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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
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IN THIS ISSUE...
Offshore Oil Battle over Georges Bank, California, Florida, Northwest?
See 3:21/01
Fish Consumption - the Difference Between Monkeys and Man?
See 3:21/04.
Oregon Logging Rules Endanger Salmon, Suit Threatened. See 3:21/06.
New Congressional Water Bills Threaten California Fisheries. See 3:21/09.
Thai Energy Company Ignores Government Dam Order for Fish Passage.
See 3:21/12.
AND MORE...
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3:21/01. GEORGES BANK TO BE DRILLED? FLORIDA,
CALIFORNIA AND PACIFIC NORTHWEST ALSO UNDER
CONSIDERATION FOR NEW OFFSHORE OIL DRILLING: On 23
May, the Boston Globe reported a U.S. energy advisory panel will
recommend that the Bush administration lift a moratorium on offshore
drilling in at least five places. The panel does not say which sites should be
opened, but devotes considerable attention to the Atlantic Coast, including
Georges Bank, which stretches from off Cape Cod to Nova Scotia. The
report was written by the Natural Gas Subcommittee, a division of the
advisory committee that provides recommendations to the Interior
Department office in charge of offshore drilling leases. It recommends that
the Interior Department examine "the most prospective areas for natural
gas in [places] the industry would like to explore if allowed."
Administration officials have made no specific recommendations about
offshore drilling, but the White House energy task force last week
concluded that the issue should be reconsidered. The task force, led by
Vice President Dick Cheney, recommended that the interior and commerce
departments re-examine laws and regulations restricting offshore
exploration. Currently, the North Atlantic area is under a moratorium on
drilling until 2012. For more information go to www.bostonglobe.com.
The concern of fishermen and conservationists over a new battle over
offshore oil drilling is not limited to the U.S. Northeast. On Thursday, in
a Les Blumenthal article in the Tacoma News-Tribune, it was reported that
tucked away in the Bush administration's national energy plan is a brief
provision that would lift the ban on oil and gas drilling off the coast of
Washington state and Oregon. The provision recommends that the
President direct the Secretaries of the Interior and Commerce Departments
to re-examine the moratorium on exploring and drilling on the outer
continental shelf, which includes almost 72 million acres off the Northwest
coast. "Opening our protected coastline to oil drilling is no answer to the
energy problem," said Washington Congressman Adam Smith (D-Tacoma),
who signed a letter circulated by California House members urging
President Bush to maintain the moratorium.
A report released Wednesday by the natural gas advisory committee to
the Interior Secretary estimated there might be 2.35 trillion cubic feet of
natural gas off Washington and Oregon. It recommended that five of the
most promising offshore areas covered by the moratorium be explored in
a pilot program that could result in eventual drilling. Those test areas most
likely would be off Florida and California. In addition, the report called on
Congress to provide more funding to the federal Minerals Management
Service for outer continental shelf development activities.
The advisory committee will vote on the recommendations and, if
approved, will send them to Interior Secretary Gale Norton. However,
Norton is under no obligation to follow the recommendations. The
President's father had imposed the original moratorium by Executive Order
in 1990, and President Clinton extended it until 2012. In order to give the
ban the force of law, Congress has approved the moratorium on drilling in
its annual Interior appropriations bill. Washington state also has a ban on
drilling within its coastal waters. For more information on the News-
Tribune article go to: les.blumenthal at mcclatchydc.com. The list of the
advisory committee members can be seen at:
http://www.presidentbushwatch.org/energyteam.html . The full Energy
Plan is at: http://www.whitehouse.gov/energy.
3:21/02. FISH VESSEL FUEL CONSERVATION PROGRAM:
The California Trade & Commerce Agency is hoping to rejuvenate the Fish
Vessel Fuel Conservation Program, designed to provide financial help to
fishermen interested in improving their vessel's fuel efficiency. The loans
are available for commercial fishing vessels and commercial passenger
fishing vessels (CPFVs). Since 1986, the program has existed as a
revolving loan fund and now has $800,000 to use for loans of $10,000-
$25,000, at a 5 percent interest rate over a five-year term. Carlos Nakata
of the Trade & Commerce Agency, is available to help with the loan
application process and give presentations about the program. Contact
Carlos Nakata at: cnakata at commerce.ca.gov or call (916) 323-2688.
