I am Ben Vallejo's sister. He's not in the country right now but in
Australia. Perhaps you could send any message for him at this e-mail
address:
Benjamin.Vallejo at jcu.edu.au
Thank you.
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> (Vol. 3, No 3)
> PART TWO OF TWO PARTS
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> Fisheries and Conservation News
> from the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations
> and the Insititute for Fisheries Resources
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> OF CONGRESS
> -- The Week of 7/18/97 (Continued)--
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>
> AK Salmon Strike. On June 22, 1997, the United Seiners Assoc.
> accepted an offer guaranteeing a base price for delivered salmon,
including a
> percentage of the wholesale price that processors receive for the fish.
> [Assoc
> Press]
> .
> Pacific Salmon Treaty. On June 20, 1997, negotiations were reported
> to have again broken off after negotiations bogged down on issues of U.S.
> desire for a reduced Canadian coho salmon catch and Canadian desire for a
> smaller U.S. share of Fraser River sockeye salmon. On June 21, 1997,
> Canadian negotiator Yves Fortier and associates flew to the G-7 Summit in
> Denver, Co, for emergency consultations with Canadian Prime Minister Jean
> Chretien and Foreign Minister Lloyd Axworthy on salmon. Chretien and
> President Clinton were reported to have briefly discussed salmon while
> attending the G-7 Summit. On June 23, 1997, Canadian negotiators were
> reported to have contacted U.S. negotiators responding to a U.S. offer,
with
> a
> significant and substantial change in the Canadian position. On June 23,
> 1997, the AK Dept. of Fish and Game set a quota of 277,182 chinook for
this
> year's southeast AK troll fishery. If caught, this quota would nearly
double
> last year's harvest of 140,000 fish. On June 25, 1997, United States
> negotiators informed their Canadian counterparts that Canada's proposed
> division of the 1997 salmon harvest was unacceptable. Canada had
proposed
> a U.S. share of 17% for Fraser River sockeye for the next four years with
a
> decreased U.S. share of 15% for the subsequent four years; the United
States
> desired a 20% share. In addition, Canada would reduce its coho catch off
> Vancouver Island to 560,000 fish this year, and 1 million next year; the
> United
> States wanted a limit of no more than 900,000 coho. U.S. negotiators had
> proposed creating a regime to rebuild depleted coho salmon, restructuring
of
> the U.S. fishing fleet to reduce Fraser River sockeye catch, establishing
a
> fund to conserve west coast salmon stocks, and reducing the AK
interception
> harvest. On June 26, 1997, Canadian officials proposed binding
arbitration
> to
> address Pacific Salmon Treaty issues, which the United States believes
would
> require amendment of the treaty and consent by the U.S. Senate. The
> southeast AK salmon troll fishery is scheduled to begin on July 1, 1997.
> Despite the lack of a treaty agreement, U.S. And Canadian fishery
managers
> plan to coordinate fishing activity. On June 27, 1997, Canadian
Fisheries
> Minister David Anderson announced the 1997 unilateral Canadian salmon
> quota of 23.8 million salmon, including 12 million sockeye, 8 million
pink,
> and
> 3 million chum, and 85,000 chinook salmon. No commercial fishery for
coho
> salmon is scheduled. The United States requested that the Fraser River
panel
> meet on June 30, 1997, to coordinate management. The first portion of
the
> Fraser River sockeye, the early Stuart River fish), is projected to be a
week
> late in arriving, with no clear indication of whether the fish are less
than
> forecast or merely late. U.S. fishermen agreed to postpone harvest of
> 100,000
> early Stuart sockeye due to the apparent initial weakness of the
returning
> run,
> until the Fraser River panel meets again on July 3, 1997. On July 3,
1997,
> U.S. officials announced that WA state fishermen would be allowed to
begin
> fishing for early Stuart sockeye bound for the Fraser River on July 5.
> Additional U.S. fishing periods were scheduled daily for July 7-9, 1997.
The
> total early Stuart run is estimated to amount to about 1.1 million
sockeye,
> with a spawning escapement of 500,000 desired. Of the 600,000 available
for
> harvest, WA fishermen are anticipated to be able to harvest about 86,000
> fish.
> However, Canadians urge restraint until the size of the actual return can
be
> determined. From 1990-1996, Canada has asked that the United States not
> harvest from the early Stuart run, and the United States has agreed. On
July
> 6, 1997, Canadian officials opened a fishery restricted to certain Native
> fishermen, with additional broader commercial openings scheduled through
the
> week. At midnight on July 7, 1997, the AK Dept. of Fish and Game closed
> the southeast AK chinook salmon troll fishery after about 120,000 chinook
> were estimated to have been caught. This closure was earlier than
> anticipated
> due to high catch rates. On July 8, 1997, U.S. managers announced that
the
> WA state fishery for early Stuart sockeye would close a day earlier than
> originally scheduled, due to high catches by U.S. fishermen. After
catches
> are tabulated, a decision will be made on July 10 or 11 whether to allow
> additional fishing. On July 9, 1997, Canadian officials raised concerns
that
> AK
> seiners were targeting Canadian sockeye salmon under the guise of fishing
for
> AK pink salmon, which usually do not return to spawn until late summer.
