VOL. 4, NO. 13 28 SEPTEMBER
2001
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IN THIS ISSUE.....
IRRIGATORS SUE TO DELIST COLUMBIA-SNAKE RIVER ESA-
LISTED SALMON. SEE 4:13/01.
CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL FILES BRIEF WITH FERC
IN FAVOR OF FISH FLOWS. SEE 4:13/03.
COLUMBIA RIVER CRAB FISHERMEN SET TO SUE CORPS
AGAIN OVER DREDGING. SEE 4:13/05.
USDA TO TAKE UP ORGANIC LABELING FOR FISH AT 15
OCTOBER DC MEETING. SEE 4:13/07.
CANADIANS CALL FOR CONTROL OF CRUISE SHIP
POLLUTION; CRUISE SHIP KILLS WHALE. SEE 4:13/10.
AND MORE.....
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4:13/01. IRRIGATORS PETITION FOR COLUMBIA-SNAKE
RIVER SALMON DELISTINGS: Wasting no time in trying to
capitalize on and greatly expand the Alesa Valley Alliance v. Evans case
(see Sublegals 4:11/02) which invalidated the Endangered Species Act
(ESA) listing of central Oregon coho, the Columbia-Snake River
Irrigators Association on 28 September formally petitioned the National
Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) to delist seven major listed salmonid
runs in the Columbia and Snake Rivers, including the Snake River
steelhead, middle Columbia River steelhead, Upper Columbia River
steelhead, Snake River Spring/Summer chinook, Snake River Fall
chinook, Upper Columbia River Spring-run chinook, and the Snake
River Sockeye. Their petition also constituted a 60-day notice to sue the
NMFS if it failed to take the steps requested to delist those badly
damaged stocks. Their 60-Day Notice letter is available, posted on the
web by their attorney, James Buchal, at:
www.buchal.com/salmon/news/nf56.htm. For the complete Oregonian
article on the 28 September letter:
http://www.oregonlive.com/printer/printer.ssf?/xml/story.ssf/html_stand
ard.xsl?/base/news/1002039179252652.xml
The Alsea Valley Alliance ruling by U.S. District Court Judge
Michael Hogan, however, has been greatly misunderstood and may not
be applicable to many other listings. Judge Hogan did not rule that
NMFS must include all (or even most) hatchery fish within the genetic
conservation unit called the 'evolutionarily significant unit' (ESU) that
NMFS designates as warranting protection under the ESA, only that
once hatchery fish are so included that NMFS then needs some rational
basis for protecting some, but not all, as part of the same ESU. Better
genetic data may well provide that basis. Judge Hogan also upheld a 6
year statute of limitations on NMFS listing decisions, which means that
the listings for the Snake River sockeye (listed November 1991), Snake
River Fall-run chinook (listed April 1992), Snake River Spring/Summer
run chinook (listed April 1992) and listed stocks elsewhere such as the
Sacramento Winter-run chinook (listed January 1990) could not be
invalidated under the Alsea Valley Alliance ruling. Additionally, in
some listings hatchery stocks within the ESU were also ESA listed,
which would rule out a similar attack. However, in those cases in which
NMFS includes hatchery stocks within its ESU, but did not ultimately
list them, the Alsea Valley Alliance case may require NMFS to either
rethink its definitions of those ESUs and to exclude them, or
alternatively to list them together with wild fish. Another possibility is
to craft separate protection measures for wild and hatchery stock under a
special 4(d) Rule, which is the process for defining what constitutes an
illegal 'take' of listed fish under the ESA. For more information on the
ESA listing status of west coast salmonids see: www.nwr.noaa.gov.
Meanwhile, NMFS has not yet decided whether to appeal the 10
September Alsea Valley Alliance ruling, and has until 9 November to do
so. A coalition of organizations (including PCFFA) is considering
whether to intervene on appeal to ask for a stay of the Hogan ruling,
which if granted would automatically reinstate Central Oregon coho
ESA protections at least until either the appeal could be heard or NMFS
reassessed and reissued a revised determination in accordance with the
court's decision.