3:21/03. CALIFORNIA LOOKING AT CRIMINAL CHARGES
AGAINST ENERGY EXECUTIVES AS FEDERAL
ADMINISTRATION PUSHES OFFSHORE DRILLING AND
NUCLEAR AS ANSWER TO CRISIS: California Attorney General Bill
Lockeyer on Tuesday, 21 May in his statement to the Wall Street Journal
regarding Kenneth Lay, chairman of Enron Corporation, a Houston based
wholesale power company, was more than blunt, saying " I would love to
personally escort [Enron Corp. Chairman Kenneth] Lay to an 8-by-10 cell
that he could share with a tattooed dude who says, 'Hi my name is Spike,
honey.'" The statement comes in the midst of investigations not only by
the Attorney General's office but also a State Senate committee and the
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) into charges that power
company executives attempted to illegally manipulate wholesale energy
prices to maximize profits. Three power companies have agreed to turn
over subpoenaed documents after Lockeyer went to court to obtain them
when the original subpoena deadline was ignored. Lockeyer expects to file
charges once his office has had the opportunity to examine all of the
documents, "Evidence is accumulating that certainly infers illegal activity.
But we need to make sure it's compelling and clear enough that you can
convince a jury," said Lockeyer.
The current energy price hikes and disruptions have led the Bush
Administration to propose new offshore oil drilling (see 3:21/01 above),
nuclear power and "clean" coal as an answer to the crisis. Investigations
into the extent of price gouging and artificial shortages and disruptions will
be critical to determining the future course for energy development where
both offshore oil and new hydropower development threaten fisheries.
House Minority Leader Dick Gephardt (D-MO) will join California
Representatives Nancy Pelosi, Barbara Lee, Lynn Woolsey, Ellen Taucher,
and Pete Stark at a field hearing, Tuesday, the 29th, in Oakland, California
to take testimony on the impacts of rising energy costs and issues
surrounding national energy policy.
3:21/04. FISH CONSUMPTION - THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
MONKEYS AND MAN?: On 22 May, a report was published in the
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences on findings that
indicated that 20,000 years ago humans were eating significant amounts of
aquatic (fish, mollusks, and/or birds) foods in some of their diets. By
contrast, European Neanderthal remains do not indicate significant use of
inland aquatic foods but instead show that they obtained the majority of
their protein from red meat. Other researchers suggest that this finding
supports the idea that a concentration on fish food helped to boost the brain
power of early humans. Such food is known to contain higher levels of
DHA, a fatty acid proven to enhance brain and eye development. In the
study, researchers led by Erik Trinkaus of Washington University in St.
Louis, Missouri, analyzed the levels of the carbon and nitrogen isotopes
in the bones of early modern humans unearthed in the Czech Republic,
Russia and Great Britain. Those isotopes are thought to be the chemical
signature for a diet rich in fish and waterfowl. Stephen Cunnane, a
professor of nutrition at the University of Toronto, called the study "an
important finding'' that supports a theory that the brainpower of early
humans was boosted by a diet rich in seafood containing DHA. "I am
delighted that other researchers are now finding supporting evidence,'' said
Cunnane. "We know that DHA was important in the development of the
larger brain.'' For the full article (Vol. 98, Issue 11, 6528-6532) go to:
www.pnas.org.
3:21/05. MENDOCINO COAST WATERSHED FESTIVAL: The
AmeriCorps Watershed Stewards Project is sponsoring the Mendocino
Coast Watershed Festival on 2 June from 1100 to 2000 at the Mendocino
Recreation Center in the Village of Mendocino, on California's north
coast. The festival will feature a vineyards forum, a presentation of the
KRIS Big River watershed data system, an informational session on the
logging and activism taking place in the Mattole watershed, among others.
There will be booths, food, and music throughout the day. Call (707) 364-
5831 for more information.
