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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. 06, NO. 19                                      8 NOVEMBER 2002
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"Farmed salmon are actually a leading cause of wrinkles in one dying
sector of the U.S. economy. As imports of farmed salmon have
skyrocketed over the past decade, the men and women of our
commercial fishing industry have collectively aged in a way no 
amount of omega-3 can reverse."   ....Alex Rate
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IN THIS ISSUE.......

Market Order Signed for Dungeness Crab, Southern 
Season Opens Friday, 15 November. 6:19/01 

US-Chile Trade Talks Resume, Knowles Asks for 
Anti-Dumping Language on Farmed Salmon.  6:19/04

Farmed Salmon is "Crap" Say Chefs.  6:19/06

Proposition 50 Passes as California Approves 
$3.4 Billion Water Bond, Support for Desal Grows. 6:19/09

San Francisco Herring Roe Season Set to Start 1 December.  6:19/11

AND MORE......
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     6:19/01. DUNGENESS CRAB PRICE ORDER SIGNED -
"SOUTHERN" SEASON SET TO OPEN THE 15TH, WASHINGTON
OPENING TO BE DELAYED: An ex-vessel price of $2.25/lb. has been
agreed to between fishermen and buyers, as the Dungeness crab season
for the "southern" area of the Pacific Coast (Sonoma County, California
south) is set to begin Friday, 15 November. This is the same opening
price paid in 2000. If the weather cooperates, this will be the first time in
a number of years the season has not been delayed by a price dispute
between the fishermen's marketing associations and wholesale fish
buyers (see Sublegals 4:23/09; 4:22/03; 4:21/01; 4:20/03; 4:19/01). With
inventories of frozen crab down, this year's market order is considerably
better than 2001's $1.88/lb. when the season finally opened on 5
December of that year.  

     In the meantime, Worldcatch Wave reported on 5 November that
there will be a 10-day delay in the non-tribal Dungeness opener for the
Washington coast, which was set to open 1 December.  The reason for
the delay is to accommodate the tribal fishery that has complained of
poor quality crab in the early season. The tribal season opens 5
November, but there is more soft-shelled crab at that time than in
December and January. To see the 5 November Wave report, go to:
www.worldcatch.com.  The delay in Washington's season has sparked an
effort in Oregon to delay their season opener as well to prevent
Washington's non-tribal crabbers from fishing off Oregon during the
10-day delay for the non-tribal opening.  Northern California
(Mendocino County north), Oregon and Washington all have a
traditional 1 December opening date. At its meeting of 7 November (see
Sublegals 6:18/09), the PCFFA Board of Directors unanimously passed a
motion to seek legislation aimed at controlling shifts of fishing effort
and the amount of fishing gear used in the Dungeness crab fishery.

     Donations are still being sought to defend the right of fishermen to
collectively bargain, through their marketing associations, for a fair price
for their crab.  The lawsuit, challenging the rights of crab fishermen and
their associations, Dooley v. Crab Boat Owners Association et al., is
currently in its "discovery phase" and may not go to trial yet for another
year (see Sublegals 6:16/13; 5:16/14; 5:09/17; 5:06/09). Donations
should be made out to: "Crabbers Defense Fund" and mailed to Robert
Miller, Treasurer, 859 Hacienda, Millbrae, CA 94030. For more
information, e-mail: orcabob@earthlink.net.

     6:19/02. PCFFA VOTES UNANIMOUSLY TO ENDORSE
CALIFORNIA WILD HERITAGE ACT: Taking action to try to protect
as much intact salmon habitat left in the State of California as possible,
the PCFFA Board of Directors voted unanimously to endorse the
California Wild Heritage Act (CWHA). The bill, now in the U.S.
Congress, is sponsored by Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), and by
Representatives Mike Thompson (D-CA) and Hilda Solis (D-CA),
among others, in the House.   The legislation only affects
federally-owned lands, no private property, and includes key wilderness
areas in the Trinity and Eel River watersheds, as well as important
salmon bearing streams in the Upper Sacramento, including Deer, Mill
and Butte Creeks.  The bill establishes six different categories of
protection, including one called a "Salmon Restoration Area."  Some of
the areas proposed for protections are the Yolla Bolly watershed in the
Eel River Basin and portions of the South Fork Trinity River that
support natural spawning spring-run chinook in the Klamath Basin. In
all, 237 miles of salmon-bearing streams and over 922 miles of perennial
creeks that contribute water to these streams would be protected by the
CWHA. For more information about this legislation, go to:
http://wriver.mystarband.net. 