4:13/02. MORE ON DISASTER RELIEF FOR VICTIMS OF 11
SEPTEMBER TERRORISM: As reported in the last Sublegals
(4:12/01), on Thursday, 11 October, restaurants from around the U.S.
will open their doors with one mission in mind to serve as much food,
pour as much wine, and raise as much money as possible for the
Windows of Hope Family Relief Fund. San Francisco's Jardinere
restaurant's Larry Bain announced that food establishments interested in
joining the Windows of Hope effort should go to
www.ONTHERAIL.com, for information. Diners can go to the same
site to view a list of participating restaurants and make reservations on-
line. Outside of the San Francisco Bay Area, go to
www.windowsofhope.org to find nearby participating restaurants.
4:13/03. CALIFORNIA ATTORNEY GENERAL FILES BRIEF
IN SUPPORT OF PETITION AGAINST FERC ON FISH FLOWS:
Ascribe Newswire reported on 20 September that California Attorney
General Bill Lockyer has filed a brief in support of a California Trout
(CalTrout) petition against the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(FERC) arguing that the law stipulates "FERC may not grant any license
to operate a hydropower project .until the project operator obtains
water quality certification from the State as required by the CWA [Clean
Water Act]." According to the Attorney General's brief, FERC's
relicensing policy has created an "enomorous loophole" in the CWA
that "undermines the State's authority to administer the CWA for
preventing, reducing, and eliminating pollution in its important
waterways." The brief went on to say, "FERC's issuance of annual
licenses without first obtaining water quality certification from the
State .allows continued, unlimited degradation of the State's rivers."
The Petition arose out a 5 September filing by CalTrout objecting to
FERC's annual relicensing of a hydropower project on the Santa Ana
River in Southern California. In 1947, Southern California Edison (SCE)
received a 50-year license to operate a hydropower project on the Santa
Ana that diverts the river's entire flow. The license expired in 1996, but
has been renewed annually by FERC for six years, allowing the
continued destruction of the river. CalTrout argues that the annual
license renewals violateSection 401 of the Clean Water Act (CWA).
Section 401 applies to hydropower project operations and requires that
hydropower license applicants receive a water quality certificate from
state authorities. FERC, under the Federal Power Act (FPA), is the
federal body responsible for issuing hydropower licenses. Since the
1920's FERC has maintained a policy of issuing annual licenses after
long-term licenses expire, without subjecting projects to an
environmental impact analysis.
FERC argues that it is not required to comply with CWA section 401
because it has a "ministerial" duty under the Federal Power Act to issue
annual licenses. The State's brief contends that FERC's interpretation is
"erroneous because it ignores the statute's plain language, thwarts the
purposes of the CWA," and does not take into account that the CWA
was enacted after the Federal Power Act with "Congress' knowledge of
the FPA's annual license provision." Arguments in the CalTrout v.
FERC case will be reviewed by the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals,
with a decision expected within a year. If the court upholds the CalTrout
argument, it will set a precedent that could affect hydropower projects
and rivers across the country, including the relicensing of Iron Gate
Dam on the Klamath, where there are severe water quality problems,
and the annual relicensing of the Potter Valley Project on the Eel River,
where diversions from that hydropower facility into the Russian River
have led to the ESA-listing of Eel River chinook.
4:13/04. KLAMATH TASK FORCE MEETING IN YREKA:
The Klamath River Basin Fisheries Task Force, the federal advisory
committee to the U.S. Secretary of Interior on the formation,
coordination and implementation of a 20-year program to restore salmon
populations in the Klamath River Basin of southern Oregon/northern
California, will meet 10-11 October in Yreka, California. The main
purpose of the meeting is to consider recommendation from the recent
meeting and working session with the Hatfield Upper Klamath Basin
Working Group (see Sublegals, 4:06/02), including proposals to merge
the two groups. Also on the agenda is the presentation of the Nathaniel
S. Bingham Award, named for PCFFA's late President and habitat
director who helped found the Task Force and was one of its original
members. PCFFA Vice-President Dave Bitts represents California
fishing interests on this two state body, which includes federal, state and
tribal representatives. The Klamath Basin has been rocked with
controversy over the summer as a result of cut-backs of Klamath
Irrigation Project water during the area's worst drought in 75 years to
protect coho salmon in the Klamath River and two species of sucker in
Klamath Lake (see Sublegals, 4:10/06; 4:09/04; 4:08/05; 4:07/02;
4:05/01; 4:04/11; 4:03/05; 4:02/01; 4:01/01; 3:26/05; 3:25/05; 3:24/01;
3:20/01; 3:17/02; 3:15/07; 3:14/01; 3:13/02). For more information on
the meeting, contact Laurie Stuart Simons at: (530) 842-5763.
