Gail Shea orders all salmon caught in Maritimes to be released

Anglers will not be allowed to keep any Atlantic salmon caught in the Maritimes in 2015.

The conservation measure was announced Tuesday by Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Gail Shea in response to dwindling salmon numbers.

LINK (via: CBC News)

Sharks Can Bark Like Dogs

Sometimes nature is just out to screw with you.

There are at least two kinds of shark that can, when handled, bark like dogs. Anyone who wonders if their bark is worse than their bite is welcome to try to find out.

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Fish hatcheries: A 19th century fix that won’t die

Part one of a Crosscut series on the resilience of fish hatcheries despite the evidence they are detrimental to wild fish runs.

One might have thought, erroneously, that by the second decade of the 21st century, hatcheries would be on their way out. Decades ago, salmon advocates and detached scientists identified hatcheries as one of the “4Hs” — harvest, hydro, habitat loss and hatcheries — threatening the recovery and even survival of many wild salmon and steelhead populations.

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Hungry Sea Lions Pile Into The Columbia River

Photo: Theresa Tillson/Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife

California sea lions are literally piling into Astoria’s East Mooring Basin. They’ve taken over every square foot of the boat docks, and they’re even lying on top of each other for lack of space.

The latest sea lion count in the marina tallied a record 2,340 – a “mind-boggling number,” according to Bryan Wright of the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.

The big question now is how many sea lions will stay in the Columbia River and eat returning spring salmon?

(via: OPB)

"All of a sudden it was just attached to me and it wasn't coming out"

How exactly a man gets a three-foot long elephant fish stuck to him mystified rescuers on Monday.

LINK (via: Stuff.co.nz)

Former defense secretary to investigate EPA evaluation of Alaska mine proposal

Seriously?

Former defense secretary in the Clinton administration William S. Cohen announced that his firm has been retained by the Pebble Partnership to investigate the EPA's evaluation of their Pebble Mine project.

LINK (via:Watchdog.org)