     6:19/03.  CALIFORNIA, OREGON TROLL SALMON LANDINGS
DOWN AGAIN IN 2002, WASHINGTON UP: A combination of bad
weather and poor prices during part of the 2002 California ocean
commercial salmon season resulted in landings being slightly down from
an already depressed 2001.  According to figures released by the Pacific
Fishery Management Council (PFMC), as of 15 October, California's
troll chinook landings were at 143,290 fish compared with 179,800 for
2001 and 479,100 for 2000.  While landings were down, spawning goals
for most river systems for fall chinook were exceeded, in some cases by
three and four-fold. Oregon had troll chinook landings of 231,720
compared with 259,449 for 2001 and 113,911 for 2000. Washington was
up with chinook landings of 54,425 (39,115 tribal), compared with
21,229 (25,382 tribal) for 2001 and 10,269 (7,660 tribal) for 2000. 
Washington's coho catch, however was down from previous years with a
catch of 1,700 fish (17,493 tribal) compared with 8,112 (36,755 tribal)
for 2001 and 5,267 (22,174 tribal) for 2000.  

     In the ocean sport salmon fishery, California was up over the
previous year with 171,800 fish compared to 95,200 for 2001 and
183,000 for 2000. In Oregon ocean recreational landings were at 45,307
chinook and 36,102 coho, compared to 27,104 chinook and 94,342 coho
in 2001 and 20,975 and 25,975 of chinook and coho respectively in
2000.  In Washington the numbers for chinook and coho respectively
were 57,743 and 74,183 for 2002 compared with 22,974 and 168,062 for
2001 and 8,478 and 68,199 for 2000. For more information, go to the
PFMC website at: www.pcouncil.org.   

     6:19/04. U.S.-CHILE TRADE TALKS RESUME, HOPES FOR
AGREEMENT BY END OF YEAR; KNOWLES ASKS FOR
ANTI-DUMPING PROVISION FOR CHILEAN FARMED SALMON:
The thirteenth round of trade talks between Chile and the United States
since negotiations between the two nations began in 2000 got underway
Monday in Santiago, the Wall Street Journal reported on 4 November.
All 19 working groups are meeting this time. "Environmental, labor, and
conflict resolution issues continue to bog down the talks, as they did
when both sides last met for full bilateral talks late September in Atlanta.
Meanwhile, Chile's interest in breakthroughs on agricultural subsidies is
unlikely to come about if it wants a deal this year. While one more round
of talks is scheduled for early December, both sides have seen the need
to keep talks going almost constantly," according to the Journal article
by Stephan Kueffner.  "Beyond the main controversial areas, both
countries are seeking agreement on market access, rules of origin,
customs regulations, sanitary and agricultural health norms, technical
norms and standards, safeguards, anti-dumping measures, investment,
services, financial services, temporary visas, government concessions,
intellectual property, competition policy, institutional issues, and
electronic commerce."  

     For the U.S. fishing industry, the main issue is that of low-priced
imports of Chilean farmed salmon into the U.S. market.  Salmon farmers
in Chile, mostly large European based multi-national corporations, have
externalized many of their costs of production and have been accused of
dumping salmon on the U.S. and world markets. Salmon farming, which
could increase under this trade agreement, is also of concern to Chilean
fishermen who have been displaced by these aquaculture operations.

