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A WEEKLY QUOTA OF FISHERY SHORTS CAUGHT AND
LANDED BY THE INSTITUTE FOR FISHERIES RESOURCES
AND THE PACIFIC COAST FEDERATION OF FISHERMEN'S
ASSOCIATIONS
VOL 1, NO. 3 19 JANUARY 2001
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3:03/01. BUSH VOWS TO FIGHT "HUGE ENERGY CRISIS" BY
DRILLING AND DAMMING: In an exclusive interview with Reuters,
reported 19 January, U.S. President-elect George W. Bush Thursday vowed
to fight a "huge energy crisis" by analyzing all federal lands for oil
exploration, enlisting Mexico's help for oil imports and rejecting all calls
to breach hydroelectric dams. Bush expanded on his previous calls to
reduce U.S. dependence on foreign oil by increasing domestic production.
The president-elect said he would respect state wishes not to allow drilling
for oil off the coasts of California and Florida, but he said there were a lot
of "western lands" that could support energy exploration without undue
risk to the environment. "I'm going to analyze ... every piece of property
that is federal land and come up with a cost-benefit analysis, basically
because we need more supply," he said. Bush dismissed as outdated any
calls for breaching hydroelectric dams, criticized by environmentalists and
fishermen for disrupting salmon runs, especially in the Pacific Northwest.
"I don't notice anybody talking anymore about breaching the dams to save
the salmon now that there's a huge energy crisis," he said, adding that the
calls to breach dams arose "when it appeared we had an abundance of
cheap energy."
3:03/02. GOLD HILL DAM REMOVAL BECOMES MILITARY
EXERCISE: The 19 January edition of The Oregonian carried a report on
the removal of a decommissioned diversion dam near Gold Hill, Oregon,
which may become a military training exercise for operating heavy
equipment. If the Department of Defense agrees to help the city, reservists
may use bulldozers and other equipment to remove the diversion dam,
which blocks a channel of the Rogue River about a mile from downtown
Gold Hill. "We try to find real-world training opportunities on American
soil that can help us prepare for the global experience," said Captain
Sheldon White of Robins Air Force Base in Warner Robins, Georgia. The
National Marine Fisheries Service has said the dam is a barrier to fish
passing from the Pacific to their upper Rogue spawn-ing grounds. See:
http://www.oregonlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf?/news/oregonian/01/01/n
w_61dam19.frame.
3:03/03. KEELEY PROPOSES CALIFORNIA HYDRO TAKE-
OVER TO SAVE "THELMA AND LOUISE" FROM GOING OVER
CLIFF: California Assembly Speaker Pro tem, Fred Keeley (D-Boulder
Creek) has proposed a state purchase of the hydro-electric facilities of
California's two largest power utilities, Pacific Gas & Electric (PG&E) and
Southern California Edison (SCE), as collateral for the state providing
financial assistance to the two companies to purchase power. California
has been experiencing rolling power black-outs as a result of the companies
not being able to pay for electricity and natural gas from private power
producers - a result of California's experiment with energy deregulation.
Keeley said his proposal is intended to protect state taxpayers while
keeping the two utilities, dubbed "Thelma and Louise," from "going over
the cliff." In the last session of the California Legislature, Keeley
introduced a bill, AB 1956, drafted by PCFFA and supported by a coalition
of conservation, fishing, rural counties and urban water users, for a state
take-over of PG&E's hydro facilities, clean them-up (i.e., making the dams
fish friendly and decommissioning those of nominal energy or water
delivery importance) and then sell them into the private sector (see
Sublegals, 2:06/01; 18 February 2000)
3:03/04. PARRAVANO ON NATIONAL RADIO PROJECT ON
FISH: A National Radio Project production entitled, "The Trouble with
Seafood," will air in the San Francisco Bay Area on KPFA (94.1 FM) on
Friday, 26 January at 1400. The show discusses declining fish populations
and the effect of aquaculture on both aquatic ecosystems and the
livelihoods of fishing men and women. PCFFA president, Pietro Parravano,
is featured as a proponent of sustainable fishing practices. For more
information or a schedule of airing on radio stations in other areas, go to:
www.radioproject.org .
