ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF FISHING

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Salmon Farms Pose Significant Threat To Salmon Fisheries In The Pacific Northwest

rm-raised salmon are causing both ecological problems and economic problems for the commercial fishing industry.
| Source: Posted: September 23, 2003 Yahoo: del.icio.us: Salmon Farms Pose Significant Threat To Salmon Fisheries In The Pacific Northwest, Researchers Find The growing popularity of farm-raised salmon has plunged the commercial fishing industry in the Pacific Northwest into a state of crisis, according to a new report by Stanford University researchers

. Today, they catch less than 40 percent." The impact has been particularly devastating in Alaska, where 10 percent of the workforce is employed in some aspect of the salmon fishing industry, noted Rosamond L

. NOAA and DFO both have joint mandates to promote aquaculture development and to protect ocean resources." Industry overhaul According to the report, the fishing sector is now on the verge of major restructuring - similar to the transformation that occurred in agriculture and rural communities in the lower 48 states

Marine conservationists win fellowships

. He will use his Pew fellowship to address tensions between fisheries scientists and lobster fishermen by introducing computer simulation models of the fishery to the commercial fishing community

. His Pew award will be used to assess and compare the impact of mobile fishing gear, specifically bottom-trawling, on these benthic habitats in three diverse regions across the United States

Unheard Voices: James Bay II and the Women of Kuujjuarapik

. Eleven women expressed concern about the integrity of these traditional hunting and fishing camps, many of which will be submerged or otherwise affected by Phase 11

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