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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 2, NO. 10 8 SEPT.
2000
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2:10/01. ALASKA SALMON BECOMES FIRST U.S. FISHERY
CERTIFIED AS SUSTAINABLE BY THE MARINE
STEWARDSHIP COUNCIL: On Tuesday, 5 September, the Marine
Stewardship Council (MSC) announced that Alaskan salmon will carry
the MSC "sustainable" fishery label, the first such U.S. fishery to be so
certified. The other two fisheries that have been certified to date by MSC
as sustainable are Australian rock lobster and Thames River herring.
MSC's certification program provides its label to fisheries that meet strict,
independently reviewed standards for sustainability. The eco-label allows
consumers to quickly identify the environmental choices in seafood - fish
that have not been "over-fished" or harvested in ways "that harm the ocean
ecosystem."
MSC is an independent, non-governmental organization. The Council
is working with fisheries all over the world that are interested in receiving
the label as proof to consumers that they are being harvested in a
sustainable, environmentally benign manner. The MSC program has
established three main principles that fisheries must meet before they can
be certified as sustainable. First, the fishery must be conducted in a way
that does not take more fish than can be replenished naturally or kills
other species through harmful fishing practices. Secondly, the fishery
must operate in a manner that ensures the health and diversity of the
marine ecosystem on which it depends. Finally, the fishery must respect
local, national, and international laws and regulations for responsible and
sustainable fishing. For more information visit: www.msc.org.
2:10/02. CALIFORNIA SET TO ADOPT FIRST TMDL FOR
NORTH COAST SALMON STREAM: At its Wednesday, 6 September,
workshop in Sacramento, the California State Water Resorces Control
Board (SWRCB) agenda included the pending adoption of the Garcia
River Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL, sediment budget) into the
Basin Plan for the Garcia River along the state's north coast. The TMDL
is the first of some 20 the SWRCB and its North Coast Regional Water
Quality Control Board are required to adopt in the next decade pursuant to
a court settlement in a case brought by PCFFA, along with other fishing
and environmental groups three years ago against the U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency (EPA) under the Clean Water Act (PCFFA v. Marcus).
The suit had been brought against the federal agency to force state
agencies to obey the Clean Water Act and designate cleanup schedules
for non-point pollution of key salmon rivers to protect "beneficial uses of
water," including for cold-water fisheries, drinking, and swimming. In
California's coastal rivers, sediment is a major pollutant limiting the
life-cycle of threatened and endangered salmonids.
The North Coast Regional Water Quality Control Board staff in
preparing the TMDL for approval by the SWRCB had worked with
landowners, conservationists, fishery and timber interests since the court
decree to develop a workable plan to reduce sediment into the Garcia
River, the first of many coast rivers listed as Sediment-Impaired and
subject to TMDL's. This included designing a plan to address landowner
concerns about privacy when they submit a sediment reduction plan. The
solution was a Group Management Plan which shows streams, roads, and
sediment sources, and does not show property lines. The workshop took
the form of a hearing, with statements by the fishing/conservation
community, the Farm Bureau, and landowners from the Garcia, all in
support of adopting the precedent-setting Implementation Plan. The
hearing for adoption of the plan has been put on the SWRCB's consent
calendar for 22 September.
2:10/03. REMINDER - PFMC MEETING IN SACRAMENTO:
The Pacific Fisheries Management Council (PFMC) meets next week, 11-
16 October, in Sacramento. There will be a number of issues covered
including marine reserves, habitat, salmon, groundfish, highly migratory
species, and coastal pelagic species. Much of the agenda will be focused
on Groundfish Management and the Groundfish Strategic Plan and
Council consideration for final adoption of that Plan. The meeting will be
held at the Red Lion Hotel, 1401 Arden Way. For more information see:
www.pcouncil.org.
