Fish & Fisheries

Mercury-And-Fish-Contamination Stories Dominate Recent Coverage

By MIKE DUNNE
The Chicago Tribune's series of mercury in seafood (see page 1) was not the only fish story in the news in the past several months. Stories about the safety of seafood ran across the United States and Canada.

Jerry Hirsch of the Los Angeles Times reported on Feb. 27 that shoppers who browse the seafood counters at Holiday Quality Foods' 19 grocery stores in rural Northern California find a new Safe Harbor brand, the nation's first line of low-mercury fresh fish.

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Testing Chicago Fish Opens Door Into Big National Story

By MIKE DUNNE

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Eastern States Warn on Fish Consumption

Eight eastern states warned against over-consumption of rockfish, bluefish, and other popular Atlantic Ocean species because of PCB contamination.

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Source: Baltimore Sun, 06/05/2009

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Book Shelf, Book 2- The Winds Of Change: Climate, Weather, And The Destruction Of Civilization

Climate change scientist paints a stark and vivid picture

THE WINDS OF CHANGE: CLIMATE, WEATHER AND THE DESTRUCTION OF CIVILIZATIONS By Eugene Linden
Simon & Schuster, $26

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Shad Struggle for Comeback in James River

American shad are struggling with little success to make a comeback in Virginia's James River. Historically abundant, this "founding fish" disappeared for years because its spawning was blocked by dams.

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Source: Richmond Times-Dispatch, 05/28/2009

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Cumulative Ocean Impacts Mapped Off U.S. and Mexican Shores

Researchers from California and Hawaii have analyzed 25 factors and developed a map that reflects the relative cumulative magnitude of their effects on the waters extending for about 250-350 miles off the shores of Washington, Oregon, California, and the Baja Peninsula.

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Judge Mulls Breaching Snake River Dams

"Federal officials, who have spent much of the last decade 'avoiding their obligations under the Endangered Species Act,' need a contingency plan to save the endangered fish, the judge says."

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Source: LA Times, 05/20/2009

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Bringing a Fish Back from the Brink

A million year old cycle of fish migration almost came to an end in the waters off of the nation’s capital. But a monumental conservation effort has brought the American Shad them back from the brink.

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Source: Environment Report, 05/14/2009