On
> July 9, 1997, Canadian Trade Minister Sergio Marchi discussed aspects of
> salmon negotiations with U.S. Trade Representative Charlene Barshefsky.
BC
> Premier Glen Clark appealED to WA residents for more attention to
> conservation via an open letter published in major WA newspapers on July
10,
> 1997. On July 10, 1997, a BC fishing company filed suit against the
Canadian
> government in Vancouver, BC, court, alleging a conspiracy in allowing
Treaty
> negotiations to stall and in allocating harvest quota so as to benefit
> seiners
> and large processors and discriminate against small salmon trollers. {On
> July
> 16, 1997, U.S. and tribal managers decided, jointly with Canadian
managers,
> not to reopen the fishery for early Stuart sockeye from the Fraser River
due
> to
> concerns that high siltation in the River may prevent significant numbers
of
> salmon from reaching their spawning areas. In earlier fisheries, U.S.
> fisherman caught about 108,000 early Stuart fish while Canadians
harvested
> about 276,000. On July 16, 1997, BC Premier Glen Clark was reported to
> have written to Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien calling for a joint
> strategy to counter alleged targeting of BC sockeye by southeast AK purse
> seiners off Noyes Island.} {{Canadian officials claim AK fishermen have
> caught 400,000 Canadian sockeye in this fishery, rather than the 120,000
> agreed to. AK officials contend the sockeye catch has been much
smaller.}}
> [Assoc Press, Reuters, Dow Jones News, Wall Street Journal, personal
> communication]
> .
> AQUACULTURE AND AQUARIA
> .
> Fish as Pollutants. Beginning July 24, 1997, the WA state Pollution
> Control Hearings Board has scheduled a 5-day hearing in Olympia, to
> consider whether escaped salmon harm native fish and, if so, what options
> might be considered. [Assoc Press]
> .
> {{South Carolina Aquarium Lawsuit. In mid-July 1997, the City of
> Charleston, SC, filed suit against the company building the $62 million
SC
> Aquarium for $1.56 million in disputed construction claims involving
> installation of a pollution-control system.}} [Assoc Press]
> .
> {AK Salmon Hatchery Roe Stripping Lawsuit. On July 14, 1997, AK
> Superior Court released a ruling by Judge Dan Hensley that the AK Dept.
of
> Fish and Game did nothing illegal by issuing temporary roe-stripping
> regulations allowing pink and chum salmon hatcheries to discard salmon
> carcasses in 1996.} [Assoc Press]
> .
> {Catfish and Dioxin. On July 7, 1997, EPA issued a nationwide
dioxin
> order based on June 1997 concerns that certain animal feeds were
> contaminated with trace amounts of dioxin after 2 feed mills in Arkansas
> reportedly used some dioxin-contaminated anti-caking agent in formulating
> soybean-based catfish food. As much as 40% of all catfish feed may have
> been contaminated. Under the order, shipment of catfish products was to
> have been banned after July 13 unless the products could be certified as
not
> being tainted. However, suspended this order for catfish as FDA
officials
> and
> catfish farmers began negotiating on an appropriate testing program for
> catfish
> and catfish products. A nationwide FDA survey found dioxin levels
ranging
> from 1.32 to 3.48 parts per trillion in six of 19 catfish fillets tested;
the
> maximum FDA limit for dioxin is one part per trillion.} {{On July 11,
1997,
> the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the catfish farming
industry
> concluded an agreement for an industry-wide catfish sampling and dioxin
level
> testing program. On July 15, 1997, a multi-state testing program for
catfish
> began, with funding provided by an association of catfish farmers,
> processors,
> and feed manufacturers. On July 16, 1997, FDA issued a 4-page order
> limiting catfish shipments from MS and other states where these fish may
> have been fed the contaminated feed, effective midnight July 20. On July
17,
> 1997, FDA officials announced that they would change the sampling and
> testing program for catfish, effective July 20, to determine when feed
should
> be
> halted for catfish to assure acceptable dioxin levels.}} [Assoc Press,
> Reuters,
> Dow Jones News, The Catfish Institute press release]
> .