     The Journal article went on to say, the "intensification of talks 'shows
both sides want to facilitate a deal and get it done quickly and smoothly,'
a spokeswoman for the International Trade office said.  For the U.S., a
deal with Chile could pave the way for accords with other countries and
for a proposed hemisphere-wide free trade agreement. For the Chilean
government, securing a free trade accord with the U.S. would provide a
much-needed domestic boost. A deal with the U.S. would help Chile
increase and diversify exports, helping spur growth, deepen its capital
market and lessen its already-low country risk profile, said Chile's head
negotiator, Osvaldo Rosalves."  The U.S. is Chile's leading trade partner;
bi-lateral trade between the two nations stood at $6.2 billion in 2001.
The website for the Chilean negotiators can be found at:
http://www.direcon.cl/frame/acuerdos_internacionales/f_bilateraleshtml.
The U.S. Trade Representative website is at: http://www.ustr.gov.  The
Wall Street Journal article of 4 November is at:
http://online.wsj.com/article/0,,BT_CO_20021104_008180.djm,00.html

     As the trade negotiations were taking place this past week, the
Associated Press reported that Alaska Governor Tony Knowles urged
U.S. Trade Representative Robert Zoellick to take strong steps against
Chilean salmon imports.  In a letter to Zoellick, Knowles asked that
provisions barring the dumping of cheap Chilean farmed salmon be
included in the trade agreement with Chile. The complete Associated
Press report of 7 November is at:
http://www.adn.com/business/story/2090720p-2187680c.html. For more
information about the impact of a U.S.-Chile trade deal on U.S.
fishermen, contact IFR's trade specialist Victor Menotti, at:
VMenotti@ifrfish.org. Also, see Sublegals 6:05/01; 4:24/14; 4:21/11;
4:16/15; 4:14/11.

     6:19/05. EUROPEANS WANT ACCESS TO NORWEGIAN AND
ICELANDIC FISHERIES; U.S. CATFISH FARMERS SEEK TO
EXCLUDE VIETNAMESE IMPORTS:  In other trade news, FIS.com
reports that the European Union is again pressuring Norway and Iceland
to allow for foreign ownership of those nations' fishing vessels and
quotas in return for free market access for processed Norwegian and
Icelandic seafood into the EU.  Norway is Europe's largest supplier of
farmed salmon; the nation is currently in negotiations with the EU over
enlargement of the European Economic Area (EEA). For the complete
FIS.com report, go to:
http://www.fis.com/fis/worldnews/worldnews.asp.  Meanwhile in the
U.S., the New York Times reports catfish farmers in the Southeast are
trying to keep out Vietnamese catfish imports or at least not let these
Southeast Asian farmed fish be called "catfish."  Presently much of the
Vietnamese "catfish" is being labeled as "basa" in markets and
restaurants.  To see the New York Times article, go to:
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/11/05/international/asia/
05VIET.html?tntemail1.

     6:19/06. FARMED SALMON IS "CRAP" SAYS CHEF SPEAKING
TO FORUM ON SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES AT L.A. SEAFOOD
SHOW:  At a panel discussion on 3 November, at the West Coast
Seafood Show in Los Angeles, Executive Chef Daniel Long of Bon
Appetit Management Company said: "To be perfectly honest, it [farmed
salmon] is crap. Wild salmon is much better. I think we need to push
salmon back to being a seasonal thing."  The statement was made during
a panel discussion of chefs talking about utilizing sustainable seafood in
their restaurants. Intrafish, in its 5 November edition, reporting on the
Sunday session, wrote, "Michael Cimarusti, Executive Chef at the Water
Grill, said sustainability is always on his mind when he buys fish. He
said that in order to square conscience with his purchases, he tries to
source his product from responsible fishers [sic] who use gear like hooks
and lines, rather than trawlers. 'I try as hard as I can to buy from the
small people - people that respect fishing the way it was done 50 or 60
years ago,' Cimarusti said. 'I am most proud of the fish I buy from the
small businesses that use hand-written invoices.'"  At least two of the
chefs on the panel, said they use the Monterey Bay Aquarium's "Seafood
Watch" guide for sustainable fish.  To see the Intrafish report, go to:
http://intrafish.com/articlea.php?articleID=28800.   For a copy of the
Monterey Aquarium's seafood guide, go to:
www.montereybayaquarium.org.   