4:13/05. COLUMBIA RIVER CRAB FISHERMEN SET TO
SUE ARMY CORPS ONCE AGAIN OVER COLUMBIA
DREDGING: In response to continuing serious violations of a
settlement agreement in the case, Columbia River Crab Fishermen's
Association (CRCFA) v. US Army Corps of Engineers (U.S. District
Court, Western District of Washington (Civ. No. C98-0359D), a lawsuit
originally brought in 1998 by CRCFA, PCFFA and others over the
Corps dumping of dredge spoils in the Columbia River estuary and over
the safety problems posed by 'mounding' of those dredge spoils in ways
that amplify the impact of incoming ocean swells, the CRCFA is
preparing to sue the Corps yet again to enforce that settlement
agreement. On 7 August the crab boat F/V Miss Brittany capsized
because of higher than normal Columbia estuary swells, and two
deckhands were drowned (see Sublegals 4:09/15). Three other
fishermen have also been drowned this year in the same area due to high
swells, a total of five lost this year alone.
Though the Corps denies that estuary wave amplification, caused by
mounding of its dredging spoils dumped in the estuary, was a factor in
these deaths, there is ample evidence that this phenomenon does occur
as a result of the long-standing Corps Columbia River dredge spoils
disposal practices. Furthermore, the Corps has been dumping in areas
and in volumes that far exceed the original settlement agreement in that
case, has done little to remedy the problem, and has not completed the
necessary studies it pledged to do to ascertain the extent of the problem.
"Fishermen cannot in good conscience sit idly by and allow the Corps to
ignore legally binding obligations to the detriment of the lives and
livelihoods of those who ply the waters at the mouth of the Columbia
River," said a statement released by the CRCFA. PCFFA and IFR will
also join any legal action that may be required to enforce the original
settlement agreement and help protect fishermen's lives. For more
information contact Dale Beasley, CRCFA, (360) 642-3942.
4:13/06. FAO CONFERENCE PROPOSES MANAGEMENT
ON AN ECOSYSTEM LEVEL: A United Nations' Food &
Agriculture Organization (FAO) conference begins in Iceland next week
(1-4 October) entitled, "Reykjavik Conference on Responsible Fisheries
in the Marine Ecosystem" focusing on the failure of current government
regulations to adequately protect stocks. "Despite some apparent
success stories, fisheries governance failed to maintain stocks at their
level of maximum productivity,'' according to Serge Garcia, Director of
the FAO's Fishery Resources Division. ``It is generally agreed that the
fundamental reason for the failure is in the free and open access to the
resources and the lack of specific fishing rights." The FAO estimates
that a quarter of the world's marine fishery stocks are being overfished.
Leaders at the FAO are emphasizing a new focus on managing, not for
individual species, but within the framework of marine ecosystems.
``The objective should be to conserve all our marine ecosystems so we
can maintain high fishery production as well as enjoying all other
diverse benefits from the marine environment'' said Grimur
Valdimarsson, Director of the Fisheries Industries Division of FAO. For
more information on the conference, visit:
www.refisheries2001.org/index.htm
4:13/07. USDA BOARD TO TAKE UP ORGANIC LABELING
FOR FISH: The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National
Organic Standards Board (NOSB) will meet 15 October in Washington,
DC to take up the recommendations from its Aquatic Animal Task Force
on the organic labeling of fish. The Task Force was established about a
year ago in response to requests from U.S. Senator Ted Stevens (R-AK),
Alaska Governor Tony Knowles, other Alaska public officials and the
Alaskan fishing industry regarding concerns about aquaculturists
seeking an organic label for farmed fish (e.g., salmon) leaving wild,
natural fish in a vulnerable position in the marketplace. Alaska salmon is
one of six fisheries worldwide currently certified as sustainable by the
Marine Stewardship Council (California may be on its way toward
seeking certification), but there are no standards currently for certifying
fish as "organic"
The Task Force obtained extensive input and then developed
recommendations to the NOSB concerning the development of organic
standards for aquatic animals. PCFFA Executive Director Zeke Grader
was one of the Task Force members. Concerned that under current land-
based organic standards farmed fish could, ironically, end up with
certification and wild fish be excluded, Grader recommended a separate
"organic equivalent" label for fish and shellfish (i.e., "wild natural",
"farmed natural") for distinguishing natural from non-native, chemically
treated (e.g., antibiotics, non-organic feeds) or genetically-modified
aquatic animals. The Alaskans, on the other hand, believed current
certification of certain land-based foods as organic, such as honey
(where the bees are loose in the wild), would allow for certification of
their fish as organic.