3:03/05. BPA POWER DIVERSION PUTS SALMON AT RISK:
Caught in the backwash of California's electric power distribution crisis,
the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) declared a power emergency
on 18 January and began releasing more water than normally allowed
under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA) to boost hydropower
production. This decreases the amount of water available in the Spring to
flush salmon smolts out to sea around the eight mainstem federal dams,
potentially resulting in much higher salmon mortality in the upcoming
year. The emergency declaration allows BPA to violate ESA water
constraints, in other words allowing it to sacrifice salmon to service
California's beleaguered utilities. California's problems stem from its
failed deregulation attempts which resulted in a multitude of newly created
electric brokerages now price gouging California's traditional utilities to
the point where several are facing insolvency. BPA is betting that further
winter rains will help restore lost water, but if the year remains dry major
salmon dieoffs are inevitable. About 40 percent of historic Columbia River
flows have now been diverted for human uses, and ESA-mandated flow
targets have never been met. For more information :
http://www.oregonlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf?/news/oregonian/01/01/l
c_61fish19.frame. For another article see:
http://www.cnn.com/2001/NATURE/01/16/dam.removal.enn.
3:03/06. KLAMATH HYDROELECTRIC RELICENSING
PUBLIC MEETINGS: Eight dams that comprise the Klamath River
hydroelectric project, managed by PacifiCorp, will be due for relicensing
by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) before the year
2006. To begin the renewal process, PacifiCorp will be holding public
meetings and tours of the facilities near the end of January. The Northern
California tour will be: 25 January at the Iron Gate Hatchery from 1300 to
1600. The two public meetings will be: 25 January in Yreka (Yreka
Community Center, 810 Oregon Street) at 1800, and 26 January in Eureka
(Best Western Bayshore Inn, Eureka) at 1300. Persons interested in the
tour should call Todd Olson at PacifiCorp at (503) 813-6657. In addition,
PacifiCorp has released a First Stage Consultation Document that is
available for public review for 60 days after the 26 January meeting.
3:03/07. COLUMBIA FISH AND WILDLIFE COSTS TOTALED:
At the request of several Northwest Governors, the Northwest Power
Planning Council on 16 January released its first ever accounting of its total
expenditures on Northwest salmon and wildlife restoration projects since
1978, concluding that approximately $3.5 billion has been spent by BPA
alone, mostly on salmon restoration. In addition, total additional federal
and state expenditures probably added another $3.5 billion, a total price tag
for the federal salmon rescue efforts of almost $7 billion. "This is the
price
of failure," commented Chris Zimmer of the Save Our Wild Salmon
coalition, which has been working for several years to redirect agency
efforts along lines with scientifically proven benefit. "Barging, trucking
and techno-fixes with the system have simply failed. Its time to try some
of the things we know will work," concluded Zimmer. "Funding the same
failed strategies over and over will only lead to more failure and more
costs." To date, according to the report itself, Snake River salmon and
steelhead runs, which have to traverse all eight mainstem power dams,
have smolt-to-adult survival rates of only 0.5 percent, when replacement
requires a survival rate of at least 2.0 percent. Current wild run sizes are
also less than 2 percent of historic run sizes prior to construction of the
main stem hydropower dam system. Save Our Wild Salmon advocates the
removal of the four least productive and most destructive dams in the
system, those in the lower Snake River, and the replacement of their power
generation (about 5 percent of totals) through conservation and
development of other power generation facilities that are less damaging.
For the 17 January Oregonian story on this issue see:
http://www.oregonlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf?/
news/oregonian/01/01/lc_52fish18.frame. The Report itself is available
from the Power Planning Council web site at: http://www.nwppc.org.
3:03/08. NORWAY JUST SAYS NO TO HYDROPOWER:
Norwegian Prime Minister Stoltenberg recently declared that "the era of
large-scale new hydropower development is over" and that several big
hydro projects are soon going to be abandoned. Norway, one of the
world's largest oil exporters, produces virtually all its electricity from
hydropower. Norway's neighboring Denmark, however, produces 13
percent of its national energy consumption from wind power, a figure
expect to grow rapidly. Many of Norway's river systems have been
severely damaged by past hydropower development as well as some
fisheries. For the full news story see:
http://ens-news.com/ens/jan2001/2001L-01-04-02.html.
