Atlantic Salmon Federation calls on Greenland to cut catches

Some are calling on Greenland to scrap its commercial factory salmon fishery as part of a multinational effort to protect the stock that migrates north to feeding grounds off its west coast from rivers in Canada, the States and other countries.

The Atlantic Salmon Federation released figures Wednesday indicating that Greenland caught 63 per cent of a certain type of salmon that spent two winters off its coast, while Canada harvested 35 per cent of them.

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The so-called "Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act"

Don't be fooled by the public relations spin.

H.R. 1335, the so-called Strengthening Fishing Communities and Increasing Flexibility in Fisheries Management Act, is bad for fish and bad for fisherman.

How bad is it?

“If the President were presented with H.R. 1335, his senior advisors would recommend that he veto the bill."

The Administration strongly opposes H.R. 1335, which would amend the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), because it would impose arbitrary and unnecessary requirements that would harm the environment and the economy. The MSA currently provides the flexibility needed to effectively manage the Nation's marine commercial, recreational, and subsistence fisheries. In contrast, H.R. 1335 would undermine science-based actions to end and prevent overfishing.

As always, Charles Witek delivers the straight scoop.

When a bill’s primary sponsor has to reassure his constituents that his bill won’t hurt them, regardless of how it might impact anyone else, and that their fisheries managers “will continue to use sound scientific data in their management decisions” even if, because of his bill, others stop doing so, it’s a pretty good indication that the guy promoting the bill understands that it has some really big problems.

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Every Stream Matters

This film from Pacific Rivers Council highlights Oregon's outdated, harmful logging rules for private forests. As Oregon considers widening tree buffers along streams to keep water clean and healthy, Pacific Rivers Council is asking people everywhere to tell the Board of Forestry that #everystreammatters by signing their petition.

Appeals court tosses Pebble Mine suit against EPA; arguments begin in another

A federal appeals court dismissed one of several ongoing court cases over the fate of Pebble Mine, handing a win to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

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Meanwhile, a federal judge heard arguments in a case alleging that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency worked with critics of the proposed Pebble mine with a predetermined goal to block the project.

Celebrity Chefs Come Together To Save Striped Bass

Monte Burke reports on some celebrity chefs that have taken striped bass off their menus to help protect declining stocks. 

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Obama Announces New Rule Limiting Water Pollution

Much to the chagrin of Congressional Republicans, the American Farm Bureau, property developers, fertilizer and pesticide makers, oil and gas producers and the national association of golf course owners, the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just released a Clean Water Rule to protect critical streams and wetlands that are currently vulnerable to pollution and destruction.

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