3:21/06. OREGON LOGGING RULES TO BE CHALLENGED IN
COURT: On 23 May, PCFFA joined the Pacific Rivers Council and
several other organizations in issuing a '60-Day Notice to Sue,' as required
under the federal Endangered Species Act (ESA), to the Oregon Board of
Forestry for violations of the ESA. The letter cited the Department of
Forestry for condoning and permitting private land logging practices that
continue to push Oregon's ESA listed coho salmon and other species closer
to extinction. In particular, the current Oregon Forest Practices Act and
forestry rules allows extensive logging on steep and landslide prone slopes
which can contribute massive amounts of sediment to streams, allows
logging without any riparian buffers along small perennial and seasonal
nonfish-bearing streams, and provides for only narrow and biologically
inadequate riparian buffer strips along small and medium fish-bearing
streams. Actions which would violate Section 9 'take' prohibitions for
coho salmon are now illegal under the ESA, since the formal adoption of
'4(d) Rules' defining what constitutes 'take,' rules adopted by the National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) on 8 January 2001. In case law from
other US Circuits, in particular Strahan v. Coxe, 127 F.3d 155, 163 (1st
Cir. 1997, cert. denied, 525 U.S. 830 (1998), federal courts have repeatedly
ruled that state agencies can be liable for ESA 'take' violations for
permitting actions that amount to take when the agency has control over
those actions. However, that line of cases has not yet been applied in the
9th Circuit federal courts in which Oregon sits. A similar case in which
PCFFA also participated, against the California Board of Forestry, EPIC
v. California Board of Forestry, was dismissed earlier this year on
technical procedural grounds. Background documents on the case,
including the 60-Day Notice, can be found at: www.pacrivers.org.
Like California's, and Washington's, Oregon's Forest Practices Act has
been found seriously defective in preventing coho extinction by an
independent scientific review committee (see: http://www.fsl.orst.edu/imst
under Technical Report 1999-1 (8 September 1999)). The Oregon Board
of Forestry has been aware of these problems for many years, has even
convened two separate advisory committees to make recommendations for
change, but has so far failed to act on any of these recommendations.
Unless necessary changes are proposed and in the rule-making process by
late July, the groups will file suit.
3:21/07. CATALOG OF FEDERAL FUNDING FOR WATERSHED
PROTECTION: The Catalog (Second Edition), EPA 841- 99-003, published
in December 1999, lists 69 sources of Federal funding for watershed related
activities. Copies of this document may be requested from the National
Service Center for Environmental Publications at (513) 489-8190 or (800)
490-9198. If you want large quantities of this publication for distribution at
conferences, you may email Anne Weinberg, Watershed Branch (4503F) US
EPA 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20460; at:
weinberg.anne at epa.gov, or telephone: (202)260-7107.
3:21/08. FUNDS AVAILABLE FOR NOAA FISHERIES
RESEARCH: The National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration
(NOAA) Fisheries Research Partners Program has announced it is seeking
proposals for short-term cooperative projects that encourage research
partnerships among commercial fishermen, scientists, fishery managers
and academics. Five to ten short-term projects (one- to three-years) will be
funded through this grant program. Projects are expected to focus on New
England, since the funds are part of a larger scale, $15 million cooperative
research program intended to improve understanding and management of
Northeastern groundfish. Preliminary proposals and concept papers for
projects must be postmarked by 25 June 2001. Invitations to submit full
proposals will be made later. Research priorities for this year include
fisheries management, fishery biology, fish habitat, and work that
considers the social and economic structures of groundfishing. For further
information on proposal guidelines, review process and application forms,
go to: http://www.nero.nmfs.gov/ro/doc/da.htm, or contact Nick Anderson,
(978) 281-9383; or by e-mail at: nick.anderson at noaa.gov.
3:31/09. CALVERT, FEINSTEIN INTRODUCE WATER
LEGISLATION REDUCING CENTRAL VALLEY FLOWS AND
INFLOWS TO SAN FRANCISCO BAY AND DELTA: On Thursday,
the 24th, California Congressman Ken Calvert (R-Riverside) and U.S.
