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2009 Sep 3 |
California state wildlife regulators canceled the San Francisco Bay herring fishing season for the first time as the population plunged to a dangerous low. Links: USA, California, SF Bay Area, Fish 
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2009 Sep 13 |
It was reported that the hoki fish, harvested in the deep waters around New Zealand, had declined substantially. Hoki, the main ingredient in McDonald’s Fillet-O-Fish sandwich, was also used by Denny’s and Long John Silver’s restaurants. From 1996 to 2001 some 275,000 tons were harvested by factory trawlers. The allowed catch was reduced to 100,00 tons in 2007 and 2008. Links: USA, Food, New Zealand, Fish
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2009 Sep 22 |
A sharply divided EU failed to protect the threatened bluefin tuna, as the bloc's Mediterranean nations refused to back even a temporary a ban on catching the fish prized by sushi aficionados. Greece, Cyprus, Malta, Spain, France and Italy, with strong fishermen's lobbies at home, insisted on continuing the hunt despite the precarious state of the species. Conservation groups had earlier criticized the EU for not pushing to list the bluefin tuna under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species. Links: Italy, Spain, France, EU, Cyprus, Malta, Greece, Fish
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2009 Sep 25 |
Palau announced to the UN General Assembly that it is creating a shark and ray sanctuary over some 240,000 square miles around its coastline. Palau had just one boat to patrol the protected waters. Some 20,000 people populated the 190-square mile archipelago. Links: Environment, Fish, Palau
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2009 Sep 29 |
In California 28 parties, after a decade of negotiations, reached a tentative agreement to remove 4 dams on the Klamath River, which have blocked salmon migrations. Links: California, Environment, Fish
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2009 Oct 1 |
In California operators at the Friant Dam began releasing pulses of water in a move to rewet the San Joaquin riverbed in preparation for reintroducing salmon species beginning next year. The dam, completed in 1944, had turned 64 miles of the river into a dusty trench. Links: USA, California, Environment, Fish
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2009 Oct 16 |
The European Commission called for sharp cuts in cod quotas, up to 25% in some areas, saying the prized fish is sliding toward commercial extinction in several historic Atlantic fishing grounds. Links: EU, Fish
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2009 Oct 28 |
Somalia’s PM Omar Abdirashid Ali Sharmarke said that many countries are fishing illegally in Somali waters and have pushed formerly profitable Somali fishermen into the pirate trade. "We estimate that the value of the fish being taken from our waters is perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars." 5 people were killed in fighting after insurgents sent mortars toward the airport as the president was arriving. Links: Somalia, Fish
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2009 Oct 31 |
Ahmed Gadaf, a self-described spokesman for Somali pirates, said that boats from other countries are plundering Somalia's fish-rich waters. Links: Somalia, Fish
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2009 Nov 16 |
The EU Commission said over 45 countries who catch tuna have agreed to cut catches of the threatened Atlantic bluefin tuna next year. Links: EU, Fish
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2009 Dec 8 |
Somali pirates hijacked the MV Shahbaig, a Pakistan-flagged fishing vessel with 28 crew members aboard. Links: Pakistan, Somalia, Fish, Pirates
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2009 Dec 17 |
The US Fish and Wildlife Service declared that attempts over the past two years to save the endangered Kootenai River white sturgeon had failed. An isolated population of the species lives along a stretch of the Kootenai that passes through Montana, northern Idaho and southern British Columbia. Fewer than 500 of the bottom-feeding behemoths survive. It's been 35 years since they successfully spawned due to the 1974 construction of Libby Dam. Links: USA, Montana, Fish, Extinction
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2010 Jan 30 |
The European Union said Italy is to stop fishing for bluefin tuna, the lucrative but over-exploited species beloved of Japanese sushi fans, for 12 months. Links: Italy, EU, Fish
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2010 Feb 8 |
The Obama administration said it will spend $78.5 million on efforts to contain the Asian carp, which threatened to endanger the Great Lakes’ $7 billion fishing industry. Links: USA, Fish, ObamaB
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2010 Feb 28 |
In Brazil workers cleared some 80 tons of dead fish from Ipanema Beach in Rio de Janeiro. Increased levels of harmful algae were suspected as the cause of the fie-off. Links: Brazil, Fish
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2010 Mar 5 |
Swarms of Somali pirates moved into the waters off East Africa, triggering four shootouts with French and Spanish fishing vessels including a skirmish with French military personnel that sunk a pirate skiff. Somali pirates near Madagascar hijacked the Norwegian-owned ship with 21 crew members. The UBT Ocean chemical tanker was carrying fuel oil. Links: Spain, France, Oil, Somalia, Norway, Fish, Pirates
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2010 Mar 13 |
In Qatar a two week UN conference opened with a focus on the Atlantic bluefin tuna and other marine life in the world's overfished oceans. The 175-nation Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) discussed new proposals on regulating the trade in number of plant and animal species. Links: Qatar, UN, Animal, Fish
