Disappearance of Atlantic Shad, Herring
Journal Blueback herring and alewife, known collectively as river herring, (shown here) once outnumbered shad at Conowingo Dam's lift but have virtually disappeared in recent years. (Dave Harp) Blueback herring and alewife, known collectively as river herring,
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Cod Season Opens
This increase from last year's zero possession limit is due to a slight increase in the biomass of Gulf of Maine cod, which allowed an increase in the recreational harvest limit.
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Summer Stress Increases Likelihood of Fish Kills on Small Waters
Anyone who has ever had their breath taken away after sitting in a car that's been parked in the summer sun will tell you that even a momentary drop in oxygen can turn things upside down. The same holds true for fish if the dissolved oxygen in a pond or lake crashes.
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Public Alert System Deployed for Sewage Releases into Vermont Lakes and Rivers
Montpelier, VT – The Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation has launched a new public alert system that enables subscribers to receive email or text message notifications when sewage and unpermitted discharges release into Vermont's lakes, rivers, and ponds.
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Commercial Fishing Ban May Be Only Option to Save Pacific Bluefin Tuna
The Pew Charitable Trusts is calling for a two year ban on the commercial fishing of Pacific bluefin tuna as a last resort to save the species.
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