> Shrimp Virus. In early July 1997, the state of SC ordered Edisto
> Seafarms to kill a shipment of 4.1 million blue shrimp from Venezuela
testing
> positive for the taura syndrome virus, chlorinate three ponds, discharge
no
> water from the farm, and import no additional blue shrimp. Between July
15
> and July 23, 1997, four public hearings will be held on the NMFS/Joint
> Subcommittee on Aquaculture report entitled "An Evaluation of Shrimp
Virus
> Impacts on Cultured Shrimp and on Wild Shrimp Populations in the Gulf of
> Mexico and Southeastern U.S. Atlantic Coastal Waters," and public comment
> will be received to help in the development of plans for an ecological
risk
> assessment on shrimp viruses. [Assoc Press, Federal Register]
> .
> Chilean Salmon Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Petitions.
> On July 1, 1997, attorneys for the Assoc. of Chilean Salmon Farmers asked
> the Dept. of Commerce to reject petitions against farmed Chilean salmon,
> alleging illegal subsidization of salmon exporters and undercutting of
U.S.
> prices, claiming that the petitioners do not represent the industry they
seek
> to
> protect, that Norwegian and Canadian salmon farmers would benefit most if
> the duties were granted, and that Chilean boneless salmon fillets do not
> compete with the petitioners' product. On July 2, 1997, the Dept. of
> Commerce decided to formally open an investigation on charges that
Chilean
> salmon is being unfairly subsidized and dumped on the U.S. market. A
> preliminary International Trade Commission (ITC) hearing on the petitions
and
> determination of injury was held on July 3, 1997. A preliminary decision
by
> the ITC is due by July 28, 1997. If the preliminary ruling on injury to
U.S.
> producers is positive, a Dept. of Commerce decision on subsidies is due
by
> Sept. 5, 1997, and on dumping by Nov. 19, 1997. On July 8, 1997, Chilean
> trade representatives announced that they will seek formal negotiations
with
> the U.S. Dept. of Commerce to resolve salmon trade concerns. [Assoc. of
> Chilean Salmon Farmers press release, Dow Jones News, Assoc Press]
> .
> BC Salmon Aquaculture. On June 30, 1997, the BC Salmon Farmers
> Assoc. petitioned the Advertising Standards Council of BC to consider
> whether an ad place by the David Suzuki Foundation in the June 24, 1997,
> issue of the Times Colonist might contravene the Canadian Code of
> Advertising Standards. The ad, headlined "Is Your Fish Dinner Laced With
> Drugs?", alleges that antibiotics used in BC salmon farming lead to the
> development of antibiotic-resistent microbes. An independent 8-month
study,
> the BC Salmon Aquaculture Review, is scheduled to be presented to the
> provincial Cabinet in July 1997. [Sierra Club Legal Defense Fund press
> release, BC Salmon Farmers Assoc. press release]
> .
> Cormorant Predation Control. On June 23, 1997, the U.S. Fish and
> Wildlife Service published proposed regulations that would allow the
> harassment and killing of double-crested cormorants to protect
aquaculture
> stocks. [Federal Register]
> .
> FRESHWATER FISHERIES
> .
> {FWS Director Nomination Hearing. On July 16, 1997, the Senate
> Committee on Environment and Public Works has tentatively scheduled a
> hearing on the nomination of Jamie Rappaport Clark to be Director of the
U.S.
> Fish and Wildlife Service, Dept. of the Interior.} [personal
communication]
> .
> {{Walden Pond Fishing? In mid-July 1997, representatives of People
> for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) submitted a petition to MA
> Governor William F. Weld, calling for a ban on fishing at Walden Pond,
> northwest of Boston, as part of a PETA nationwide campaign that will ask
> parks to ban fishing.}} [Assoc Press]
> .
> Whirling Disease. On July 10, 1997, MT's Whirling Disease Task
> Force received a report that whirling disease had been detected in an
> additional MT river drainage (Yellowstone River) and recommended that MT
> ban or place more stringent limits on rainbow trout fishing in waters
> infected
> by whirling disease. Mt's Fish, Wildlife, and Parks Commission will
> {{receive
> a detailed report from the Task Force on Aug. 8, 1997, and will}}
consider
> Task Force recommendations. [Assoc Press]
> .
> Native Yellowstone Fish. On July 8, 1997, the National Park Service
> released an assessment of obstacles to restoration of westslope cutthroat
> trout and fluvial arctic graying to Yellowstone National Park habitat.
Major
> obstacles, particularly competition from introduced rainbow, brown, and
brook
> trout, preclude immediate progress, with gradual replacement of exotic
fish
> in
> selected park waters proposed. The preferred alternative for action is
to
> undertake suppression of non-native fish. [Assoc Press]
> .
