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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. 07, NO. 11 14 MARCH 2003
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"It is one thing to say with the prophet Amos, 'Let justice roll down like
mighty waters,' and quite another to work out the irrigation system.
Clearly there is more certainty in the recognition of wrongs than there is
in the prescription for their cure."..........William Sloane Coffin
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IN THIS ISSUE.......
PFMC Takes on "No-Take" Marine Reserves, Adopts
2003 Ocean Salmon Season Options. 7:11/01
Oregon Legislature to Address Fish Protections for
Tillamook State Forest on 24 and 26 March. 7:11/03
Rogue River's Boondoggle Elk Creek Dam Saved
Again by Congressional Rider. 7:11/05
WWF Issues Report Finding Fish Farms Are Threatening
World's Wild Fish Stocks. 7:11/07
Three New Studies Add to Large Body of Evidence
Documenting Benefits of Fish in Human Diet. 7:11/09
AND MORE......
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7:11/01. PACIFIC COUNCIL TACKLES MARINE RESERVES,
2003 SALMON SEASON OPTIONS AT SACRAMENTO MEETING:
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) wound up its week
long meeting in Sacramento, California on 14 March, following lengthy
discussions on marine protected areas and the selection of three options
for the regulation of the 2003 ocean salmon fishery (see Sublegals,
7:10/02). In discussions with National Marine Sanctuary
representatives, the PFMC asked for a representative of the National
Fisheries Conservation Center to appear before the Council's Scientific
& Statistical Committee (SSC) in April to explain the Center's activities.
The Council then directed a letter be sent to the Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary: 1) asking the sanctuary's perspective of the process of
"imposing specific fishery regulations" in sanctuary areas; 2) asking
about the sanctuary's Designation Document change process, and how
the Council should participate; and 3) reaffirming that the Council wants
to coordinate with any West Coast sanctuary on proposals to change
fishing regulations within sanctuary boundaries.
The also PFMC received a presentation from the Channel Islands
National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) regarding the designation of
marine reserves within the state waters of that sanctuary and CINMS
plans for extending the reserves into federal waters. The CINMS
manager then read a written statement from the National Marine
Sanctuary headquarters claiming sanctuary authority over fisheries and
stating that if the Pacific Council did not agree to the proposed reserves
and fishery regulation CINMS requested, the sanctuary would take over
fisheries within sanctuary waters. CINMS reported it planned to change
its Designation Document to give it such authority. The PFMC deferred
action on the process for consideration of Marine Reserves in federal
waters in or near the CINMS until a proposal from the CINMS staff is
received. Some council members and staff in off-the-record conversation
referred to the national sanctuary office as a kind of "North Korea."
On salmon, the PFMC selected three options for the commercial and
recreational ocean salmon fisheries for public review, prior to selecting a
final option at its April meeting to submit to the Secretary of Commerce.
The options mostly provide for a season structure as good or slightly
better than 2002, owing to the abundance of some runs of fall chinook
and healthy stocks of hatchery coho in the Northwest. Some of the
noteworthy aspects of the options adopted, include:
* All three options allow for a 15 March commercial troll opener
between Cape Falcon and the Oregon/California border (a carry-over
from the 2002 regulations) with Options 1 and 2 calling for a 1 March
opener for this area in 2004.
* All three options call for a 1-30 September chinook fishery between
the Oregon-California border and the Humboldt South Jetty (Eureka) for
a 10,000 fish quota.
* All three options provide for a May fishery in Fort Bragg (Horse
Mountain to Point Arena) and a July through September fishery; Option
1 would not open until 17 July, while the other two open the 1st, with
daily quotas of 150 fish per day (Option 2) or 100 fish per day per vessel
(Option 3). Options 2 and 3 thus mean the season will be open during
the 4th of July and Fort Bragg's "World's Largest Salmon Barbecue" that
raises funds for salmon restoration programs.
* All three options allow for a 1 May - 30 September fishery from Point
Arena to the California-Mexico border.
* All three options allow for a fishery in state waters between Point
Reyes and Pigeon Point (targeting Sacramento fall-run chinook) from
1-17 October.
Three "official" public hearings have been scheduled; it has not been
announced whether the California-sponsored Moss Landing hearing will
also occur this year. The regularly scheduled public hearings on the 2003
ocean salmon fishery will be held as follows:
* Monday, 31 March, The Chateau Westport, Westport, Washington.
