Tag Archives: Pacific Fishery Management Council
Big runs of Columbia River chinook, coho highlight 2014 salmon forecasts
OLYMPIA – Salmon fishing in the ocean and the Columbia River this summer could be great thanks to an abundant run of hatchery coho and a potentially historic return of chinook, according to state fishery managers. Read more here wa.gov 22:38
Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization: Fisheries debate likely to heat up soon
NEW BEDFORD — The fledgling Center for Sustainable Fisheries takes its message to Seattle, Wash. in February to stoke discussion of changes in the way commercial fisheries are regulated. The delegation will be led by Dr. Brian Rothschild, dean emeritus of the UMass School for Marine Science and Technology. He will be joined by CSF chief operating officer Kate Kramer, who told The Standard-Times on Wednesday, “People on the West Coast have different ideas about the Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization.” Read more@southcoasttoday 10:01
Indepth – A controversial decision: Fishery Managers Scale Back 2014 Pacific Sardine Harvest
A controversial decision by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) would set catch limits during the initial phase of the 2014 Pacific sardine season well below traditional recommendations. more@fishermensnews 17:10
Pacific Fishery Management Council slash’s sardine harvest along West Coast
The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted 7-6 Sunday in Costa Mesa, Calif., to set the commercial harvest level for California, Oregon and Washington at 5,446 metric tons for the first six months of 2014, down from 18,073 metric tons for the same period in 2013. more@redbluffdailynews 11:51
Pacific Fishery Management Council – deep cuts for Sardines
The decline in West Coast sardine populations saw regulators on Sunday approve sharp cuts on commercial fishing for the species in 2014. The Pacific Fishery Management Council set a catch limit of 29,770 metric tons for 2014 – less than half the limit last year. Stay tuned. 21:33
November 1 thru 6, 2013 Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting Internet Live Audio Stream
The November 1-6, 2013 meeting of the Pacific Fishery Management Council will be streamed live in “listen-only mode” (audio) on the internet. The live audio will be broadcast starting on Friday, November 1 at 8 a.m. Pacific time. Get the November meeting agenda. Join the meeting by visiting this link: http://www.joinwebinar.com Enter the Webinar ID – The November 1-6, 2013 Webinar ID is: 153-873-807 Please enter your email address (required) 11:51
NMFS/ Pacific Fishery Management Council Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), 2015-2016 Groundfish Specifications
On August 22, 2013, NMFS and the Pacific Fishery Management Council announced their intent to prepare an EIS in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 1969 to analyze the long-term impacts on the human (biological, physical, social, and economic) environment of setting harvest specifications (including [email protected] NMFS will be accepting written, faxed or emailed comments 21:05
DENIAL, DELUSION AND NMFS STILL DOESN’T KNOW ITS NAME
“Fishlink Sublegals.”- The third “Managing Our Nation’s Fisheries” conference was held on 6-9 May, 2013 in Washington, DC. Titled, “Advancing Sustainability,” the national event, sponsored this time by the Pacific Fishery Management Council, is in preparation for the upcoming Congressional Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation & Management Act (MSA) reauthorization, a law set to expire in September of this year. continued
From Mexico to British Columbia – Entire West Coast ocean salmon fishing seasons adopted
Here is the news release from the Pacific Fishery Management Council on the adopted salmon fishing seasons off the entire West Coast: continued
West Coast fisheries to see ecosystem approach
The Pacific Fishery Management Council is meeting in Portland this week. On Tuesday, it’s expected to adopt a new ecosystem management approach to managing the catch off Oregon, Washington and California. continued
Ocean salmon season looks bright; rainfall, river flows concerns for river season
All signs are pointing to a great salmon ocean fishing year, a good follow-up to last year’s record salmon run. The Pacific Fishery Management Council is seeking public input on its preseason report, which lays out several options for the length of the season and other restrictions for fishing areas along the West Coast. continue reading
Proposed quotas point to strong commercial salmon season
The Pacific Fishery Management Council earlier this week crafted three options for the commercial fleet fishing the Oregon half of the Klamath Management Zone, the waters between Humbug Mountain near Port Orford and Horse Mountain in Northern California. continue
The Pacific Fishery Management Council wants regulation of forage fish
VANCOUVER, Wash. — A draft of an ecological plan that applies to West Coast fisheries has emphasized the need for management of so-called forage fish to improve salmon runs. Advocates have welcomed the plan and its broad appr
oach to Northwest ecosystems. The Pew Charitable Trusts’ environmental arm has recently pushed to raise awareness of forage fish and their importance to the marine food web. Read more
Optimistic outlook for next salmon season
Last week’s data presentation was the first step in the annual process of determining the length and terms of the commercial and sports salmon seasons at sea and in the rivers. Members of the Pacific Fishery Management Council, the multi-state body that sets the rules for the season, will meet again in Tacoma, Wash., later this week, and at various coastal locations through early April. Read more
BURT PARKER, CHRIS PETERSON, AND DENNIS RYDMAN: NOAA must change Pacific whiting quotas to benefit small fishermen
The first
inconvenient truth is that the allocation was purely political and was made primarily to gain support of those who wanted to retire from the fishery holding IFQ to lease or sell to active participants.
The second inconvenient truth is that the Pacific whiting fishery, after being listed as overfished in 2002-2004, had by 2010 become the model of good management, earning the right to use the Marine Stewardship Council sustainability logo.
The third inconvenient truth is that studies of earlier IFQ Programs, in particular the British Columbia halibut fishery, have concluded that IFQ Programs that do not consider the cost of leasing going forward have shown very little improvement in efficiency.
They called these hidden costs of leasing IFQs ”the elephant in the room.” This elephant is now rearing its ugly head in the Pacific whiting fishery because of the poorly conceived initial allocation of IFQ approved by NOAA in 2010.
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D.B. Pleschner: Oceana claims controversy but knowledgeable; scientists disagree
But as usual, Oceana is attempting to obfuscate the truth to achieve its agenda of shutting down fishing.