3:08/09. CHILEAN FISHING ASSOCIATION OPPOSES & FEARS
PETROLEUM PLANTS COULD HARM SALMON EXPORTS:
WorldCatch News Network reports Chile's Salmon and Trout Producers
Association (STPA) is opposing an application to move petroleum plants to
Panitao, where construction of a new port is underway. The problem, says
Rodrgio Infante, president of STPA, is the close proximity of the new site to
ten salmon farms. The implications of an oil spill could be financial loss of
nearly US$300 million in an area where 25,000 people are employed by
the salmon industry and production accounts for 70 percent of all Chilean
salmon exports. For more information, go to: www.worldcatch.com .
3:08/10. B.C. "DESPERATE TO HEAD OFF STEELHEAD
EXTINCTION": British Columbia is "desperate to head off extinction of
steelhead stocks" in many streams along the mainland side of the lower
Georgia Straits, according to a report in the Vancouver Sun. Although,
the fisheries branch is ready to "impose an unprecedented series of angling
closures and restrictions," four years of dismal returns on most rivers have
fishermen and biologists gravely concerned that the province will not
adequately respond to the crisis and that some stocks might be heading for
extinction. Excessive development, agriculture, pollution and logging as
well as poor ocean conditions have been blamed, but as yet the government
still has no organized effort to protect steelhead habitat or restore depleted
stocks other than fishing closures which so far have been ineffective.
Canada does not have any equivalent of the US Endangered Species Act,
and efforts to pass such a law in Canada have so far been fruitless.
3:08/11. NEW REPORT ON US AQUATIC HEALTH: The U.S. Forest
Service has just released its report number RMRS-GTR-53: "Fish and other
aquatic resource trends in the United States: A technical document
supporting the 2000 USDA Forest Service RPA Assessment." This report
documents the general trends in fisheries and aquatic resources for the US
as required by the Renewable Resources Planning Act (RPA) of 1974. The
report highlights major trends in water quality, specific fish populations,
resource utilization, and imperiled aquatic fauna. Relationships between
land use, water quality, and aquatic species conditions are also explored. An
analysis is provided of a multi-state information sharing initiative (MARIS)
that the Forest Service has initiated, along with recommendations for the
future. The data for the report came primarily from existing state and federal
agency databases. The report itself is available at:
http://www.fs.fed.us/rm/pubs/rmrs_gtr53.html.
3:08/12. BABBITT ASKS FOR TWO-YEAR MINING
MORATORIUM FOR SISKIYOUS, BUT NO RIVERS MONUMENT: In
what he called "My farewell gift to you," outgoing Secretary of Interior
Bruce Babbitt announced in his last official visit to southern Oregon that he
would ask President Clinton to approve a two-year moratorium on new
mining claims on approximately 700,000 acres of federal land in the
southwest corner of Oregon. The announcement came as a disappointment
for those who had lobbied for the President to declare a "Siskiyou Wild
Rivers National Monument" on most of these same lands. The area is home
to Oregon's last major undammed rivers and much of its remaining salmon
and steelhead runs, with the most productive salmon habitat south of British
Columbia. Babbitt had earlier announced that there was too little
time remaining in the Clinton presidency for such a monument designation.
However, those lands already contain about 1,000 mining claims and the
Forest Service receives 175 to 200 notices of intent to mine in the area each
year. Mostly suction dredging my small operators, such activities can
destabilize stream banks, create excessive sediment and damage juvenile
salmon and egg nests. Babbitt acknowledged that a Bush Administration
could reverse the two-year moratorium on mining in the Siskiyous. See the
15 January Oregonian at: http://www.oregonlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf?/
news/oregonian/01/01/lc_21babb15.frame.
3:08/13. OREGON FISH & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT HEAD
QUITS: After fending off criticism for the Oregon Department of Fish &
Wildlife's (ODFW) practice of killing hatchery salmon to prevent potential
harm to wild stocks, agency director Jim Greer announced his resignation
on 15 January. Some rural lawmakers, including House Speaker Mark
Simmons, strongly opposed ODFW's policy of killing excess spawning
hatchery salmon, and were threatening o hold up the Department's budget
unless Greer resigned. Greer, who has headed the department since July
1997 and worked there for 25 years, supported his fishery managers' policy
of killing urplus hatchery fish to prevent them from competing for habitat
and interbreeding with wild salmon and steelhead populations.