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2010 Mar 16 |
At the CITES meeting in Qatar a marine conservation group, Oceana, said surging demand for shark fin soup among Asia's booming middle classes is driving many species of these big fish to the brink of extinction. Links: Qatar, Fish
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2010 Mar 18 |
In Qatar the CITES convention said consumer appetite for caviar is pushing sturgeon to the brink of extinction. Fishing nations led by Japan rejected a US backed proposal to ban export of the Atlantic bluefin tuna. A proposal to ban the int’l. sale of polar bear skins also failed to pass. Links: Qatar, USA, Japan, Fish
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2010 Mar 23 |
At the CITES convention in Qatar Asian nations blocked US-backed proposals to protect the heavily fished hammerhead and oceanic whitetip sharks on concerns that regulating the booming trade in fins could hurt poor coastal nations. Links: Qatar, Fish
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2010 Mar 25 |
In Qatar the CITES UN wildlife meeting rejected efforts to regulate the trade in overfished porbeagle sharks, reversing an earlier ruling at the conference and leaving none of the proposed shark species with protection. Asia nations managed to reopen the debate on the final day of the conference and voted to kill the proposal. Links: Qatar, Fish
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2010 May 2 |
Louisiana's 2.4-billion-dollar a year commercial and recreational fishing industry was dealt its first major blow from the April 20 oil spill, as the US government banned activities for 10 days due to health concerns. Links: USA, Oil, Environment, Louisiana, Fish
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2010 May 11 |
In Sweden a maritime museum said a "giant herring" measuring 3.5 meters (11.4 feet) had been discovered off Sweden's western coast -- the first such fish found in the Scandinavian country in more than 130 years. Links: Sweden, Fish
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2010 May 13 |
The Israeli government asked the fishermen to stop fishing in the Sea of Galilee. Officials said a decade of overfishing has left the aquatic population of the biblical body of water in danger. The fishing ban was approved by PM Benjamin Netanyahu and his Cabinet last month and will be in effect for two years. Links: Israel, Fish
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2010 May 28 |
Hawaii became the first US state to ban the sale or possession of shark fins, used in the creation of some Chinese delicacies, in an effort to help prevent their overfishing. Links: Food, Fish, Hawaii
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2010 Jun 23 |
Illinois state and federal officials said an Asian carp has been found for the first time beyond electric barriers meant to keep the voracious invasive species out of the Great Lakes, prompting renewed calls for swift action to block their advance. Commercial fishermen landed the 3-foot-long, 20-pound bighead carp in Lake Calumet on Chicago's South Side, about six miles from Lake Michigan. Links: USA, Illinois, Fish
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2010 Jun 25 |
In Venezuela it was reported that fish and birds covered with tar-like oil are washing up on the eastern shores of Lake Maracaibo, angering fishermen who fear their livelihood is at stake because of the country's state-run oil company. Links: Venezuela, Oil, Environment, Fish, Birds
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2010 Jul 1 |
A US audit, commissioned by the Commerce Dept., found that the national Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) fishery police misspent millions in federal fines on cars for managers, a luxury undercover boat and training in Norway. Links: USA, Fish
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2010 Jul 10 |
It was reported that Amazon river dolphins were being killed by fishermen for bait and that the population was dropping 7 percent a year. The gentle and curious dolphins were easy targets for nets and harpoons as they swim fearlessly up to fishing boats. Links: Brazil, Animal, Fish
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2010 Jul 19 |
Despite being rebuffed twice by the US Supreme Court, five states (Michigan, Wisconsin, Ohio, Minnesota and Pennsylvania) filed suit with a lower court demanding tougher federal and municipal action to prevent Asian carp from overrunning the Great Lakes and decimating their fishing industry. Links: USA, Ohio, Minnesota, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin, Fish
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2010 Jul 30 |
Louisiana’s Department of Wildlife and Fisheries said "commercial fishing will reopen for finfish and shrimp in portions of state waters east of the Mississippi River." Links: USA, Louisiana, Fish
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2010 Aug 8 |
In Spain people began complaining of jellyfish attacks. Over the next three days some 700 people were stung at three beaches on the Costa Blanca near Elche, where normally just a handful get stung daily. Links: Spain, Fish
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2010 Aug 22 |
Thousands of fish turned up dead at the mouth of Mississippi River, prompting authorities to check whether oil was the cause of mass death. Crabs, sting rays, eel, drum, speckled trout and red fish were among the species that turned up dead. Links: USA, Oil, Louisiana, Fish
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2010 |
Paul Greenberg authored “Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food.” Links: USA, Food, Fish, Books
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