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-CA) introduced two similar measures in their
respective houses authorizing more dams and water development. Calvert,
who chairs the House Subcommittee on Water & Power, introduced his
"Western Water Enhancement Security Act" that would authorize over
$4.5 billion for water projects in the west. Feinstein's measure, called the
California Ecosystem, Water Supply & Water Quality Enhancement Act
of 2001, is not as threatening to fish populations, but would nevertheless
result in less flows instream for salmon and less fresh water to San
Francisco Bay which has historically supported important populations of
Dungeness crab, herring, oysters and other fish species that are saline
sensitive or depend on estuarine habitat during all or parts of their life
stages. Additionally, both bills appear to be in conflict with the Record of
Decision (ROD) approved for CALFED, the state-federal program
designed to restore the Bay and Delta habitats, fish and wildlife as well as
provide "reliability" for California's water supply (see Sublegals, 2:09/03;
2:08/21).
The bills authorize new surface reservoirs that reallocate existing flows
from already overdrafted streams and rivers, where the water is needed for
fish and wildlife, to out-of-stream uses (e.g., agriculture, urban growth) and
would result in a net loss of fresh water inflows essential for maintaining
the ecological health of the San Francisco Bay-Delta system, the most
important estuary on the west coast of North and South America.
Additionally, the Calvert bill would:
* eliminate Congressional oversight and prematurely and inappropriately
authorize dam projects in conflict with the ROD;
*authorize projects that the CALFED ROD does not find worthy of
authorization;
*require CALFED to pursue projects even if they are determined not to
be viable; and
*make taxpayers pick up the tab for new reservoirs and storage, not the
beneficiaries of those projects.
For a copy of the Calvert bill, go to his office website at:
www.house.gov/calvert . For a copy of the Feinstein bill go to the
Senator's website at: www.feinstein.senate.gov . For an analysis of the
Calvert bill, contact Barry Nelson of the Natural Resources Defense
Council at: bnelson at nrdc.org .
3:21/10. AGREEMENT REACHED ON USE OF SPRING
CHINOOK SALMON RETURNING TO UPPER COLUMBIA
RIVER HATCHERIES: The State of Washington, the Yakima Nation,
the Federated Tribes of the Colville, and the U.S. Government have
announced an agreement on the management of hatchery spring chinook
salmon returning to the upper Columbia River in 2001. The agreement is
built on biological principles to recover salmon and put hatchery salmon
to use. The agreement is intended to take into account local factors like
water flows, habitat features and salmon status unique to the upper
Columbia River Basin and specifies appropriate management actions in
time for this year's return of salmon. To view the details of the agreement,
a fact sheet and associated questions and answers go to:
http://www.nwr.noaa.gov/1sustfsh/hifbranch/2001UCR.htm. Also, several
meetings will be scheduled in communities in the upper Columbia to share
this agreement with the public and to answer questions. For more
information on the informational meetings, contact Gloria Matthews by
phone, (503) 230-5407, or e-mail at gloria.matthews at noaa.gov.
3:21/11. NOAA FISHERIES OPENS SALMON FIELD
RESEARCH STATION IN MAINE: The National Oceanic &
Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
has opened a new field research station on Main Street in Orono, Maine.
A nine-person team will use the station as a base to study Atlantic salmon
in all phases of their lives. Maine's runs of Atlantic salmon have recently
been listed under the Endangered Species Act. The federal science team
will be led by John Kocik. The NOAA Fisheries salmon field research
station is part of this year's $4.8 million salmon research and conservation
program. The program also includes $800,000 of direct support to the state
of Maine for its salmon programs, and funds for other grants and contracts
to agencies and organizations working in Maine. For more information on
the life history of Atlantic salmon and efforts to protect these fish under
the
ESA, go to: http://www.nero.nmfs.gov/atsalmon. Click on the link for
What's New and then on the link for Guide To The Listing. To view the
complete news release, go to: http://www.nefsc.nmfs.gov/press_release .
