VOL 1, NO. 3 21
JANUARY 2000
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IFR SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES ORGANIZERS SELECTED
FOR
CALIFORNIA: At its 19 January Monterey meeting, held at the
Monterey
Bay Aquarium, the Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR) Board of
Directors selected three teams of "Sustainable Fisheries
Organizers"
to carry out a part of IFR's Sustainable Fisheries Project. The
two-year project, funded by a grant from the David & Lucille Packard
Foundation, is intended to help organize California's fishing men and
women for the purpose of gaining their participation in the process
of: 1) implementing SB 364 (the Sher squid management and
research
bill) and AB 1241 (the Keeley Marine Life Management Act); 2)
policy
development and establishment of marine protected areas; and 3)
programs for preventing introduction of non-native fish and shellfish
populations, or controlling those already introduced. The project is
not, however, limited to the above issues and will also work with
existing fishing associations, assisting their members in becoming
more involved in "stakeholder" processes.
The teams selected for carrying out the project have been
divided
into
three sections of the California coast: North (Mendocino County to
the
Oregon Border); Central (Sonoma County to San Luis Obispo
County); and
South (Santa Barbara County to the Mexican Border). Selected
were:
North: VIVIAN BOLIN, a former commercial fisherwoman with 20
years experience at sea who is now involved in watershed
restoration
projects and serves as the PCFFA's Watershed Conservation
Director;
she is a member of the Salmon Trollers Marketing Association and
Noyo
Women for Fisheries. RONNIE PELLIGRINI, comes from a fifth-
generation fishing family and is a former Congressional aide; she
sits
on the board of the Pacific Marine Conservation Council (PMCC)
and her
husband, Paul, is president of the Humboldt Fishermen's Marketing
Association.
Central: ROXANNE JORDAN is a fishery biologist who works
part
time for the California Department of Fish & Game; she has
commercially fished for salmon, albacore, crab and rockfish and
previously worked with fishing associations in Bodega Bay and
Moss
Landing. A second team member for the Central Coast has not yet
been
selected.
South: PETE HALMAY has been a commercial diver for over 20
years; he is active in the sea urchin fishery and the Sea Urchin
Harvesters Advisory Committee (SUHAC). CHRIS MILLER is a
lobster
fisherman and belongs to the PCFFA-member group, the
Commercial
Fishermen of Santa Barbara, Inc; he worked on both the Keeley bill
and
the efforts at establishing marine protected areas around the
Channel
Islands.
For more information on the Sustainable Fisheries Project or
how
to
contact one of the Sustainable Fisheries Organizer teams, contact
Molly Thomas, IFR Administrator at ifrfish at aol.com or visit the IFR
website at: http://www.pond.net/~pcffa
DISASTER DECLARATION FOR WEST COAST
GROUNDFISH:
The federal government Wednesday declared a fishery disaster for
West
Coast groundfish, opening the way for relief to help fishermen
suffering from sharp cuts in limits for ling cod, rockfish and other
species. "This determination is the first step in the process of
securing funds from Congress to assist fishermen who have been
hit
hard in the past several years," U.S. Commerce Secretary William
M.
Daley said from Washington, D.C. For more information contact
either
of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) offices in Long
Beach
or Seattle. This information is also available on the NMFS website
at: www.nwr.noaa.gov
POSITION ANNOUNCEMENT - MARINE SCIENCE POLICY
COORDINATOR: The Monterey Bay Aquarium is seeking to fill a
two-year, term position to oversee the day-to-day activities of its
new program to advance and communicate marine conservation
science.
For information, call (831) 644-7599.