Last year, opponents of the practice heated the controversy by buying
television ads and aired videotape of thousands of coho salmon being
clubbed to death with baseball bats. Millions of their ggs were also being
killed so that about 100 threatened wild Alsea River coho could spawn
without competition from the hatchery fish. The Oregon Republican Party
gave the taped episode further eposure on its Web site. Farmers, ranchers
and timber industry groups argue that the fish-killing shows the salmon
crisis has been exaggerated, while fishing groups respond that landowners
are using the issue politically to avoid making needed habitat improvements
to restore salmon and steelhead. For the full story see:
http://www.oregonlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf?/news/oregonian/01/01/
lc_31odfw16.frame
3:03/14. SPECIAL SCREENING OF CADILLAC DESERT: To honor
the memory of the noted environmental writer, Marc Reisner, the California
Academy of Sciences will present a special screening of the acclaimed
Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television series, based on his landmark
book, Cadillac Desert: The American West and its Disappearing Water.
Reisner, who died 21 July (see Sublegals, 2:02/01), was an IFR associate
who was working on dam removal projects in the Upper Sacramento River
basin at the time of his death. The screening will be held Sunday, 28
January, from 1100 to 1600 HRS at the California Academy of Sciences in
Golden Gate Park in San Francisco.
3:03/15. COALITION URGES BUSH ADMINISTRATION TO BOOST
OCEAN PROTECTIONS: Citing the declining health of American oceans,
the Center for Marine Conservation (CMC) and 10 other environmental
groups have issued their recommendations on improving U.S. ocean policy
to the Bush administration. The report, "Conserving America's Oceans:
A Blueprint," calls for conserving and restoring fish populations, protecting
coastal and marine ecosystems, reducing ocean pollution and protecting
marine wildlife and also recommends several specific actions for the first
100 days of the Bush presidency, including appointment of experienced
resource managers to key National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) posts and finalization of management plans for the Tortugas
Ecological Reserve in the Florida Keys and the Northwest Hawaiian Islands
Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve, both created by the Clinton administration.
In the long term, the report recommends crafting a comprehensive oceans
policy that addresses nonpoint source pollution such as urban runoff,
establishes a national network of marine protected areas and permanently
protects the U.S. coastline, with the exception of the Gulf Coast, from new
offshore oil and gas development. For more information see:
http://www.cmc-ocean.org.
3:03/16. NOAA ANNOUNCES PROCESS TO BEGIN
DESIGNATION OF NEW HAWAIIAN NATIONAL MARINE
SANCTUARY: In today's, 19 January Federal Register (Vol.66, No.13,
pp.5509-5510), the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration's
(NOAA) Marine Sanctuaries Division published notice of its "Intent to
Initiate the Process to Designate the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral
Reef Ecosystem Reserve as a National Marine Sanctuary, Intent to Prepare a
Draft Environmental Impact Statement [DEIS] and Management Plan." On
4 December, the President signed Executive Order 13178 establishing the
Northwestern Hawaiian Islands Coral Reef Ecosystem Reserve, pursuant to
the National Marine Sanctuaries Amendments Act of 2000 (see Sublegals,
2:23/13). The Reserve extends approximately 1200 nautical miles long
and 100 nautical miles wide. Pursuant to this Act and the Executive Order,
NOAA is initiating the process to designate the Reserve as a national
marine sanctuary and will proceed with the subsequent steps of the
designation process. In designating the sanctuary, the Executive Order
directs NOAA to supplement or compliment the existing Reserve. NOAA
will prepare an environmental impact statement (EIS) and management
plan, to examine the management, boundary, and regulatory alternatives
associated with sanctuary designation. The agency announced it will hold
scoping meetings to solicit information and comments on the range and
significance of issues related to sanctuary designation and management. For
more information, contact Helen Golde at: helen.golde at noaa.gov .