2:10/04. GROUNDFISH - NMFS ANNOUNCES REBUILDING
PLAN, AMENDMENT 12 SUBMITTED FOR SECRETARIAL
REVIEW, BLACKCOD "MOP-UP" SEASON ANNOUNCED: In a 5
September Federal Register notice, the National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) announced approval of rebuilding plans for three overfished
species managed under the Pacific coast groundfish fishery management
plan (FMP); bocaccio, lingcod, and Pacific ocean perch (POP). These
three species were designated as overfished under the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation & Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act) on 3
March 1999. Initial rebuilding measures for these species were
implemented through the 2000 annual specifications and management
measures for Pacific coast groundfish. According to NMFS, the purpose
of this action is to provide a public announcement of formal approval of
these three rebuilding plans. Copies of the rebuilding plans are available
from the Pacific Fishery Management Council at: www.pcouncil.org.
In an 8 September Federal Register notice, NMFS announced the
Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) has submitted Amendment 12
to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for
Secretary of Commerce review. Amendment 12 is intended to provide
procedures to develop rebuilding plans for overfished species, to set
guidelines for rebuilding plan contents, and to provide rebuilding plans
for NMFS review and approval/disapproval. Amendment 12 would also
declare all Pacific coast groundfish to be fully utilized by domestic
harvesters and processors. Comments on Amendment 12 must be received
on or before 7 November. Copies of Amendment 12 and the
Environmental Assessment/ Regulatory Impact Review are available from
Donald McIsaac, Executive Director, Pacific Fishery Management
Council. For more information visit the Council website at:
www.pcouncil.org.
Finally, in another Federal Register notice, NMFS announced
adjustments to the regulations for the fixed gear (i.e., longline, trap)
blackcod (sablefish) fishery off California, Oregon and Washington,
establishing the beginning and ending dates and the cumulative period
landings limit for the mop-up portion of the limited entry, fixedgear blackcod
fishery. These actions are intended to provide for harvest of the remainder of
the blackcod available to the 2000 limited entry season. This action applies
only in waters north of 36 deg. N. lat. The fixed gear mop-up fishery will
begin at 1201 hours (PDT) on 5 September, and will end at 1200 hours
(PDT) on 19 September, at which time the limited entry daily trip limit
fishery resumes. The daily trip limits for the fixed gear blackcid fishery
will remain in effect, unless modified, superseded or rescinded, until the
effective date of the 2001 annual specifications and regulatory measures
for the Pacific coast groundfish fishery, which will be published in the
Federal Register. Comments will be accepted until 22 September.
Written comments on the above should be sent to Darma Darn, Acting
Administrator, Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way N.E.,
BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0070, or faxed to (206)
526-6736; or to Rebecca Lent, Administrator, Southwest Region, NMFS,
501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213, or faxed
to (562) 980-4047. For more information, e-mail William L. Robinson:
bill.robinson at noaa.gov or Svein Fougner: svein.fougner at noaa.gov.
2:10/05. MICRO GOLF TAKING MACRO WATER FROM
SALMON: According to a 31 August Associated Press report, the
Washington State Department of Ecology states that a golf course partly
owned by Microsoft's co-founder is using " as much as 50 million gallons
of water a year without approval." The golf course is "harming salmon
migration" by reducing stream flows and raising the temperature in the
Sammanmish River but claims "they can't afford the $143,330 annual cost
of purchasing water."
2:10/06. FISHERY RATINGS OF MEMBERS OF CONGRESS:
All 535 Members of Congress have now been rated as "friends" or
"enemies" of fish, of their supporting habitats, and of the long-term
interests of U.S. fishermen. The rating can be found at:
www.geocities.com/Eureka/Vault/8020/CongressRating.html.
The evaluation is based on voting records, actions taken and legislative
initiatives. In all, a series of 30 fish-related issues were used to rate
every
Member of Congress. The purpose of this rating is to allow fishermen and
conservationists to recognize which Members of Congress are working to
conserve fish and their ecosystems - particularly inshore habitats such as
rivers, wetlands, estuaries, bays and coastal waters on which 75% of
marine fish depend for their survival - and which Members are working
hard to destroy fish, their environment and thus the future of fishing in the
United States.