     6:19/07.  OREGON'S MEASURE 27, OUTSPENT 25 TO 1,
DEFEATED; CALIFORNIA NOTICES INTENT TO CHANGE
REGULATIONS TO ADDRESS TRANSGENIC FISH: Measure 27, the
initiative on Oregon's November ballot to require the labeling of
genetically modified foods (GMOs) was defeated Tuesday, after being
outspent by opponents $5.1 million to $200,000 (see Sublegals 6:15/08;
6:05/03; 6:03/09; 5:26/02). For more information, go to:
www.voteyeson27.com.

     In California, meanwhile, the Fish & Game Commission at its 24
October meeting in Crescent City (see Sublegals 6:15/11) voted to go to
public notice on a proposed rule change to address the importation
and/or rearing of genetically modified fish. The notice is in response to a
request that had been made by the Natural Resources Defense Council
(NRDC), the Ocean Conservancy, PCFFA and IFR for a moratorium on
the importation of GMO fish into the state until such time as regulations
are developed governing the use of transgenic animals (see Sublegals
6:10/02). The Commission will go to public notice at its December
meeting, with plans for adopting any new regulation at its February
meeting in order that new regulations would be in place by 1 March
when aquaculture registration and permits have to be renewed.  Among
other things, it is anticipated that the new regulations will include a
definition of "transgenic."  For more information, go to the Commission
website at: http://www.dfg.ca.gov/fg_comm. 

     6:19/08 DEADLINE EXTENDED FOR FILING PROTESTS ON
ALBION AND GUALALA RIVER WATER BAGGING; STOCKTON
PUSHING AHEAD WITH ITS OWN WATER PRIVITIZATION: The
State Water Resources Control Board (SWRCB) has extended the
deadline for protests of the proposed Albion/Gualala Rivers
water-bagging operation (see Sublegals 6:15/05; 6:14/10) along
California's north coast. The decision to postpone the deadline was made
when local citizens and public interest groups filed a formal request to
the SWRCB. The request pointed to the inconsistencies in the notices
and that the applicant, Alaska Water Exports, did not publish public
notices in any newspapers. The SWRCB will issue notices for
applications in the next couple of weeks and the 60 day protest period
will follow the date the notices are reissued. Protests that were submitted
by the previous 11 November deadline need not be resubmitted. For
more information:
http://www.gualalariver.org/export/coalition2002-10-28.html. 

     In Stockton, California, the City Council is continuing to push plans
to negotiate a 20-year, $600 million contract with OMI-Thames Water,
despite a public outcry over reports of major problems with these
companies in other cities.  Last month, Public Citizen released a profile
of RWE/Thames Water
(http://www.citizen.org/documents/RWE%20Profile.pdf), the
German/British conglomerate, documenting Thames' track record as one
of England's top environmental polluters. Since 1999, Thames has been
convicted of 24 crimes and fined $700,000 for spilling raw sewage into
waterways and into people's homes. Stockton is located on the San
Joaquin River, once a major salmon-spawning waterway, just south of
the Delta. Currently the Council is planning to rush a vote on the
contract before the 4 March city-wide election on an initiative requiring
any utility privatization contract over $5 million to be put to a popular
vote. 

     Two recent magazine articles appeared this month for those seeking
more information on the issue of water privatization (see Sublegals
6:07/15).  "Water for Profit" is the title of the article by Jon Luoma in the
November-December issue of Mother Jones (pp. 34-37) and "Getting
Soaked" is the article by Julie Madsen in the November-December issue
of the Utne Reader (p.20).  For more information, go to:
www.motherjones.com and www.cafeutne.com.  