3:03/17. COMMENTS SOUGHT ON WEST PACIFIC PELAGIC
FISHERIES: The draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) for the
Pelagic Fisheries of the Western region is now out and National Marine
Fisheries Service (NMFS) is accepting comments regarding the Hawaii
longline fishery until 29 January. The fishery was recently closed down
because of NMFS's lack of analysis or any measures to prevent the take of
sea turtles in the longline fisheries around Hawaii. The complete Draft EIS
document (500+pages) can be found online at:
http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov/piao/deisdocs.htm or can be requested by phone at
(808) 973-2937. Comments should go to: Dr. Charles Karnella,
Administrator, Pacific Islands Area Office, NMFS Southwest Region, 1601
Kapiolani Blvd., Rm. 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814.
3:03/18. GASSING THE OCEANS: The Pacific International Center for
High Technology Research is conducting a series of experiments off the
Hawaiian coastline to see if carbon dioxide gas can be pumped into the deep
ocean and captured there in waters over 3,000 feet deep. The experiment is
supposed to demonstrate whether large volumes of atmospheric carbon
dioxide, one of the causes of global warming, could potentially be captured
and sequestered in the worlds oceans. The impact on the ocean food chain
of such an undertaking, if it were done in large scale, is currently unknown
but potentially dangerous, and many Hawaiian fishermen are opposed. For
information on the experiment, go to: http://www.co2experiment.org .
3:03/19. EPA PROPOSES SPECIAL OCEAN SITES: The
Environmental News Service (ENS) reported today, 19 January, that the
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed new protections
for "Special Ocean Sites" that have outstanding environmental values,
including prohibitions for new and expanded ocean development. Also, for
the first time, development activities such as mining, oil and gas
exploration, and fish farming in federal ocean waters (3-200 miles) would
have to meet protective new standards under the Clean Water Act
(CWA). Permits for new discharges and significantly expanded existing
discharges would be prohibited in these areas. The four Special Ocean
Sites, EPA proposes are:
1. Flower Garden Banks, located off Texas;
2. Gorda Ridge-Blanco Fracture Zone, located off Oregon;
3. Escanaba Trough of the Gorda Ridge, located off California;
4. Northern Right Whale Critical Habitat Areas, located off Massachusetts
and the Florida/Georgia Border;
EPA, at the direction of a Presidential Executive Order made on 26 May,
is taking a number of steps to strengthen protection of coastal and ocean
waters. Under today's proposal, ocean sites within U.S. jurisdiction that
have outstanding value, such as critical habitat under the Endangered
Species Act (ESA), high value coral reefs, hydrothermal vents and others,
could be designated as "Special Ocean Sites." In addition, EPA is proposing
a petition process to allow citizen and states to request additional Special
Ocean Sites. For more information, go to EPA's Office of Water
website at: http://www.epa.gov.ow .
3:03/20. ALASKA SCIENTISTS - NMFS STELLER PLAN FLAWED:
A 10 January item in WorldCatch News cites a State of Alaska scientific
review team as recommending that the National Marine Fisheries Service's
(NMFS) Biological Opinion (BiOp) on Steller sea lions be modified or
replaced because of a wide variety of flaws in the 30 November document.
The BiOp issued by NMFS found that Bering Sea commercial fisheries, as
currently managed, jeopardize the recovery of the western Alaska Steller sea
lion population. It proposed "reasonable and prudent alternatives" (RPAs)
that drastically curtail pollock, Atka mackerel and Pacific cod harvesting
there. The RPAs were to take effect this month, but last-minute
Congressional action by U.S. Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK) postponed them
at least until July. The North Pacific Fisheries Management Council met last
week in a special session to consult with NMFS on emergency rules for
management of the fishery, which is scheduled to open 20 January. For more
information on the plan see: http://www.worldcatch.com/
page/WC_Article_View.wc?priority=9&Featured=True&wvx=md&id=3301
3:03/21. NORTHWEST TRIBES SUE STATE OF WASHINGTON TO
FORCE CULVERT REPAIRS FOR SALMON: In a case with far-reaching
legal implications which officials are calling 'Boldt II', the Seattle Times
reports 17 January that twenty Northwest Indian tribes have sued the state of
Washington to force the state to repair thousands of culverts which block
salmon runs. Under the prior Boldt Decision of 1974, the Tribes have the
right by treaty to half of the salmon harvest, with the other half going to
non-Indian harvesters. A number of legal opinions have since indicated that
the right to fish also implies the right to have habitat that will support
those
fish, including water flows and, the Tribes are asserting, free passage. In
other words, the Tribes are asserting that their treaty rights to fish
requires
the State of Washington to cure fish passage problems created by its
unwillingness to correct a multitude of blockages which prevent fish from
getting to otherwise productive spawning grounds. "We are aware that this
case has potential significance beyond the culvert issue," Washington's
Governor Gary Locke and the Attorney General noted in a joint statement
on the case. " A favorable ruling for the Tribes could impose a duty that
may affect other public roadways, public facilities and land and even the
regulation of land use and water."