* Monday, 31 March, The Red Lion Inn, Coos Bay, Oregon.
* Tuesday, 1 April, The Red Lion Inn, Eureka, California.
For a summary of the 10-14 March meeting, go to:
www.pcouncil.org/decisions/0303decisions.html; for information on the
6-11 April Pacific Council meeting that will be held in Vancouver,
Washington, go to: www.pcouncil.org/events/2003/pfmc0403.html.
7:11/02. WARNINGS OF NEW KLAMATH FISH KILLS, CALLS
FOR EFFORT LIMITS ON CRAB FISHERIES AND CURBS ON
TRANSGENIC FISH HIGHLIGHT 31ST ANNUAL FISHERIES
FORUM: While the Pacific Fishery Management Council was meeting
across town, fishermen, scientists and conservationists converged on the
California State Capitol in Sacramento on 12 March, for the 31st Annual
Legislative Fisheries Forum (see Sublegals, 7:10/01). Highlights of a
jammed-packed agenda included warnings from PCFFA Vice-President
Dave Bitts and Trinity County Planner Tom Stokely of more fish kills in
the Klamath and Trinity Rivers unless immediate changes by the U.S.
Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) in project operations were made (see
Sublegals, 7:09/03). On other salmon issues, California Trout's Tom
Wesseloh reported on interminable delays in getting state protection for
Endangered Species Act-listed coho salmon, while PCFFA's Zeke
Grader suggested the "privatization" of dam removal to get around
agency roadblocks and cost overruns in removing antiquated structures
blocking fish migration. Sara Randall, an Americorps intern in the IFR
office, reported on her federal service's Watershed Stewards Program
efforts at restoring salmon habitat.
Crab fishermen Chuck Wise and Phil Beguhl called for effort
limitations for crab fisheries: a trap limit per vessel for the central
California Dungeness fishery and limited entry for the southern
California rock crab fishery. Santa Barbara fisherman Mike McCorkle
discussed the trawl fisheries for California halibut and sea cucumbers,
describing the difference between these fisheries conducted mostly by
small vessels using light gear on soft bottoms and heavier trawls used by
larger vessels on hard bottoms. The Natural Resource Defense Council's
Karen Garrison raised concerns about the types of trawls that destroy
habitats or result in bycatch. IFR's Natasha Benjamin, in her testimony to
the Joint Committee on Fisheries & Aquaculture, was highly critical of
the California Department of Fish & Game's and the Fish & Game
Commission's decision to adopt regulations allowing the
commercialization of transgenic fish in the state (see Sublegals,
7:07/08). IFR's Ky Russell, meanwhile, outlined plans for better
fishermen-scientist collaboration in fishery research and stock
monitoring.
Other testimony during the four hour hearing included a report by
PCFFA President Pietro Parravano on the work of the Pew Oceans
Commission, where he told the Committee the issuance of the
Commission's final report would be delayed from its scheduled 9 April
release date due to the impending war with Iraq. The Alliance of
Communities for Sustainable Fisheries' Mike Ricketts told the legislators
present of the problems fishermen were faced with by plans for massive
marine reserves and the management of the Monterey Bay National
Marine Sanctuary. Nearshore fishermen Jim Bassler and Bill James
called for adherence to California's Marine Life Management Act and for
legislators to resist calls to give any one group special preferences. The
issue of fishery data management and access was provided in a report by
another Americorps intern, Reid Bryson, describing the development and
utilization of the resource information system, KRIS, for watersheds and,
in the future, coastal waters. Finally, consumer issues were addressed in
testimony by Jennifer Dianto of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood
Watch Program and Ecotrust's Elaine Brady.
At the outset of the Forum, fishery researcher Paul Dayton of Scripps
Institute was presented a resolution in honor of his work, as was IFR on
the occasion of the organization's 10th anniversary. Following the Forum
a seafood reception was held at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament,
hosted by the fishing industry, for legislators and invited agency staff
and Pacific Council members. The reception, coordinated by Marylee
Battistella and Larry Miyamura with some 40 volunteers, featured
sustainably harvested California seafood ranging from king salmon to
sand dabs, Dungeness crab and spiny lobster, albacore and blackcod, uni
(sea urchin) and sardines, pink shrimp, two species of squid and halibut.
For more information on this year's Forum, contact the California
Legislature's Joint Committee on Fisheries & Aquaculture Consultant,
Mary Morgan, at (916) 319-3823.
