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For Japan whale meat is more important than the law!
Monday, June 30th, 2008
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Greenpeace demands Japan release whale activists
OTTAWA - Greenpeace staged a protest outside the Japanese embassy in Ottawa on Monday to deliver a letter demanding the release of two activists - dubbed the Tokyo Two - being held overseas.
Junichi Sato and Toru Suzuki were arrested for allegedly stealing a box of whale meat after presenting one to a public prosecutor as evidence against a supposed embezzlement ring at the heart of the Japanese government’s scientific whaling program.
Japanese police conducted an unprecedented raid on Greenpeace’s Japanese headquarters in Tokyo and the homes of activists earlier this month, the environmental organization said in a news release.
Only half Japanese whale quota met: no comment department
Monday, April 14th, 2008
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Only half Japanese whale quota met | NEWS.com.au
JAPAN’S whaling fleet will return to port tomorrow on Tuesday after killing little more than half its intended catch in the Antarctic because of harassment by activists, officials say.
Salmon fishing closed for California, Oregon
Friday, April 11th, 2008
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Salmon fishing closed for California, Oregon
(04-10) 20:24 PDT SAN FRANCISCO — No commercial or recreational salmon fishing will be allowed off the coast of California and most of Oregon this year.The Pacific Fishery Management Council voted Thursday to cancel the chinook fishing season in an effort to reverse the catastrophic disappearance of California’s fabled run of the pink fish popularly known as king salmon.
Chile’s environment is under attack
Tuesday, April 1st, 2008
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HidroAysén Project a Threat to Chile’s “Pride and Soul” Says NRDC Attorney
At right, Robert Kennedy Jr. addresses reporters during a press conference with
Victor Formantel of EcoSystemas
Photo by Benjamin Witte, Santiago TimesInfluential U.S. environmental attorney Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on Monday wrapped up a week-long visit to Chile with a strong plea to protect Patagonia’s pristine rivers from pending hydroelectric projects.
“I’ve been to every country in Latin America and on every continent in the world. And there’s no place as pretty as Chilean Patagonia. That’s why I come here. If that part of Chile was in the United States it would be a national park. No question,” Kennedy told reporters shortly before meeting with President Michelle Bachelet.
Sitka fishermen strike herring mother lode
Saturday, March 29th, 2008
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big story here: adn.com | Commerical Fishing : Sitka fishermen strike herring mother lode
How about a job grossing half a million bucks in 60 minutes? That’s what some commercial seine fishermen in Sitka scooped out of the water on Wednesday — in the form of fatty, silvery Pacific herring. The Sitka sac roe herring fishery is already legendary for netting megabucks in minutes, but that day’s catch was still a shocker — for fishermen, regulators and seafood processors.
Federal Fishery Managers Vote to Ban Purse-Seine Fishing in CNMI Waters
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
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The start of a trend?
(WPFMC)
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council, has concluded a two-day meeting at the Saipan Fiesta Resort, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), with a variety of fishery management measures proposed for the U.S. exclusive economic zone (0 to 200 miles offshore) surrounding CNMI.
Threat of closing jolts fishing industry
Thursday, March 13th, 2008
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Threat of closing jolts fishing industry
The grim prospect of a total shutdown of ocean salmon fishing in California and Oregon is forcing anglers, merchants and food servers who rely on the once-thriving fishery to reassess their lives and futures.So few fall-run chinook came back to spawn in the Sacramento River and its tributaries last fall that the Pacific Fishery Management Council said Tuesday it would have to ban all salmon fishing unless a request is made for an emergency exception.
Feds warn entire salmon season could be halted
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008
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Feds warn entire salmon season could be halted
So few salmon are living in the ocean and rivers along the Pacific Coast that salmon fishing in California and Oregon will have to be shut down completely this year unless an emergency exception is granted, Pacific Fishery Management Council representatives said Tuesday.
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