2:10/07. SUPPORT SOUGHT TO HELP KEEP CONSERVATION
MEASURES IN FEDERAL FISHERIES MANAGEMENT: The
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation & Management Act (Magnuson-
Stevens Act), the law governing federal management of marine fisheries,
is currently up for reauthorization by Congress. Legislation introduced by
Congressman Wayne Gilchrest (R-MD) and Sam Farr (D-CA), the
Fisheries Recovery Act of 2000 (H.R. 4046), is the first bill before
Congress that will reauthorize and strengthen the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
According to the Marine Fish Conservation Network (MFCN), a coalition
of conservation, commercial and recreational fishing groups, the bill
would amend the Act by clarifying and strengthening the conservation
provisions added by the Sustainable Fisheries Act in 1996. HR 4046
addresses bycatch avoidance, elimination of over-fishing, and protection
of essential fish habitat. MFCN is encouraging family fishing groups
concerned about sustainable fisheries to contact their Congressional
representatives, asking for support of the Fisheries Recovery Act. For
more information go to: www.conservefish.com.
2:10/08. JAPAN THREATENS TO IGNORE REGULATIONS
DEVELOPED BY NEW PACIFIC MIGRATORY FISH COMMISSION: On
Tuesday, 5 September, the United States and several other nations agreed to
create a new commission to regulate the catch of tuna in the Pacific Ocean,
but Japan threatened to ignore any new regulations if its concerns aren't
addressed. Nineteen of the 24 nations attending the Honolulu conference on
highly migratory Pacific fish stocks (see Sublegals, 2:09/11) formally
approved creation of the commission, which supporters say will help ensure a
sustainable harvest of fish. Several of the nations, including the United
States,
still need government approval. Japan and South Korea oppose the deal, while
China, France and Tonga abstained. Japan complained that concerns it had
raised over some aspects of the agreement, including the boundaries of the
affected fishing zone, were ignored by the group. Two-thirds of the
world's tuna is caught in the Pacific region and is valued at $1.5 billion to
$2 billion a year, according to the Western Pacific Fishery Management
Council. While Pacific tuna stocks are not currently threatened, supporters
said the agreement is necessary to ensure their future. The agreement
allows the commission to set limits on how many fish could be caught,
where they could be taken, the times of the year fishing would be
permitted and what type of gear could be used. The commission also can
hire independent observers. For more information visit the WPFMC
website at: www.wpcouncil.org.
2:10/09. ALBACORE PRICES UP: On the heels of the signing of the
agreement reached at the Multilateral High Level Conference (MHLC) on
Tuesday in Honolulu, the Western Fishboat Owners Association (WFOA)
announced today, 8 September, the increase in the ex-vessel price for
albacore tuna at coastal buying stations along the North Pacific Coast to
$1650.00 per ton. The price for albacore delivered into the canneries on
American Samoa remains at $1925 per ton, ex-vessel. WFOA reports
most of the albacore fishing is occurring between British Columbia and
Morro Bay, California. For more information, visit WFOA's website:
http://www.wfoa-tuna.org.
2:10/10. NMFS CHANGES STATUS OF THREE NATIONS
ALLOWING IMPORT OF YELLOWFIN TUNA FROM EASTERN
TROPICAL PACIFIC: In a 5 September notice in the Federal Register,
the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) changes in the intermediary
nation status for the Governments of Costa Rica, Italy, and Japan under the
Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) made on 19 August 19. This
allows the importation into the United States from these nations of
yellowfin tuna and yellowfin tuna products harvested in the eastern
tropical Pacific Ocean (ETP) after 3 March 1999. The change in
intermediary nation status is based on the lack of sufficient documentary
evidence that Costa Rica, Japan, or Italy import yellowfin tuna or tuna
products from nations subject to a direct ban under the MMPA. This
determination remains in effect until NMFS has sufficient evidence that a
nation is importing yellowfin tuna or tuna products subject to a direct ban
under the MMPA. Copies of this notice may be obtained by writing to
Nicole R. Le Boeuf, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315
East-West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 90210. For more information,
contact: Nicole R. Le Boeuf at (301) 713-2322; or fax (301) 713-4060.
