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Entries in fish in the news (543)

Saturday
Oct132012

Mystery of Florida Eyeball Solved

A giant eyeball found washed up on a Florida beach is probably that of a giant swordfish, experts have said, bringing a disappointingly mundane ending to a bizarre marine mystery that set the internet abuzz with tales of monsters from the deep.

LINK (via:The Guardian)

Wednesday
Oct102012

Colorado River To Be Stocked With Hofer Rainbows

Colorado Parks and Wildlife is planning to stock several thousand large, whirling disease resistant Hofer rainbow trout into a section of the Colorado River where a large, natural fish kill occurred earlier this year, the agency reported in a news release.

Wildlife managers will begin stocking operations on Tuesday between Dotsero and the Cottonwood boat ramp.

LINK (via: The Craig Daily Press)

Monday
Oct082012

The living room redfish was the icing on the cake

“I ran a line with bait from the living room out a crack in the door, through the yard and into the lake behind my house. I felt a bite while sitting on the couch watching football, set the hook and caught the fish.”

LINK (via: The Post and Courier)

Monday
Oct082012

B.C.'s Cowichan River in danger of drying up, threatening salmon runs

The Cowichan River could run bone dry before the end of the month if rain doesn't start falling by the bucketful, raising concerns for environmentalists, municipal officials and representatives of the nearby paper mill.

The record-breaking drought could drastically impede spawning salmon runs.

LINK (via:CBC News)

All fishing has been banned on the Cowichan River while officials try to rescue this year's run of chinook salmon from drought conditions.

LINK (via: Cowichan News)

Saturday
Oct062012

Alaska Airlines' big fish is back.

The Seattle-based carrier's original "Salmon-Thirty-Salmon" was a Boeing 737-400 painted to look like a giant King salmon in 2005. Last year, Alaska repainted that jet in its traditional Eskimo theme.

This week, the carrier rolled out "Salmon-Thirty-Salmon II," a Boeing 737-800. The paint job -- "livery," in airplane-speak -- is nearly identical to the original Salmon-Thirty-Salmon, albeit about nine feet longer, with fish scales on the winglets and a salmon pink-colored Alaska script across the fuselage. It's "the most intricately painted commercial aircraft in the world," according to a news release.

LINK (via: The Seattle PI)

Friday
Oct052012

Chasing Butterflies....with Hounds

After six decades as the California Department of Fish and Game, the agency in charge of the state's wild animals has a new name — one that has many hunting and fishing organizations leery.

The agency has been renamed the Department of Fish and Wildlife, thanks to legislation signed by Governor Jerry Brown and it wouldn’t seem to be a big deal. But some sporting groups don’t like the connotation. “Generally, that means a shift toward butterflies, endangered species, and other stuff like that,” said Mike Faw of the U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance.

LINK (via:Backcountry.com: The Goat)

The new legislation also banned the centuries-old practice of using hounds to hunt bears and bobcats which also has some sporting groups crying the blues.