The basic recommendations from the Task Force are: 1) that organic
standards for wild-caught fish not be established, since the production of
wild caught fish is not consistent with some of the key principles
underlying organic agriculture; and 2) that organic standards can be
developed for certain, limited types of aquaculture systems that are
consistent with principles of organic production. Both Grader and the
Alaskans oppose the latter recommendation. To see the Task Force
findings, go to: http://www.ams.usda.gov/nop/ (look under NOSB
proposed recommendations).
"Depending on how the politics shake out in current deliberations
concerning organic standards for fish, USDA could soon end up as the
arbiter of whether particular fisheries are organic and therefore viewed
as 'sustainable' by consumers," commented Environmental Defense's
Rebecca Goldburg, also a member of the Task Force. "Such an outcome
would not, in my view, help those of us interested in 'sustainable
seafood,' if for no other reason than USDA and the organic community
have little knowledge of fisheries issues."
The NOSB meeting will be held at the U.S. Department of
Agriculture, South Building Cafeteria, 1400 Independence Avenue,
S.W. in Washington, DC on Monday, 15 October. Persons wishing to
comment should contact the USDA's Katherine Benham on or before 5
October at: katherine.benham at usda.gov. For more information, call
(202) 720-3252.
4:13/08. MOSNESS RECIPIENT OF KELLOGG FELLOWSHIP
TO RESEARCH INDUSTRIAL FISH FARMING: Bellingham,
Washington commercial fisherman Anne Mosness has received a two-
year Kellogg Fellowship for research and policy work on industrial fish
farming. In addition to fishing, she is a principal at the Institute for
Agriculture & Trade Policy and has been active in studying the impacts
of aquaculture and fish farming operations on native fish and shellfish
stocks. Her fellowship will involve travel to the Netherlands and
Brussels, for meetings with EU fishery policy officials, and then on to
Scotland and Norway. She can be reached at: mosnessiatp at aol.com, or
visit: eatwildfish at aol.com.
4:13/09. EPA ISSUES DRAFT REPORT ON AQUATIC
INVASIVE SPECIES IN BALLAST WATER DISCHARGES: On
27 September, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
published in the Federal Register its draft report "Aquatic Nuisance
Species in Ballast Water Discharges: Issues and Options." The draft is
in response to a 13 January 1999 petition received by the agency
requesting that ship's ballast water be regulated under the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES), a program that
requires permits for the discharge of pollutants into the nation's waters.
The introduction of invasive species is regarded as a new and major
threat to the health of the nation's native fish, shellfish and aquatic plant
populations, and ship's ballast water, after introductions by aquaculture
operations, is a major source of non-native aquatic invasions. In
response to the petition, EPA's Office of Water investigated what
mechanisms are available under the Clean Water Act (CWA) and other
relevant statutes and programs to control aquatic nuisance species in
ballast water discharges. The draft report explores non-regulatory as
well as regulatory actions EPA could take to prevent invasive
introductions. The agency is accepting comments through 11 January
2002, after which a final report will be issued. The draft report is
available at: www.epa.gov/owow/invasive_species/petition.html. For
more information, or to comment, contact: Ballast.Water at epa.gov.
4:13/10. CANADIANS CALL FOR CONTROL OF CRUISE
SHIP POLLUTION; CRUISE SHIP KILLS WHALE IN GLACIER
BAY NATIONAL PARK: A report issued by West Coast
Environmental Law on 26 September, called "Cruise Control," finds that
cruise ships traveling Canada's inland passage along the British
Columbia coast are only minimally regulated and face few controls on
sewage and waste disposal. The report was intended as a thorough
review of the laws regarding cruise ship disposal of raw sewage,
hazardous waste, graywater and bilgewater as well as garbage and other
forms of pollution. It shows that Canada and B.C. have fallen far behind
the U.S. and Alaska when it comes to controlling cruiseship pollution.
"A cruise ship that sails from Seattle to Alaska cannot dump sewage in
Washington State waters and it cannot dump sewage in Alaskan waters.