2:10/11. STEELE LEAVING NMFS NORTHWEST, PAUTZKE
GOING TO WASHINGTON: Will Steele, who has served as the
Northwest Regional Director of the National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) the past six years, has announced he is leaving the federal
government for the private sector, effective 15 September. Steele had
been criticized by PCFFA and others for the failure of the Northwest
Region to effectively confront the dams and logging damage done to
Endangered Species Act-listed salmon runs. The latest failure was the
region's decision to "punt" on the issue of the removal of the four fish-
killing Snake River dams, instead of insisting on their breaching as
scientists have recommended. Donna Darm will be acting regional
administrator until a replacement is named, probably not until the next
Administration. In other NMFS news, Clarence Pautzke has been named
to head the federal fishery agency's Sustainable Fisheries Office out of
Silver Spring. Pautzke, who had been Executive Director of the North
Pacific Fishery Management Council, takes over the position from Gary
Matlock who was reassigned some months ago.
2:10/12. WASHINGTON CANDIDATE FOR GOVERNOR'S
"SALMON PLAN" WOULD CLOSE ALL COMMERCIAL
FISHING: Washington's Republican Party frontrunner for Governor
revealed his own plan for balancing the interests between salmon and
dams -- keep the dams but close all commercial salmon fishing.
According to an article in the 7 September Spokane Spokesman-Review
article, gubernatorial candidate John Carlson, at a recent Spokane rally,
made complete closure of all commercial fishing the keystone of his plan
to save salmon without breaching the lower four Snake river dams.
Carlson, who is opposed to dam breaching under any circumstances, also
spoke highly of last years failed commercial fishing ban, Initiative 696,
and said he believes 696 would have passed if tribal fishing had been
included. His remarks were widely criticized in light of the fact that even
if all fishing of every sort were ended, scientists say that endangered
salmon runs in the Columbia would still not recover. The Columbia river
dams, according to the recent NMFS BiOp and many other sources,
account for up to 88% of all human induced salmon mortality in the
Columbia and Snake Rivers, while all sport, commercial and Tribal
fishing combined accounts for roughly 5%, and for some species (such as
Snake River Sockeye) very much less. Fisheries managers also say that so
many commercial and Tribal fishing closures have already occurred that
the remaining impact is minuscule compared to that of the dams. Carlson
did not propose banning sportfishing, however, even though the total
combined impact of sport catch on many runs is greater than that of
commercial fishermen. Carlson also believes that hatchery salmon should
be treated just like wild salmon for all conservation purposes, a
philosophy that would lead to delisting of every west coast run under the
ESA and eliminate most of their existing protections. The full article is
at:
http://www.spokane.net/news-story.asp?date=090700&ID=s848246 .
2:10/13. AQUATIC NUISANCE SPECIES TASK FORCE
MEETING: The federal Aquatic Nuisance Species (ANS) Task Force
Communications, Education & Outreach Committee will hold a meeting
on 20 September at the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service headquarters in
Arlington, Virginia. This meeting should be of interest to fishing groups
concerned with the impacts invasive species may be having on native fish
stocks. On the west coast, the lead for dealing with aquatic invaders is
Stephen Phillips with the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.
For more information on the national meeting, contact: Joe Starinchak,
Outreach Coordinator, Aquatic Nuisance Species Task Force, at:
joe_starinchak at fws.gov.
