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Other Articles of Interest (2015)

NOAA Update
NOAA Technical Memorandum: Prioritizing Fish Stock Assessments (August 2015)
Hatcheries
Puget Sound Wild Steelhead Gene Bank Selection Process
A Fresh Look at Fish Supplementation (May 2015)
Columbia River
Region Takes Baby Steps Toward Salmon Reintroduction Above Grand Coulee NOAA
(August 2015)
Seine fishery starts counting toward wild-salmon allocation (June 2015)
Climate Change – Artic
Warmer, lower-oxygen oceans will shift marine habitats (June 2015)
West Coast Drought
NOAA Video: California Drought: Protecting Salmon (August 2015)
Managing Columbia River Water Resources In Hot, Dry Year Is Balancing Act (August 2015)
Special Operations For Snake River Sockeye Continuing (August 2015)
H.R.2898 - Western Water and American Food Security Act of 2015
Don't Blame Fish for California's Water Shortage (July 2015)
Yakima River Irrigators Reroute Water for Fish (July 2015)
Washington: Snowpack drought has salmon dying in overheated rivers (July 2015)
Thousands of salmon die in hotter-than-usual Northwest rivers (July 2015)
Oregon Considering Removing Recreational Fishing Bag Limits On Warmwater Fish (July
2015)
Deadly fish disease found in lower Klamath River (July 2015)
Oregon Hatchery Salmon Trucked Out as Water Temperatures Rise (July 2015)
Columbia Basin Water Supply: Rivers, Streams Now Flowing At Late Summer Levels (July
2015)
Biologists bring sockeye into Idaho on trucks to get them out of hot water (July 2015)
Deschutes salmon deaths (July 2015)
Drought prompts fishing moratorium for sturgeon on Columbia, Snake rivers (July 2015)
WDFW: Drought conditions prompt fishing closures, restrictions on numerous rivers (July 2015)
ODFW has curtailed fishing hours to avoid additional stress on native fish (July2015)
Washington asks public to report drought-stranded fish (July 2015)
Warm water expected to keep killing Willamette River salmon (June 2015)
California salmon get ‘fish-lift’ due to drought, development (May 2015)
INVASIVE SPECIES
State to begin emergency effort to kill invasive weed in Anchorage's Lake Hood (July 2015)
Salmon threatened by invasive and predatory Northern Pike (June 2015)
Rep. Mike Thompson Honored at Invasive Species Coalition Congressional Reception (June 2015)
H.R.1485 - Federal Lands Invasive Species Control, Prevention, and Management Act
Ocean (Conditions, Bering Sea, Acidity, Bloom, Blob)
Warm water puts B.C.’s Fraser River sockeye run at risk (August 2015)
Washington state doubles crab closure area due to marine toxin (August 2015)
Toxic algae bloom in Pacific even larger than thought (August 2015)
Monitoring seawater reveals ocean acidification risks to Alaskan shellfish hatchery (July 2015)
Ocean Record warm temperatures to have years-long effect on B.C. salmon stocks (July 2015)
Researchers pinpoint massive harmful algal bloom (June 2015)
Biggest-ever toxic algal bloom hits West Coast, shutting down shellfish industries (June 2015)
El Nino Can Raise Sea Levels along US West Coast (May 2015)
RICK MARKS –
Policy
World Ocean Council: Comments on the National Ocean Policy (June 2015)
Magnuson Act:
S.1403 - Florida Fisheries Improvement Act
Bills containing provisions to limit Administration’s executive authority Marine Sanctuaries & Monuments
S.437 - Improved National Monument Designation Process Act
HR 330 - Marine Access and State Transparency or the MAST Act
Protected/ESA Species
H.R.564 - Endangered Salmon and Fisheries Predation Prevention Act
NOAA: Recovering predators create new wildlife management challenges (June 2015)
EPA NPDES
S.373 - Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (HR 980)
Report language - Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (S.373) (July 2015)
IUU Fishing & Seafood Fraud
Presidential Task Force on Combating IUU Fishing and Seafood Fraud (March 2015)
H.R.774 - Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing Enforcement Act of 2015 (Passed) ; S.1334
OTHER TOPICS AND ARTICLES OF INTEREST
FISH TAGGING
KLAMATH RIVER
Tribes blast feds’ Klamath plan (August 2015)
S.133 - Klamath Basin Water Recovery and Economic Restoration Act of 2015
CENTRAL VALLEY
California unveils revised blueprint for Delta tunnels (July 2015)
FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
PEW: House bill severely undercuts nation's progress in fisheries management (July 2015)
Federal Efforts in Ecosystem-Based Management (May 2015)
NOAA: New Paper Demystifies Ecosystem-Based Fisheries Management (April 2015)
Council cuts halibut bycatch in Bering Sea (June 2015)