But it can dump raw sewage for most of the thousand kilometres it
travels in BC," said the report's author Linda Nowlan. Every year over
one million passengers board a cruise ship to travel north to Alaska,
along the Inside Passage. Cruise ship travel on the Vancouver to Alaska
route grew at a rate of five percent a year over the past decade. By
2000, there were 336 cruise trips from BC to Alaska carrying 1,053,000
passengers and over 12,000 crewmembers. Each year those passengers
and crewmembers generate more waste than a small town the size of
Courtenay or Penticton.
Cruise ships plying the Inside Passage produce and discharge six
principal waste streams, according to the report, all of which have the
potential to damage B.C.'s coastal environment; they are: *Sewage:
human waste; *Grey water: wastewater from sinks, showers, galleys and
laundry may contain detergents, cleaners, oil and grease, metals,
pesticides and medical waste; *Oil and Bilgewater: fuel, oil, oily water,
on-board spills collected in the bilge located in the bottom of the cruise
ship's hull; *Hazardous wastes: toxic chemical waste from dry cleaning,
photo processing, paint and solvents, batteries, fluorescent lamps and
other sources; *Solid Wastes: plastic, paper, wood, cardboard, food
waste, cans or glass; and *Air pollution. With an average of 2000
passengers and crew on every trip, cruise ships are floating towns,
generating similar amounts of waste, sewage and garbage. Copies of the
report are available from West Coast Environmental Law on-line at:
www.wcel.org.
On the same day West Coast Environmental Law was issuing "Cruise
Control," the Anchorage Daily News reported the National Park Service
(NPS) had confirmed that a cruise ship killed an endangered pregnant
humpback whale in Alaska's Glacier Bay National Park. The whale,
killed when its skull was crushed, was found floating within the park
boundaries. NPS, which a few years back banned the traditional salmon
troll fishery that had occurred in the park for nearly a century in order to
promote cruise ships, has refused to name the cruise line or comment on
whether criminal or civil charges will be filed.
4:13/11. NMFS ISSUES FINAL RULE FOR BYCATCH
REDUCTION IN PURSE SEINE TUNA FISHERY: On 27
September, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) published in
the Federal Register (Vol. 66, No. 188, pp. 49317-49321) its final rule
to implement fishery conservation andmanagement measures for the
U.S. purse seine fishery in the eastern Pacific Ocean to reduce bycatch
of juvenile tuna, non-target fish species, and non-fish species. The
measures were recommended by the Inter-American Tropical Tuna
Commission (IATTC) and approved by the U.S. Department of State
(DOS), in accordance with the Tuna Conventions Act of 1950. In
addition, the rule establishes reporting requirements for U.S. vessels
fishing for tuna in the eastern Pacific in order to gather information that
NMFS can provide to the IATTC for a regional vessel register. The
vessel register is intended to promote consistent compliance across all
IATTC member nations by ensuring constant attention to fleets active in
the area and aiding in identification of vessels engaged in illegal,
unreported or undocumentedfishing in the eastern Pacific. The rule takes
effect on 29 October.
Copies of the final environmental assessment regulatory impact
review/final regulatory flexibility analysis (EA/RIR/FRFA) may be
obtained from the Southwest Regional Administrator, Southwest
Region, NMFS, 501 W. Ocean Blvd., Long Beach, CA 90802-4213.
Send comments regarding the reporting burden estimate or any other
aspect of the collection-of-information requirements in this final rule,
including suggestions to reduce the burden, to the Regional
Administrator, Southwest Region, and to the Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB),
Washington, DC 20503 (ATTN: NOAA Desk Officer). For more
information, contact Svein Fougner, at: (562) 980-4030. To view the
Federal Register notice, go to:
http://www.access.gpo.gov/su_docs/aces/aces140.html.
4:13/12. NMFS APPOINTMENTS ANNOUNCED; IANI
NAMED TO HEAD NORTHWEST EPA; WATKINS TO CHAIR
FEDERAL OCEANS PANEL. National Oceanic & Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA) Fisheries Administrator/NMFS Director Bill
Hogarth this past week made the following appointments: Dr.
REBECCA LENT is being promoted to Deputy Assistant Administrator
for Regulatory Programs at NMFS Silver Spring headquarters, effective
7 October. ROD McGINNIS has been named her replacement in NMFS
Southwest Region as Acting Regional Administrator. BOB LOHN
begins as NMFS Northwest Regional Director on 1 October. CHRIS
ROGERS has been appointed as the Chief of NMFS Fisheries Highly
Migratory Species Division; he served as the Acting Division Chief for
the past year. Finally, DAVID COTTINGHAM, will leave the U.S. Fish
& Wildlife Service to join NMFS as the Deputy Director for the Office
of Protected Resources.