2:10/14. OREGON FORESTRY BOARD GETS
RECOMMENDED CHANGES FOR SALMON PROTECTION:
Yesterday, 7 September, the Oregon Board of Forestry received the long
awaited final report of its "Forest Practices Advisory Committee on
Salmon & Watersheds (FPAC)." The FPAC, composed of a broad
spectrum of interests including small and industrial timberland owners,
fishermen and environmentalists, was formed pursuant to Oregon
Governor Kitzhaber's Executive Order EO99-01 as part of the Oregon
Salmon Plan, and grappled for a year and a half (and before that for
another year as part of a prior committee) to look at ways current forest
practices contribute toward salmon extinction and to recommend
regulatory improvements. Though many of the final recommendations
were political compromises, the FPAC did come to a degree of consensus
on measures to improve the current Oregon forestry rules, including
recommending additional riparian buffer zones even for currently
unprotected non- fish-bearing stream and improving buffer and slide
protections generally. During FPAC deliberations, in September 1999, the
Independent Multidisciplinary Science Team (IMST), which was
Legislatively appointed as the scientific watchdog under the Oregon
Salmon Plan, concluded that Oregon's current practices were not
sufficient to prevent further salmon extinctions and made several general
recommendations. The FPAC attempted to respond to the IMST's
concerns as well. The IMST report (Technical Report No 1999-1, dated 8
Sep 99) critiquing Oregon's Forest Practices Act is available at:
http://www.fsl.orst.edu/imst/index.htm under "Reports." The full FPAC
report is available at: http://www.odf.state.or.us/FP/FPAC/TOC.htm.
2:10/15. SACRAMENTO INSTALLS MULTI-MILLION
DOLLAR FISH SCREENS FINALLY TO PROTECT SALMON: The
Sacramento Bee reported on 5 September Sacramento officials will spend
$22 million on new fish screens to prevent downstream migrating juvenile
salmon from being sucked into the river intakes feeding the city's water
supply. The action is being taken to protect Sacramento River ESA-listed
winter and spring-run chinook. in all 76 years of their operation. Yet they
are set to spend $22 million to guard against the possibility. City officials
say they must spend what it takes to install environmentally correct fish
barriers on the intake piers in the Sacramento and American rivers,
according to the Bee article. Otherwise, they said, federal officials could
order the city to reduce its take of river water or at least cancel any
increase it has planned for growth. This month, Sacramento residents
begin paying for the fish protection. Most of the six percent increase in
their water bills will finance the overhaul of the intakes, utility officials
said. Similar-sized annual increases are expected for at least the next four
years, partly to update the 1924 Sacramento River treatment plant that is
the oldest in the West. The screens are part of a $1.5 billion, 30-year river
restoration effort mapped out by state and federal officials in the CalFed
Bay/ Delta Program plan signed last week by Governor Gray Davis and
Interior Secretary Bruce Babbitt (see Sublegals, 2:09/03). The plan also
calls for several more billion dollars to increase water supplies for farms
and cities. Taxpayers throughout California and the nation are sharing the
cost of the ecological recovery, mainly through Proposition 204 bond
money approved by state voters in 1996 and the federal Central Valley
Project Improvement Act (CVPIA), enacted in 1992.
2:10/16. SNAKE RIVER SOCKEYE, SACRAMENTO RIVER
WINTER-RUN CHINOOK NUMBERS UP: The Northwest Fishletter
(#108) reports that as of 24 August, a total of 226 adult sockeye salmon
had returned to Redfish Lake, Idaho. The fish are the product of a captive
broodstock program that sought to preserve the last few remaining
sockeye salmon in the Snake River drainage. Most of these returning fish
will be allowed to spawn naturally. To the south and west on the
Sacramento River, an estimated 10,000 adult winter-run salmon returned
to the upper Sacramento to spawn, up from 1,800 the previous winter,
according to a report in the Sacramento Bee. That's the highest count since
1983. Sacramento winter-run chinook were the first Pacific salmon to be
listed (1990) under the federal Endangered Species Act. When the number
of spawners fell to only 191 fish in 1991, PCFFA's late Habitat Protection
Director Nat Bingham convened a panel of state and federal agency
representatives, academic and scientific institutions to put together a
captive brood stock program for winter-run. Rearing began of fish
hatched at U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service's Coleman National Fish
Hatchery at both U.C. Bodega Laboratory and California Academy of
Science's Steinhart Aqurium. Unlike the Redfish Lake sockeye, the
winter-run broodstock program did not have to be used, but the genetics
program developed from it proved invaluable in the recovery of the fish.