Fishery council chops halibut-discard limit by 25% (June 2015)
Halibut survival is the focus of AK sport fish operators (June 2015)
Dumping of halibut sparks fight among North Pacific fishing fleets (May 2015)
Canary rockfish, petrale sole rebounding off West Coast (June 2015)
Tagging Toddler Halibut (June 2015)
TSUNAMI MARINE DEBRIS - RADIATION
Barge carrying marine debris arrives in Seattle (August 2015)
Monster marine debris barge arrives in Kodiak (July 2015)
State of AK Complex Marine Debris Removal (July 2015)
Microplastic particles move up marine food chain on B.C. coast: research (June 2015)
PROTECTED SPECIES (Mammals, Birds, Turtles)
Whale entanglements increasing off B.C. coast (July 2015)
Studying Killer Whales with an Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (July 2015)
For sea lions, a feast of salmon on the Columbia (July 2015)
Responders say at least 9 endangered fin whales found dead near Alaska's Kodiak Island (June 2015)
Hey Enormous Fake Orca, You Had One Job (June 2015)
Corp Slows Down Cormorant Culling In Columbia River Estuary Due To Nesting Birds (June 2015)
Time to go? Federal hunters prepare to kill salmon-eating birds (May 2015)
Culling Cormorants Begins: Goal Is To Reduce 15,000 Breeding Pairs to Under 6,000 by 2018 (May 2015)
Monterey considers electric sea lion deterrence (May 2015)
Fish-stealing whales take bite out of black cod harvest in Gulf of Alaska (April 2015)
ELWHA DAM/CONDIT DAM REMOVAL
AQUACULTURE, GMO SALMON
Canadian aquaculture report falls short: critics (July 2015)
NOAA & Canada's Department of Fisheries & Oceans Partner on Regulation of Aquaculture
NOAA Recommends $4.8m for 16 Saltonstall-Kennedy Aquaculture Projects (July 2015)
Genetically Modified Salmon: Coming to a River Near You? (June 2015)
Fish farm company appeals Federal Court decision (June 2015)
Is Salmon Raised on Land the Future of Seafood? (June 2015)
US Army Corps of Engineers Regulation of Offshore Aquaculture (March 2015)
HABITAT
Eklutna River, AK: Death to a deadbeat dam (August 2015)
Susitna dam, other Alaska megaprojects inch forward despite moratorium July 19, 2015
Oregon board delays ruling on logging buffers to cool streams (July 2015)
NOAA Fisheries input on CA sand mining helps protect key fish habitat (July 2015)
WA: State must fix hundreds of fish-blocking culverts (July 2015)
Shellfish farmers lick wounds, hire PR help (June 2015)
What the Santa Barbara Oil Spill Means for Local Seafood (May 2015)
CDFW: Regulation Revisions Under Way for the Commercial Harvest of Marine Algae (May 2015)
DISASTER RELIEF - YUKON RIVER, KUSKOKWIM RIVER AND COOK INLET
Biologists hope Yukon chinook salmon's rebound will continue (July 2015)
As Chinook Cross into Canada, Fall Chum Begin Running on the Yukon (July 2015)
Alaska planning strict chinook conservation (June 2015)
2015 Yukon River Salmon Fisheries Outlook (May 2015)
Uncovering what’s Behind Fluctuations in Yukon River Chinook Salmon Populations (June 2015)
PEBBLE MINE
Commentary: Bristol Bay's rivers, rich salmon runs still need permanent protection (August 2015)
WAVE/WIND ENERGY
PFMC Wave, Tidal, and Offshore Wind Energy Webpage
SEAFOOD HEALTH - CERTIFICATION
MSC seeking stakeholder feedback on a new traceability tool (August 2015)
Canada: Sustainable label confusion thrives in lack of regulation (August 2015)
NOAA to track abalone, cod, grouper in new crackdown (July 2015)
PSPA and ASPA Sign Agreement to Transfer MSC Certificate for Alaska Salmon (July 2015)
NY Times: A Renegade Trawler, Hunted for 10,000 Miles by Vigilantes (July 2015)
Oceana: One Name, One Fish: Why Seafood Names Matter (July 2015)
ENDANGERED SPECIES ACT
Still no recovery plan for coho salmon, advocacy groups sue NOAA (July 2015)
Two scientific reports now available on Puget Sound steelhead status and recovery (June 2015)
MISCELLANEOUS
DFO- Fraser River Sockeye and Pink Update - Areas 11 to 29 - August 19, 2015
Study identifies fish vulnerable to trawling (August 2015)
AK: Finding clues to disappearing Chinook salmon: Updates (July 2015)
Appeals court upholds California's shark fin ban (July 2015)
Tough days for salmon as Fraser River hotter, lower than expected (7/6/15)
Pacific Coast Federation's Zeke Grader to Retire After 40 Year Career (July 2015)
Native American tribes in Northwest kick off yearly harvest of primitive, eel-like fish (June 2015)
A Little Fish with Big Impact in Trouble on U.S. West Coast (June 2015)
The Endurance Array off the Pacific Northwest coast near completion (June 2015)
Chemical tags in ear bones track Alaska’s Bristol Bay salmon (May 2015)