3:21/12. GOVERNMENT ORDERED WATER RELEASE
IGNORED BY THAI ENERGY COMPANY: Despite the 17 April
decision by Thailand's cabinet to open the gates of Pak Mun Dam on the
Mun River, allowing for increased fish passage, the Electricity Generating
Authority of Thailand (EGAT) has so far ignored the government's order.
When that initial deadline passed, Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra
ordered the gates to be open on 24 May. However, EGAT hired 50
villagers to sit downstream of the rapids, preventing the release. The
International Rivers Network is sending a letter of support to Prime
Minister Thaksin, encouraging him to continue to pressure EGAT until the
dam gates are opened. For more information, contact Aviva Imhof at:
aviva at irn.org.
3:21/13. PACIFIC COUNCIL MEETING ON HIGHLY
MIGRATORY SPECIES: The Pacific Fishery Management Council's
(PFMC) Highly Migratory Species Plan Development Team will meet 20-
22 June, to revise its Highly Migratory Species Draft Fishery Management
Plan based on the guidance the team received at the recent Council
meeting. The meeting, which is open to the public, will be held in the
Southwest Fisheries Science Center's Large Conference Room, 8604 La
Jolla Shores Drive, La Jolla, California. To view the complete
announcement and agenda, go to: http://www.pcouncil.org.
3:21/14. FINAL RULE ON ITQ IN ALASKA: In the 22 May Federal
Register, the National Marine Fisheries Service ( NMFS) issued its final
rule to amend regulations implementing the Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ)
Program for the Pacific halibut and blackcod (sablefish) fixed gear
fisheries in and off Alaska. NMFS has identified parts of the program that
need further refinement or correction for effective management of the
affected fixed gear fisheries. The action is intended to effect those
refinements and is necessary to further the objectives of the Magnuson-
Stevens Fishery Conservation & Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act)
with respect to the IFQ fisheries. Effective 20 June 2001, except for the
gear type data element of Sections. 679.5(l)(2)(vi) and 679.42 (j)(6), which
are not effective until the Office of Management & Budget (OMB)
approves the information collection requirements contained in those
sections. NMFS will announce the effective date for those sections by
publication in the Federal Register. Comments on the information
collections must be received by 20 June. Copies of the Regulatory Impact
Review/Supplementary Final Regulatory Flexibility Analysis may be
obtained from Sue Salveson, Assistant Regional Administrator for
Sustainable Fisheries, Alaska Region, NMFS, Room 453, 709 West 9th
Street, Juneau, AK 99801, or P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802, (Attn:
Lori J. Gravel). Send comments on the information collections to NMFS
and to OMB at the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of
Management and Budget, Washington, DC 20503 (Attn: NOAA Desk
Officer). For further information contact: James Hall (907) 586-7228.
3:21/15. IRISH FISHERIES BOARD SEEKING CONSERVATION
AND MARKETING DIRECTORS: Ireland's Central Fisheries Board
has announced it is seeking personnel to fill two executive positions. The
principal functions of the Board are to advise the Minister for the Marine
& Natural Resources on policy relating to the conservation, protection,
management, development and improvement of their inland fisheries and
sea angling resources. The Board also supports co-ordinates and provides
support specialist services to the seven Regional Fisheries Boards and
advises the Minister on the performance by Regional Fisheries Boards of
their functions. The following positions are currently available: Director
of Protection/Conservation and Director of Marketing. For further
information please go to http://www.cfb.ie.
3:21/16. SCHOLARSHIP FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS: The U.S.
Department of Commerce has announced funding availability for graduate
students pursuing masters or doctoral level degrees in oceanography,
marine biology, or maritime archaeology through the Dr. Nancy Foster
Scholarship Program and is inviting applications for such scholarships. The
scholarship application period opened 26 March and closes 21 June.
Applications must be postmarked by the closing date. Scholarship awards
will be announced on or about 19 July. Applications should be sent to the
Dr. Nancy Foster Scholarship Program, Attention: Office of the Assistant
Administrator, 13th Floor, National Ocean Service, 1305 East-West
Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910. Copies of form CD-511 may be
requested from this address or may be downloaded from the Department
of Commerce Web site: http://www.doc.gov. Information on the
scholarship program may be obtained from the Web site:
http://fosterscholars.noaa.gov. For Further Information Contact: Dr. Nancy
Foster Scholarship Program, Office of the Assistant Administrator, 13th
Floor, National Ocean Service, 1305 East-West Highway, Silver Spring,
MD 20910 (301-713-3074).