2:10/17. NEW SOURCE OF INFORMATION ON ISSUES
AFFECTING FISHERIES: The National Library National Library for
the Environment reported on 7 September that its online service now
includes many resources free to fishermen and others, including 725
reports produced by the Congressional Research Service. Among the 68
reports added this week are: Water Quality Initiatives and Agriculture;The
'Terminator Gene" and Other Genetic Use Restriction Technologies
(GURTs) in Crops; Conservation Spending in Agriculture: Trends and
Implications; Food Biotechnology in the United States: Science,
Regulation, and Issues; Environment and the World Trade Organization
(WTO) at Seattle: Issues and Concerns; Natural Resources: Assessing
Nonmarket Values Through Contingent Valuation; Management of U.S.
Fisheries for Highly Migratory Species; and EPA's Total Maximum Daily
Load Program: Highlights of the Final Revised Rule. For more
information on these and other reports go to: the National Library for the
Environment's website at: http://www.cnie.org.
2:10/18. OREGON "STATE OF ENVIRONMENT REPORT
2000": A report released 1 September, commissioned by the Oregon
Progress Board, signed by Oregon's Governor Kitzhaber and five former
Governors and compiled by an independent panel of scientists provides a
first ever comprehensive assessment of Oregon's environment. The much
awaited benchmarks study concludes that the state faces enormous
challenges in dealing with declining water quality statewide, that most of
Oregon's waterways now violate Clean Water Act and state water quality
standards at least part of each year, and that most of Oregon's water
sources are over-allocated. As a result, many of Oregon's salmon runs are
now ESA listed. Widespread clearcutting of forests on private lands was
also listed as a problem for coastal areas, and serious pollution problems
created by inappropriate or poorly managed urban development have also
lead to salmon declines. However, the report also found areas,
particularly on federal lands and coastal estuaries, where conditions are
improving. The full report can be found at:
http://www.econ.state.or.us/opb.
2:10/19. FISHING VESSEL SAFETY - UK PUBLISHES CODE
FOR SMALL FISHING CRAFT: In the 18 August issue of the British
trade publication, Fishing News, is a pull-ut with the full details of the
draft "Code of Practice for Small Fishing Vessels" (under 12 meters or
approximately 40 feet). The draft was prepared by UK's Maritime &
Coastguard Agency (MCA) and is now being reviewed by British fishing
groups. Although smaller fishing vessels (undocumented) are exempt
under the U.S. fishing vessel safety act, the MCA draft should be of
interest to those in the U.S. and Canadian fishing industries working of
fishing vessel safety issues. For more information, contact Rosemary
Warner at: rwarner at mcga.gov.uk.
2:10/20. CORRECTION ON PINK SHRIMP AND NEARSHORE
FISHING REGULATIONS: It was reported two weeks ago in Sublegals
(2:08/01), that the California Fish & Game Commission adopted options
to send to the public for review in the development of regulations for the
state's pink shrimp and nearshore fisheries. Apparently that was incorrect.
According to the Commission's Assistant Executive Director, John Duffy,
"the action the Commission took was to 'authorize Commission staff to
publish notice of intent to amend and or adopt regulations' relative to the
fisheries in question. - so they did not adopt options for either the pink
shrimp or the nearshore fishery. What this means is that the Department
will now prepare what is known as an 'Initial Statement of Reasons for
Regulatory Action' that includes all the options discussed and approved
for 'going to notice' - then they transmit that to the Commission and we
prepare a notice that gets filed with the Office of Administrative Law and
starts the official time clock running on the regulatory process." For more
information, visit the Commission's website at:
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/fg_comm.
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