     6:19/09. CALIFORNIA APPROVES $3.4 BILLION WATER BOND
ACT; SUPPORT GROWS FOR DESAL:  On Tuesday, 5 November,
California voters approved Proposition 50, a $3.44 billion bond measure
to finance a wide range of projects related to water resources, coastal
wetlands and watersheds, and inland resources.  Of most interest to those
engaged in anadromous (e.g., salmon) and nearshore fisheries, are the
provisions for $750 million to acquire, protect and restore coastal
wetlands, and $200 million to protect coastal watersheds.  For those
concerned with fisheries the "downside" of the measure is the money
allocated to CALFED ($125 million) for water conveyance facilities and
surface water storage planning and feasibility studies.  For fishery
advocates, the most innovative piece in the measure may be the $100
million in grants for desalination projects. Desalination is seen as a
means of both providing for a dependable urban water supply and
reducing the draw on rivers critical to salmon production and estuarine
health. 

     The 55% voter approval of Proposition 50 appears to have verified a
poll released on 22 October by the West Basin Municipal Water District,
a customer of the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California,
showing "overwhelming support for desalinating ocean water as a new
source of water supply."  Seventy percent of those surveyed in the
statewide public opinion poll support increasing drinking water supplies
by removing salt from ocean water according to the poll conducted by
Voter Consumer Research Inc., and Fairbank, Maslin, Maullin &
Associates. Other findings from the poll that was conducted this past
May include:

- Seventy percent of the respondents indicated California does not have
enough water. 

-   Forty-seven percent of the respondents feel growth should be limited
by currently available water supplies.       

-   Less than 18 percent are concerned with water costs. 

-   Many Northern Californians oppose increased use of Northern
California water.

-   Southern and Central Californians are more supportive of funding for
expanded water supplies than Northern Californians.

-   Northern Californians are more likely to support funding for
environmental restoration projects. 

     In September, West Basin Municipal Water District turned on its El
Segundo Ocean-Water Desalination Demonstration Project. The $1.2
million research operation is designed to prove the efficiency and cost
effectiveness of ocean-water desalination - once thought too expensive
and complicated for large scale uses.  "Recent improvements in
technology have made the cost of ocean-water desalination competitive
with other new water sources," said West Basin's General Manager,
Darryl Miller. "We wanted to survey the public to see if support exists
for desalination as a means of providing potable water." In Northern
California, the Marin Municipal Water District, the State's oldest water
district, is also moving toward desalination (see Sublegals, 6:07/16).  For
more information on the West Basin effort, go to:
http://www.westbasin.com/index.html.

     Two of the biggest concerns with desalination have been: 1) disposal
of the brines; and 2) energy costs.  PCFFA and some desalination
proponents, concerned with water quality, have suggested evaporation
ponds, much like those used in salt production, for addressing the
wastewater (salt brine) issue.  Energy costs, too, may be reduced with
technological advances and combining standard power sources with
renewables (e.g., solar, wind, wave and tidal). Reuter's Planet Ark
recently reported the "world's most northerly town will soon be the first
to take advantage of ocean tides to create electricity with a sub-sea
power station.  Similar tidal projects are also underway in Australia and
Britain, but none has begun selling power.  Later this month or early in
December, tidal currents on the seabed near Kvalsund, at the Arctic tip
of Norway, will begin churning the fish-friendly blades of a
windmill-like underwater turbine.  The production capacity of the
turbine will at first be tiny, but managers hope the project will be
powering 1,000 homes by 2004.  Tidal power is still the most embryonic
of all renewable energy industries."  For desalination plants located in
the coastal zone, wave and tidal energy sources could reduce dependence
of such operations on fossil fuel sources.  The complete article is at:
http://www.planetark.org/dailynewsstory.cfm/newsid/18450/story.htm.

