Conservation
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Zebra Mussels Found in Sherman’s Lake Dean Gilbert
AUSTIN—Zebra mussels have been found in Lake Dean Gilbert in the city of Sherman’s Pecan Grove Park.
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Commercial and Recreational Rock Crab and Recreational Dungeness Crab Fisheries Open in Southern Portion of the State
On Dec. 31, 2015, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) and the Fish and Game Commission (Commission) were notified by the director of the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) that, in consultation with the director of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH), a determination has been made that Dungeness and rock crab caught on the mainland coast south of 35° 40′ N Latitude (near Piedras Blancas Light Station in San Luis Obispo County) no longer poses a significant human health risk from high levels of domoic acid and that the fisheries should be opened in a manner consistent with the emergency regulations.
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A Must Read: Farmers Try Political Force to Twist Open CA’s Taps
Dear friends, This article published on December 30, 2015 in the New York Times, "Farmers Try Political Force to Twist Open California’s Taps" is a must read! It's not just the tunnels. Whether the tunnels are built or not, unless we stop the over pumping of the Delta at the Tracy pumps, the Delta will collapse. And here is what those South of Delta water users are all about, excerpt: "A water utility on paper, Westlands in practice is a formidable political force, a $100 million-a-year agency with five lobbying firms under contract in Washington and Sacramento, a staff peppered with former federal and congressional powers, a separate political action committee representing farmers and a government-and-public-relations budget that topped $950,000 last year."Read the New York Times article here.Have a joyous 2016!
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CDFW Seeks Natural Resource Volunteers for North Coast Area
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is now accepting applications for its Natural Resource Volunteer Program (NRVP) to serve in the Eureka area.
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Controversial sale of Delta islands runs into problems
A controversial plan that would put Southern California’s most powerful water agency in control of a group of Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta islands has run into a potentially significant hurdle.
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Westernbass Magazine, Winter 2016
Happy Holidays! The new year is always an exciting time in our sport as all of the circuits begin to kick off for another season. WesternBass is looking forward to bringing you the news and information of 2016. We are also looking forward to you sharing your season with us. WesternBass is once again sponsoring the casting tank at the ISE in Sacramento and this year we will also be at the Phoenix ISE show sponsoring the demo tank. We invite all of you to stop by and say hi. We would love to hear from you. I would like encourage you to support our site advertisers that make WesternBass and the WesternBass.com Magazine available for your use. As most of you know, without our advertisers, WesternBass would not exist. I wish all of you the best and most prosperous NEW Year! Tight Lines! Wayne
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Warmer air and sea, declining ice continue to trigger Arctic change
Fish and walruses moving in face of new challenges - A new NOAA-sponsored report shows that air temperature in 2015 across the Arctic was well above average with temperature anomalies over land more than 2 degrees Fahrenheit above average, the highest since records began in 1900. Increasing air and sea surface temperatures, decreasing sea ice extent and Greenland ice sheet mass, and changing behavior of fish and walrus are among key observations released today in the Arctic Report Card 2015.
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Our 10th year fighting Delta Tunnels is 8 days away!
Governor Brown’s California Water (non) Fix, aka the Delta tunnels, will devastate the Bay-Delta estuary, first through fourteen years of construction impacts that will not be mitigated, and then through operation of the project, depriving the estuary of essential fresh water flows. The Delta tunnels will transform the estuary into a stagnant, polluted, saltwater pool, unfit for urban drinking water supplies, agricultural use, recreation, business uses, fishery protections, and terrestrial species.
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Senator Marco Rubio Pushes for Federal Fishery Management Reform
.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), the chairman of the Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard, recently sent a letter to U.S. Commerce Secretary Pritzker in response to the recently released Government Accountability Office (GAO) report on Fisheries Data Collection.
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Washington Adopts New Sportfishing Regs
The Washington Fish and Wildlife Commission on Friday adopted nearly 50 new sportfishing rules, including a requirement that anglers release all wild steelhead they catch on several streams on the Olympic Peninsula.
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NOAA study finds ‘living shorelines’ can lessen climate change’s effects
Protected and stabilized shorelines can store carbon, promote coastal resilience, improve water quality, and fish habitats
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Chesapeake Bay Produces 600,000 Pounds of Blue Catfish
Blue catfish are picking up steam as the species that's as edible as they are invasive and abundant.
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East Bay Developer Pleads No Contest to Felony Charges
A Dublin land developer pleaded no contest today to charges of submitting fraudulent documents to the City of Dublin in an attempt to avoid development requirements to protect two state-protected species, the California Tiger Salamander and the Red-legged frog.
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Alabama Sen. Shelby Takes Action to Address Gulf Red Snapper Fishery Mismanagement
Alexandria, VA – Dec. 16, 2015– Today’s Congressional Omnibus Appropriations bill includes several actions important to recreational fishing championed by Senate Appropriations Committee Subcommittee Chairman Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.). The bill includes a number of provisions that attempt to address the ongoing Gulf of Mexico red snapper fishery mismanagement that has resulted in an abbreviated ten-day season for private sector recreational anglers.
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Michigan DNR Works to Reduce Pressure on Saginaw Bay Yellow Perch
An experimental commercial whitefish venture — operating out of Harbor Beach in Huron County and farther south than similar Lake Huron commercial enterprises — is not only paying dividends for the fisherman involved, it's designed to benefit Michigan's sport fishing anglers as well.
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NOAA Says Atlantic Shark Populations Healthy—Commercial Season Opens Jan. 1
NOAA Fisheries strives to achieve balance between the long-term survival of fish stocks with the long-term survival of fisheries, which includes commercial and recreational fishermen—the shark fishery is no exception to this
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Alabama's Only Trout Fishery Stocked with 3500 Rainbows
Some 3,500 rainbow trout from the Dale Hollow National Fish Hatchery were released in the Sipsey Branch below Lewis Smith Dam in mid-November according to Doug Darr, Aquatic Education Coordinator for the state, and these fish have now spread out over several miles of the upper river to provide good action.
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Giant 1400-Foot Aquaculture Ship to Raise Salmon Offshore of Norway
It could be the start of a sustainable revolution for the Norwegian salmon farming industry, following the design of an aquaculture ship that will move salmon farming further offshore where sea lice and waste build up will no longer be serious problems.
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