Trevally Tuesday - Panama Jack Edition

The recent capture on March 18 of a giant trevally off the Pacific coast of Panama is certain to stun fishery biologists and recreational fishermen alike.

Historically, GT have been limited to the western Pacific, found as far east only as Hawaii.

LINK (via: Sportfishing)

"This (empty) can may not be kicked down the road endlessly”

Good news and bad news.

A federal judge has declined to limit the number of juvenile spring chinook salmon that state fish managers can release from a hatchery into the McKenzie River.

But U.S. Magistrate Judge Tom Coffin ordered the state Department of Fish & Wildlife to set a deadline on when it will signficantly cut the number of McKenzie hatchery-bred fish that mingle and spawn with wild native salmon above Leaburg Dam.

LINK (via:The Register Guard)

More Breaking News From Planet Bullshit

A proposal to seize and sell off America’s national forests and other public lands could make its way into the House GOP’s budget resolution when it is announced this week.

In a recent memo to the House Budget Committee, Rep. Rob Bishop (R-UT), chair of the House Natural Resources Committee, proposed that America’s public lands be transferred to state control. He then requested $50 million of taxpayer money to be spent to enable transfers to “start immediately.” The memo states that public lands “create a burden for the surrounding states and communities,” and “the solution is to convey land without strings to state, local, and tribal governments.”

Politicians in nine other states are also developing and advancing similar legislative proposals, supported by expensive taxpayer-funded studies.

LINK (via:Think Progress)

Fisherman Thinks he Hooked Woolly Mammoth Skull

What Johnny Bray attempted to reel in last week didn’t end up being the catfish he’d hoped for. Our partners at KJRH spoke to the Oklahoma fisherman who thinks he made a huge, hairy prehistoric discovery:

LINK (via: Epoch Times)

The mercury level in your ahi tuna is getting higher

Researchers have found that mercury levels in Pacific yellowfin tuna, often marketed as ahi tuna, is increasing at 3.8% per year.

The results were reported earlier this month in the journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry. These levels of mercury – a neurotoxin – are now approaching what the EPA considers unsafe for human consumption.

LINK (via: The Conversation)

The Lack of Snow in the Olympic Mountains Could be Terrible News for Salmon.....

....and steelhead.

The winter of 2014-15 is shaping up to give the mountains of the west one of their worst snowpacks in recent memory. While many look at the lack of snow this year and are concerned about the economic impact on ski areas and the increase of wildfire danger over the summer, the environmental impact of years like this has the potential to be far more devastating.

LINK (via: The Outdoor Society)