     6:19/10. FISH EXPO SET FOR 14-16 NOVEMBER IN SEATTLE;
PCFFA/IFR AT BOOTH 1828: FISH EXPO WorkBoat Northwest, the
largest commercial fishing trade show on the West Coast, will be held
Thursday-Saturday, 14-16 November, at the Washington State
Convention & Trade Center in Seattle.  FISH EXPO is over thirty years
old and has a long history of bringing together fishermen from
throughout North America for an exhibit of fishing gear and equipment
and seminars addressing the most pressing fishery and fishing industry
issues.  PCFFA and IFR will again be participants, with a booth (#1828).
Additionally, IFR's Ky Russell will be making a presentation on a
groundfish panel describing PCFFA's "trident plan" (see Sublegals,
6:04/01).  Personnel on hand at the PCFFA/IFR booth will be Natasha
Benjamin, Ky Russell and Sara Randall.  Information on PCFFA and
IFR programs will be available along with a demonstration of IFR's
innovative KRIS watershed resource information system. For EXPO
information, go to: http://www.fishexposeattle.com/faq.htm.

     6:19/11. SAN FRANCISCO BAY HERRING SEASON SET TO
BEGIN 1 DECEMBER: The San Francisco Bay herring roe fishery, the
largest of its kind south of British Columbia, will begin this season on
Sunday evening, 1 December.  The San Francisco Bay herring fishery,
which can be viewed from highrises in San Francisco and Oakland, and
along the waterfronts in Sausalito and the South Bay is the only
remaining urban commercial fishery in the U.S. This year's quota for the
Bay is set at 3,540 tons, with 3,262 tons allocated for the gillnetters and
258 tons for the roe-on-kelp (HEOK) fishery. The DH fishery, with 133
permit holders, has a quota of 1,016 tons and extends until 20 December
or when the quota is reached, whichever comes sooner.  The "Even"
platoon, with 145 permitees, begins fishing on 5 January for a quota of
1,108 tons.  The "Odd" platoon begins fishing the following week (the
platoons alternate fishing weeks, with the weekends closed) with 149
permit holders going for a quota of 1,138 tons.  While the lion's share of
the fish are harvested for their roe ("kozonoko") for export to Japan, a
small quota of 20 tons has been set aside for the local fresh market.

     To the north, the Tomales Bay fishery opens for two days on 29
December and then re-opens 5 January for a 300-ton quota.  The quota
for that fishery may be increased to 400 tons if the spawning biomass
reaches 3,000 tons prior to 15 February or to 500 tons if the biomass
reaches or exceeds 4,000 tons by 15 February. The quota for Humboldt
Bay is 60 tons; that season opens 2 January, and for Crescent City the
quota is 30 tons, opening on 14 January.  Quotas for this fishery,
regarded as one of the best managed in the world, are set yearly by the
California Fish & Game Commission based on annual herring spawning
biomass surveys conducted by the California Department of Fish &
Game (CDFG). For more information, go to:
www.dfg.ca.gov/mrd/herring.  

     6:19/12. NMFS ANNOUNCES NEW OFFICE OF CONSTITUENT
SERVICES:  The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has
announced the creation of a new combined "Office of Constituent
Services" marrying five distinct constituent oriented programs and
initiatives -- Education and Outreach, Recreational Fisheries, Industry &
Trade, Financial Services, and the Saltonstall-Kennedy (S-K) Grant
Program. The Offices' mission, according to the National Oceans &
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) (NMFS's parent agency), is to
"continue to provide the services of these programs as well as provide a
point of contact for constituents and the general public so they may
better understand the mission of NMFS and receive accurate and timely
information about our nation's living marine resources." The web page
locations for the previous programs and initiatives are now located on
the OCS page at http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/ocs/index.html.

     6:16/13. PFMC BANS USE OF LONGLINES FOR HIGHLY
MIGRATORY SPECIES ALONG PACIFIC COAST: At its 29 October
meeting near San Francisco, the Pacific Fishery Management Council
(PFMC) banned the use of longlines for the take of highly migratory
pelagic species (e.g., swordfish) within the U.S. Exclusive Economic
Zone (EEZ) offshore the Pacific Coast (see Sublegals 6:15/12). While
most swordfish and thresher shark are harvested in this area by driftnets,
there have been requests for experimental permits to use longlines to see
if they could be more effective in avoiding any incidental take of sea
turtles. For more information, go to: www.pcouncil.org.    

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