Pacific
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Recreational Pacific Halibut Fishery to Close August 7
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) has announced the recreational Pacific halibut fishery will close
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Changes in the Pacific Corals
Coral reefs are very valuable habitats because of the economic, cultural, and biological benefits they provide.
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Input On 2022 Recreational Pacific Halibut Season Dates
California anglers who are interested in the recreational Pacific halibut fishery are invited to participate in an online survey
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Recreational Pacific Halibut Fishery to Reopen Sept. 3 2021
Based on the current estimates of catch through June, CDFW estimates that 20,964 net pounds of the 39,260 net pound quota remain for anglers to catch.
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Closure Planned for Recreational Pacific Halibut Fishery
Based on the latest catch projections, CDFW expects the 2021 California recreational quota of 39,260 net pounds will be exceeded unless the fishery is closed.
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Pacific Halibut Fishery Open
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) is pleased to announce the 2021 recreational Pacific halibut fishery will open Saturday, May 1 and remain open until Nov. 15, or until the quota is reached, whichever is earlier.
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Input on 2021 Recreational Pacific Halibut Season Dates
California anglers who are interested in the recreational Pacific halibut fishery are invited to participate in an online survey to help inform the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) about angler preferences for open fishing dates during the upcoming 2021 season.
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Aug 11 Ends Recreational Pacific Halibut Fishing
Based on the latest catch projections, CDFW expects the 2020 California recreational quota of 39,000 pounds has been taken.
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Threat to Pacific Coast Fisheries
The plow tracks from that 1989 experiment remain visible to this day, a testament to the lasting damage seabed mining could inflict.
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New i911 System for Pacific Northwest from Coast Guard
Across Washington and Oregon, mariners can provide vital location information to Coast Guard rescue crews from their smartphones without having to download an app
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Pacific halibut sportfishing season to Open
The spring all-depth Pacific halibut sportfishing season in Oregon’s Central Coast Subarea (Cape Falcon, just north of Garibaldi to Humbug Mountain, just south of Port Orford) will open
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EPA to set temperature limits in the Pacific Northwest's Columbia and Snake
Federal judges today sided with environmental groups pressing EPA to set temperature limits in the Pacific Northwest's Columbia and Snake rivers to help endangered salmon and steelhead.
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Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Improvement on World's Most Valuable Tuna Fisheries
The tuna fisheries in the western and central Pacific Ocean are the largest and most valuable in the world.
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Pesticides reported poisoning Pacific Northwest salmon
In a report released this week, a national group highlighted Chinook salmon as one of the top 10 species imperiled by pesticides.
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Unraveling Mysteries of Pacific Salmon Survival
An international team of biologists is setting out into some of the roughest waters in the North Pacific Ocean in the middle of winter to try to solve the fundamental mystery of Pacific salmon: What determines whether they live or die?
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Fishing Report Pacific Ocean August 7
A little change of pace for you guys. Got invited to go out on the annual Striped Bass Association potluck trip aboard the California Dawn. Got to the dock at around 5 and met some pretty cool guys aboard. Initial reports suggested that we would go for Rockfish and Lingcod, early and then try for Halibut later. We launched just shy of 6 and head to get fuel and bait.
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Tough Fishing | One Bass | Report Included
Lots of wind and weather was just on and off. A little bit of everything. Dragging grubs wasn't easy but manage one decent fish
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Senators Weigh in on Billfish Conservation Act
Conservationists and anglers are praising a bill filedWednesday by U.S. Senators Bill Nelson (D-Fla.), Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) that seeks to clear the way for full implementation of a landmark law to raise protections for billfish. The Billfish Conservation Act (BCA) was lauded when it was signed into law in 2012, but a slight ambiguity in the wording of the original legislation prevented it from being implemented as intended by the federal government.