KITZHABER PUTS SALMON IN PRESIDENTIAL RACE,
ENDORSES BRADLEY: The Oregonian reported Thursday, that
Oregon
Governor John Kitzhaber has come out in favor of Democratic
presidential hopeful Bill Bradley, accusing the Clinton-Gore team of
having "taken a hike" on restoring salmon runs. The Democratic
governor puts the fish issue into the race with an attack on the vice
president, laying bare his growing unhappiness with the
administration's approach to salmon into the middle of the heated
Democratic presidential primary. Kitzhaber is the first governor to
embrace Bradley over Gore. Bradley was the co-author of the 1992
Central Valley Project Improvement Act (CVPIA) aimed at restoring
the
Pacific Coast's second most important salmon runs and is the only
Presidential candidate to date to have developed a position for the
funding of national fishery research and management programs. A
copy
of the 20 January, Oregonian article can be found at:
http://www.oregonlive.com/news/00/01/st012005.html
THE DAYS OF WINE AND CRAB: Mendocino County, along
California's north coast, will host a week-long festival celebrating
two of its local favorites - Dungeness crab and good local wine, from
28 January to 5 February. Events will be taking place at wineries
and
bed and breakfasts around the county. On 29 January, the Noyo
Women
for Fisheries will be sponsoring some of the events, including hors
d'oeuvres and a historic display of crabbing at the Kelly House in
Mendocino. Also on the 29th , and again on the 5th, there will be a
commercial crabbing demonstrations with local fishermen and the
Coast
Guard at the Coast Guard Station, Noyo Harbor. There will also be
numerous cooking classes throughout the week. Mendocino
County is
already well-known for hosting the "World's Largest Salmon
Barbecue"
in July at Noyo Harbor at Fort Bragg. For more information, contact
the Mendocino County Chamber of Commerce at (800) 726-2780.
REPORT ISSUED ON IMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY
AND CHANGE ON THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST: The University of
Washington's Climate Impacts Group has issued a report on
climate
variability in the Pacific Northwest. Climate change is known to have
a direct impact on salmon populations, i.e., amount of rainfall in
watersheds, ocean temperatures, and is believed to be affecting
other
fish stocks as well, e.g., groundfish. Some of the questions are: Is
the Pacific Northwest becoming warmer and wetter as part of
global
climate change? What will happen to our climate in the next
century?
How would climate change affect our water, forests, salmon, and
coasts? Are the region's government agencies prepared for dealing
with a changing climate? For more information, visit the UW
Climate
Impacts Group website at:
http://tao.atmos.washington.edu/PNWimpacts/report.html
PUBLIC SCOPING MEETING SCHEDULED FOR BATTLE
CREEK SALMON EIS/EIR: The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation has
begun
the process of preparing a joint Environmental Impact Statement/
Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) for the proposed Battle
Creek
Salmon and Steelhead Restoration Project. A public scoping
meeting
will be held to solicit comments from interested parties to help
determine the scope of the environmental analysis and to identify
the
significant issues to be addressed. Battle Creek, a tributary of the
Sacramento that flows into the river right below Shasta Dam is the
site of the old U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service mitigation facility - the
Coleman National Fish Hatchery - and is proposed to be re-opened
to
establish a "home stream" for the endangered winter-run chinook,
as
well as other king salmon populations. CalFed is funding a program
started by the late Nat Bingham (PCFFA's Habitat Director), the
Battle
Creek Watershed Conservancy, the Central Valley Project Water
Association, the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
and the California Department of Fish & Game to remove some
antiquated
Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) dams and other migration barriers to
help rebuild natural-spawning fish populations. The problem of
hatchery operations interfering with natural runs came to light late
last year when an estimated 102,000 fall-run kings died in Battle
Creek without having spawned - apparently attracted by the
hatchery
fish from the mainstem Sacramento and unable to proceed further
upstream Battle Creek to spawn because of a barrier set out by the
hatchery.
The meeting will be in Manton, on Monday, 31January,
beginning
at
1700 HRS, at the Manton Joint Union Elementary School, 31345
Forward
Road. For additional information call Mary Marshall, Reclamation
Environmental Specialist at (916) 978-5248, or visit:
http://www.mp.usbr.gov/regional/battlecreek/index.html
FISH & GAME COMMISSION TO TAKE UP SQUID AND SPOT
PRAWNS: The California Fish & Game Commission will meet 3-4
February in Long Beach. The meeting will cover a wide range of
issues, including; seed abalone, spot prawn and squid fisheries
(seabird conflicts) among others. For more information or an
agenda,
call the California Fish & Game Commission at (916) 653-4899.
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