> Russell Dam Pumpback. On July 1, 1997, the Army Corps of
> Engineers released a report concluding that, at most, about 8 million
fish or
> 0.5% of the fish in Lake Thurmond could be killed each year by nighttime
> operation of the pumpback turbines at the Russell Dam hydroelectric plant
on
> the Savannah River, SC. The report concludes that threadfin shad would
be
> the species experiencing the greatest mortality, with possibly 7.6
million
> killed. The SC Dept. of Natural Resources has 45 days to study the Corps
> report. The State of SC and the National Wildlife Federation have sued
the
> Corps over proposed pumpback operations; U.S. District Judge Falcon
> Hawkins will determine whether, and if so, how the pumpback program can
> operate. [Assoc Press]
> .
> AK Subsistence Fishing. On June 26, 1997, the House Committee on
> Appropriations approved and ordered reported a bill appropriating funds
for
> the Dept. of the Interior for fiscal year 1998, including a one-year
> moratorium on federal assumption of subsistence fishery management in
Alaska.
> [Assoc Press]
> .
> Bull Trout. In late June 1997, the governors of MT and ID,
> representatives of Native American tribes, and officials of Washington
Water
> Power signed an agreement to coordinate the development of a unified bull
> trout recovery effort with WA Water Power's hydropower project
relicensing on
> the Lower Clark Fork River. Between July 1 and July 17, 1997, five
public
> hearings are scheduled on the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's proposed
> listing Klamath River bull trout as endangered and Columbia River bull
trout
> as
> threatened under the Endangered Species Act. Public comments will be
> taken until Aug. 12, 1997. In early July 1997, the Alliance for the Wild
> Rockies and Friends of the Wild Swan filed a motion for summary judgment
in
> U.S. District Court, Portland, OR, asking Judge Robert Jones to rule that
> there
> was not enough evidence to separate bull trout into five distinct
> populations.
> The groups hope to protect all bull trout rather than two specific
> populations
> proposed for endangered species act listing. [Assoc Press, Washington
> Water Power press release]
> .
> Greenback Cutthroat Trout Restoration. On June 24, 1997, Interior
> Secretary Bruce Babbitt announced a $97,000 grant under the "Bring Back
> the Natives" program to the Uncompaghre-Gunnison National Forest, CO, for
> fish passage work on Beaver Creek to aid recovery of native greenback
> cutthroat trout. [Assoc Press]
> .
> Flaming Gorge Dam Spill. On June 21, 1997, the spillway at Flaming
> Gorge Dam on the UT-WY border was used for the first time in more than a
> decade after an outlet tube failed and the power plant flooded.
Biologists
> expressed concern that the warmer surface water discharge could harm
> coldwater fish such as trout in the Green River below the Dam. [Assoc
Press]
> .
>
> MARINE MAMMALS
> .
> CITES Hearing. On July 17, 1997, the House Resources
> Subcommittee on Fisheries Conservation, Wildlife, and Oceans has
tentatively
> scheduled an oversight hearing on the results of the recent meeting of
CITES
> (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna
and
> Flora) Parties in Zimbabwe. [personal communication]
> .
> {Atlantic Large Whale Protection Measures. On July 15, 1997,
> NMFS announced details of a substantially revised 4-year Atlantic Large
> Whale Take Reduction Plan to reduce large whale entanglement in lobster
and
> gillnet fishing gear along the Atlantic coast. Fishermen will be
permitted
> to
> choose among a list of options for modifying fishing gear to address
> entanglement concerns by Jan. 1, 1998. Comments on the plan will be
> accepted through Oct. 15, 1997, with the rule taking effect on Nov. 15,
1997.
>
> Critical whale habitat would be closed to certain gear during times of
whale
> concentration, but gear modifications would not be required for gear
fished
> in
> inshore coves and harbors.} [NOAA press release, Assoc Press]
> .
> Walrus Lawsuit. On June 27, 1997, the AK Supreme Court ruled
> against a Native Alaskan couple charged with walrus hunting in the Walrus
> Islands state game sanctuary during 1993. The Court ruled that state
> property
> regulations could not be preempted by the federal Marine Mammal
Protection
> Act; it was unconstitutional to supersede the state's right to regulate
> access and
> ban the discharge of firearms, because it would amount to a government
taking
>
> without compensation. [Assoc Press]
> .
> Tuna-Dolphin Legislation. On June 26, 1997, the U.S. Senate
> Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation marked-up and
> ordered S. 39 reported as amended to allow the use of the 'dolphin-safe'
> label
> if no dolphins are observed to have been killed or seriously injured
during
> tuna
> harvest. [Reuters]
> .
> Japanese Research Whaling. On June 25, 1997, officials of Japan's
> Institute of Cetacean Research announced the terms of sale for 1,995 tons
of
> meat from 440 minke whales taken in the Southern Ocean between November
> 1996 and March 1997. This meat is to be sold primarily to processor of
> canned foods, with projected revenue of 3.5 billion yen. Prime-quality
meant
>
> for general consumption would be sold wholesale for 3,840 yen per
kilogram,
> with the retail price to be three times the wholesale price. [Dow Jones
News]
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