Washington has no comprehensive inventory of all its culvert problems,
and has done relatively little until recently to repair those that block fish
passage, estimated as at least 2400 of them. The suit would require the state
to identify all relevant culverts within 18 months of a court ruling, and
to replace them all within five years as well as maintain them perpetually.
The suit also asks that no new culverts blocking fish passage be built.
Treaty rights are potentially more powerful than the Endangered Species
Act (ESA) in restoring salmon runs, and have frequently been upheld by
federal courts. Tribes in other areas have asserted treaty rights to protect
instream water flows, but this is the first instance of such a suit for fish
passage. The lawsuit seeks restoration of the state's salmon runs to the
point
where in can successfully sustain commercial, cultural and subsistence
fishing. The Seattle Times Article is at:
http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/
display?slug=culverts17m0&date=20010117 For the Governor's and
Attorney General's statement see:
http://www.governor.wa.gov/press/2001/01011601.htm.
3:03/22. CALIFORNIA KELP FORESTS REPORT: The Draft
California Department of Fish & Game's (CDFG) Kelp Report is now
available online at: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/kelp_ceqa/index.html. The
report is required under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA)
as part of the agency's efforts to better manage the state's kelp forests.
For
more information contact: Don Schultze, Marine Region, (916) 722-7658 or
Troy Swauger, Information Officer, (916) 654-2096.
3:03/23. NEW NMFS LISTSERVER: The National Marine Fisheries
Service (NMFS) is launching an automated, e-mail based system to provide
notification of the agency's fisheries actions, rules, policies and programs
that may be of interest. The system, called NOAA Fishnews, was developed
in response to commercial and recreational fishermen who have asked to be
promptly notified about important NMFS fisheries activities and
rulemaking. To subscribe to the system, send an e-mail to
listproc at ns.noaa.gov and write SUBSCRIBE FISHNEWS YOUR
SCREEN NAME in the body of the message. NMFS will not begin sending
out bulletins until 1 February 2001.
3:03/24. CDFG SEEKS COMMENTS ON SQUID MANAGEMENT
OPTIONS: The California Department of Fish & Game (CDFG) is seeking
comments on regulatory options for the fishery management plan the
agency is developing for the state's largest fishery. The comments will
be considered at two hearings CDFG has scheduled for 26 January in Port
Hueneme and 27 January in Monterey (see Sublegals, 3:02/13). The issues
under consideration for developing options are:
1. Whether a limited entry program is needed for the fishery and, if so,
what criteria should be used to determine eligibility to participate in the
fishery.
2. Whether it is advisable to reduce the number of days in the week the
fishery takes place.
3. Whether there are areas that should be set aside as no take zones for
squid replenishment.
4. Whether an ongoing research and monitoring program is necessary for
the fishery and, if so, how should it be funded.
5. Whether there should be regulation of light boats.
6. Whether coordination is necessary with a federal coastal pelagic
species management plan.
7. Whether it is necessary or advisable to modify the method of take or
the use of the fishing gear.
Written comments will be received until 9 February. For more
information or to submit comments, contact Marija Vojkovich, CDFG
Marine Region - Southern Operations, 1933 Cliff Drive, Suite 9, Santa
Barbara, CA 93109, (805) 568-1246.
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ifrfish at aol.com or call the IFR office with the news and a source at either:
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