Tuna Wars

Sea Shepard is sending two boats to patrol Libyan waters for tuna poachers. The boats will carry divers ready to cut the nets of fishing boats to free the tuna

LINK (Via: MSNBC)

Tons of dead striped bass in illegal gill net

In what is becoming an all to familiar story, two more illegal gill nets have been recently found on the Chesapeake. One of these was a 1,400-yard net containing almost 7,000 pounds of rotting striped bass.

DNR is offering a $30,500 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the poachers.

LINK (Via: CCA)

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Sea lion yanks fisherman overboard

A sea lion yanked a 62 year-old retired pharmaceutical company manager out of his boat and into the 51-degree Willamette River channel.

Clinging to the gunwale with his right hand, he held fast to the net with his left but was no match for what likely was a male California sea lion.

He had to let the $150 net and the fish go. Gone, too, were his son's G. Loomis rod and Penn reel, valued together at about $500.

LINK (Via: Oregon Live)

Support your local salmon!

Europe wants no part of genetically modified salmon

"We don't have any monster pigs in Europe, or monster cows, and there's no need for such a salmon," said Geir Isaksen, the chief executive at big Norwegian fish farmer Cermaq.

LINK (Via: Mother Nature Network)

Scientists Test New Asian Carp Gun - Peoria opts for Wolverine

The war against invasive carp has escalated from electric fences to high velocity water cannons.

Meanwhile in Peroria.

Asian Carp meets an episode from Jackass. (Via: Deadspin)

Dicks of the week

Two Oregon men are facing environmental charges after federal prosecutors accused them of diverting Gales Creek and harming threatened steelhead.

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