3:21/17. REVISIONS TO DEFINITION OF LENGTH OF
OVERALL VESSEL: The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is
proposing to clarify the definition of length overall (LOA) of a vessel. The
action is intended to provide unambiguous guidance to vessel owners in
determining a vessel's LOA for purposes of federal fisheries management
programs and to facilitate NMFS' and the U.S. Coast Guard's (USCG)
enforcement of LOA requirements in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ)
off Alaska. The action is intended to further the goals and objectives of the
Fishery Management Plan (FMP) for Groundfish of the Gulf of Alaska and
the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands
Area. Although a common term among naval architects, proposed
definition by NMFS could assist states which have been wrestling with the
definition, such as California with its Dungeness crab limited entry
program. Comments must be received by 25 June and should be sent to Sue
Salveson, Assistant Administrator, Sustainable Fisheries Division, NMFS,
Alaska Region, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802, Attn: Lori Gravel.
Comments also may be sent via facsimile (fax) to 907-586-7465.
Comments submitted by e-mail or the internet will not be accepted. Copies
of the Regulatory Impact Review/Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis
(RIR/IRFA) are available from from the same address or by calling the
Alaska Region, NMFS, at (907) 586-7228. For Further Information
Contact: Patsy A. Bearden or Jim Hale at (907) 586-7228.
3:2/18. NEW RULES PROPOSED FOR REGIONAL FISHERY
COUNCIL OPERATIONS: The National Marine Fisheries Service is
proposing to update regulations governing the operation of Regional
Fishery Management Councils (Councils) under the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation & Management Act (Magnuson-Stevens Act). The
proposed rule would make amendments by codifying recent administrative
and policy changes, and by making editorial changes for readability,
clarity, and uniformity. The intent of this proposed rule is to update
Council regulations to reflect current policies and procedures. Comments
must be received on or before 25 June and should be sent to William T.
Hogarth, Acting Assistant Administrator, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway,
Silver Spring, MD 20910. Comments on this document will not be
accepted if submitted via email or the Internet. For Further Information
Contact: Richard Surdi, F/SF5, NMFS at (301) 713- 2337. The Federal
Register document is also accessible via the Internet at the Office of the
Federal Register website at:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html.
3:21/19. NORTH PACIFIC COUNCIL AND PACIFIC COUNCIL
MEETINGS: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC)
and its advisory committees will hold public meetings 4-11 June in Kodiak,
Alaska. All meetings are open to the public except executive sessions
which may be held during the week at which the Council may discuss
personnel issues and/or current litigation. The NPFMC will meet at the
Best Western Kodiak Inn, 236 Rezanof West, Kodiak. For further
information, contact the NPFMC at: (907) 271-2809. The Pacific Fishery
Management Council (PFMC), meanwhile, will meet the following week,
10-15 June, in Burlingame, California (near San Francisco International
Airport) to discuss issues of highly migratory species, groundfish, coastal
pelagics, and salmon. For more information on the meeting call the PFMC
at (503) 326-6352 or go its website at: www.pcouncil.org .
3:21/20 CHANGES TO GROUNDFISH LANDINGS LIMITS:
Adjustments to trip limits for groundfish taken off California, Oregon and
Washington announced by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)
on 1 May are now available for review. The changes had been
recommended by the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) in
consultation with the stares and took effect on May Day. The changes are
intended to allow fisheries access to groundfish allocation without
exceeding optimum yields, and without negatively affecting overfished
and depleted stocks. For more information contact: NMFS NW Region at
(206) 526-6140, www.nwr.noaa.gov and click on "Pacific Groundfish."
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ifrfish at pacbell.net or call the IFR office with the news and a source
at either: (415) 561-FISH (Southwest Office) or (541) 689-2000
(Northwest Office).
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