Posted on May 28, 2012 by Al Bergstein
As the spread of INH virus keeps moving through BC salmon farms, the relationships that were put in place to work towards avoiding this very situation start to fray.
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A unique relationship meant to reduce conflict between environmental groups and British Columbia’s largest salmon farming company has fallen apart. The Coastal Alliance for Aquaculture Reform and Marine Harvest Canada confirmed Saturday that the project, known as the Framework for Dialogue, is officially over.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/british-columbia/ties-break-down-between-bc-salmon-farming-firm-environmental-coalition/article2444558/
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Posted on May 23, 2012 by Al Bergstein
Hope this gets here soon.
Powerful and versatile new genetic tools that will assist in safeguarding both European fish stocks and European consumers is reported in Nature Communications. The paper reports on the first system proven to identify populations of fish species to a forensic level of validation.
With up to 25% of fish catches being caught illegally across the world, and with an estimated cost to Europe of up to €10 billion by 2020, the EU were eager to address the problems facing the European fishing industry. …The EU has already introduced a law requiring any fish sold in the EU to be identified with the species and region of origin on the label from 2011. …
Read the whole story here:
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2012/05/120522135036.htm
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Posted on May 22, 2012 by Al Bergstein
If you want a good idea of what kinds of pollution are lurking in Puget Sound, and whether to worry about them, talking to Lincoln Loehr would be a good place to start. Loehr has accumulated decades of experience as a scientist and marine policy expert. The Mukilteo resident has been sharing that expertise by volunteering with the Snohomish County Marine Resources Advisory Committee, where he was first appointed to serve in 2008. Noah Haglund reports. http://www.heraldnet.com/article/20120522/NEWS01/705229959
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Posted on May 17, 2012 by Al Bergstein
Imagine you’re an oyster laying snugly in your bed in Willapa Bay, filtering in nutrients while growing to two and a half inches in diameter. And then you feel a weight on your quarter-inch thick shell and a short time later you begin to hear a grinding sound. Slowly, inexorably over the next few hours the drilling continues as the radula (a sandpaper-like tongue) of an Atlantic or Asian oyster drill snail takes away debris that its secretions of hydrochloric acid has created on your shell. When the snail inevitably pokes through your shell, its proboscis makes you its next meal.
http://news.opb.org/article/combating_snails_to_save_oysters/
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Posted on May 15, 2012 by Al Bergstein
It is worth noting that there was a nuclear power meltdown during this, and that anything coming from there could be radioactive. It would certainly argue for caution in touching anything found. –Ed
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By Arwyn Rice
Peninsula Daily News
DUNGENESS — Debris apparently from the March 2011 Japanese tsunami is now riding the tides up the Strait of Juan de Fuca.
The biggest collection of fishing floats — many bearing Asian writing and logos — has been found on Dungeness Spit, which juts into the Strait north of Sequim, said Dave Falzetti, refuge officer for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, which oversees the lengthy spit.
“We’ve never seen anything like these before,” he said.
http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20120515/news/305159993/debris-possibly-from-japanese-tsunami-floating-up-strait-of-juan-de
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