The Bush Administration has appointed JOHN IANI as the new head
of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Region 10,
headquartered in Seattle. Iani, an attorney, previously worked as a
legislative aide for U.S. Senator Frank Murkowski (R-AK) and
Representative Don Young (R-AK). Since 1993 he's been Vice-
president for Corporate Affairs and General Counsel for UniSea Inc.,
based in Redmond, Washington. UniSea, a subsidiary of giant Nippon
Suisan Kaisha of Japan.
Finally, at its inaugural meeting, held 17-18 September in
Washington, D.C (see Sublegals, 4:11/13), the federal Commission on
Ocean Policy elected Admiral James D. Watkins (Retired) as Chairman
of the 16-member body. Appointed by President George W. Bush, the
Commission is charged with undertaking an 18-month investigation of
oceans-related issues and making recommendations to the President and
the Congress. Unlike its private counterpart, the Pew Oceans
Commission, there are no fishery representatives on the federal
Commission. Also at the meeting, the group established four
committees: Research, Education & Marine Operations; Governance;
Stewardship; and Investment & Development. The next meeting is
scheduled for 13-14 November in Washington, D.C. For more
information, go to: http://www.oceancommission.gov/.
4:13/13. CORPS OF ENGINEERS TO BUILD OYSTER REEFS
IN CHESAPEAKE BAY: WorldCatch News Network reported on 25
September that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineer will build oyster reefs
on a 158 acre site in the middle of Chesapeake Bay. Under an agreement
with the State of Virginia, $2.55 million will be spent to build the
artificial reefs and harvest grounds. At the same time, a similar number
of reefs and harvest zones will be constructed just across the border in
Maryland waters near Smith Island, officials said. The announcement
culminates a year of congressional lobbying and sometimes frustrating
negotiations over one of the largest amounts of federal money ever
dedicated to restoring Bay oysters. Diseases and pollution have nearly
wiped out native oyster stocks in recent decades, ruining a once-mighty
seafood industry and removing a key pollution filter in the shallow
estuary. Since the mid-1990s, though, Virginia and Maryland have been
rebuilding flattened oyster reefs and seeding them with disease-resistant
spat.
Eight one-acre reefs will be built in Tangier and Pocomoke sounds as
oyster sanctuaries where populations can breed and grow without
interference by commercial harvest. Another 150 acres of traditional
oyster grounds will be rebuilt around the reefs, allowing watermen a
place to gather the bivalves that might take root there. The state will use
a new material in shaping the eight reefs. Fossil shells dredged from the
James River near Williamsburg will be the building blocks for rounded
hills that peek above the surface at low tide. Under the "Chesapeake
2000" agreement, a blueprint for Bay cleanup actions, oyster stocks will
increase tenfold by 2010. The reef-construction program is the backbone
of that commitment. IFR and PCFFA are currently working on a project
in collaboration with agencies, scientists and other non-governmental
organizations to begin a herring, oysters and Dungeness crab restoration
effort for San Francisco Bay. To see the article, go to
www.worldcatch.com. For more information on the Herring & Oysters
& Crabs, Oh My! Project for San Francisco Bay, e-mail
PCFFAfish at aol.com.
4:13/14. CALIFORNIA FISH & GAME COMMISSION TO
MEET IN SAN DIEGO: The California Fish & Game Commission
will meet 4-5 October at Hubbs Sea World Research Institute, 2595
Ingraham in San Diego. The main fishery items will be heard on
Friday's agenda as follows:
11. Consideration of Emergency Action on Fishery Closures for
Bocaccio and Canary Rockfish.
12. Consideration of Adoption of Daily Trip Limit and Seasonal
Harvest Guideline for Squid Fishery.
13. Receipt of Public Testimony on Draft Nearshore Fishery
Management Plan.
15. Update on Pacific Fishery Management Council's Proposed
Groundfish Regulations for 2002.
16. Recommendations for Changes in 2002-2004California Sport
Fishing Regulations.
17. Adoption of Proposed Changes to Spot Prawn Trap Fishery
Limited Access Program.
18. Request to Publish Notice to Extend Moratorium on Issuance of
New Nearshore Fishery Permits.
For more information on the Commission meeting, go to:
http://www.dfg.ca.gov/fg_comm/.
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