7:11/03: OREGON LEGISLATURE TO CONSIDER SALMON
PROTECTIONS FOR TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST ON 24 AND 26
MARCH: Oregon's Tillamook State Forest contains the last, best
spawning and rearing streams for threatened coho salmon, as well as
coastal chinook and steelhead runs remaining on the Oregon coast.
Surrounded by degraded industrial forestlands, Tillamook State Forest is
now the only major tract of publicly owned lands in Northwest Oregon.
It, and its neighboring Clatsop State Forest, were reforested in a massive
publicly-funded effort after a series of devastating forest fires in the
1930's that were fueled by slash from massive logging operations. After
the fires, rather than being reforested the lands were simply
abandonment by timber company owners, causing the lands to revert
eventually to state ownership in a series of tax foreclosures. Nearly 70
years later the forest is maturing and is the "crown jewel" for salmon
recovery efforts in Northwest Oregon, but is slated by the Oregon
Department of Forestry for intensive logging operations soon, under the
existing state forest management plan. That plan would jeopardize many
of those last good salmon streams. Local commercial and recreational
fishing organizations, conservation groups and businesses are pushing
for an alternative plan for the Tillamook State Forest that would limit
logging to no more than 50 percent of the forest as well as provide
special protections for clean water and salmon streams. For more
information contact the Tillamook Rainforest Coalition at:
http://www.tillamookrainforest.org.
On the 24 and 26 March, the Oregon Senate Agriculture & Natural
Resources Committee will be considering an Oregon legislative bill, SB
430, that would give first priority to non-consumptive uses, including
salmon protections and clean water resources, in up to 50 percent of the
Tillamook State Forest, leaving non-sensitive areas still available for
selective timber harvesting on a sustainable basis. Citizens concerned
with the future of this state forest will be allowed to testify on both days.
The hearing starts at 0800 HRS on both days. For more information or a
copy of the bill, search the Oregon Legislature's bill website at:
http://www.leg.state.or.us/billsset.htm. For more information contact
Sybil Ackerman at (503) 292-6855 x 110 or by e-mail at:
sackerma@audubonportland.org.
7:11/04. PROCEEDING OF SALMON ENHANCEMENT
WORKSHOP AVAILABLE: Ireland's Central Fisheries Board has
announced the availability of the proceeding of the 13th International
Salmonid Habitat Enhancement Workshop that was held last September
in Ireland and hosted by the Board. For more information, go to:
http://www.cfb.ie/salmonid_workshop/index.htm.
7:11/05. ANOTHER BOONDOGGLE DAM THAT WON'T DIE:
Like Rasputin, the Elk Creek Dam on Oregon's Rogue River is an evil
that just won't die. It is the dam that nobody wants and nobody needs -
not the federal fish agencies, not the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(COE), not the State of Oregon. Nobody, apparently, except U.S.
Representative Greg Walden (R-OR), who has followed in his
predecessors' footsteps to yet again rescue the unfinished, expensive,
abandoned and unwanted dam from a plan by the COE to "notch" the
one-third completed plug of concrete that blocks a major salmon river so
Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed coho can pass through it to their
spawning grounds. A little noticed "rider" slipped into the Omnibus
Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2003, signed by the President on 20
February (P.L. 108-7), prohibits COE from notching Elk Creek Dam and
directs the agency to revive and expand a failing fish trucking program
instead. Litigation by PCFFA and other organizations (see Sublegals,
3:05/08; 1:13/01; 1:01/07) resulted in a formal National Marine
Fisheries Services (NMFS) Biological Opinion (BiOp) stating that only
notching the dam will prevent "jeopardy" to threatened coho runs that
are blocked by the dam. The BiOp specifically concluded that trucking
salmon around the dam was biologically insufficient to prevent their
extinction.
The dam was begun by the Corps years ago but abandoned in 1987. It
since has been declared by COE as unneeded and unnecessary. COE has
been trying to notch the dam - the only alternative that will satisfy ESA
requirements - for several years now, each time blocked by a similar
Congressional rider (see Sublegals, 6:03/05; 4:20/14). The dam
notching is being opposed by local land developers, who hope the dam
can someday be completed, making their property more valuable. Fish
trap and haul measures not only would violate the ESA, but are unlikely
to work, and are far more expensive in the long run than simply notching
the dam. Taxpayer watchdog groups have also favored notching, since
trap and haul options are a permanent and unnecessary drain on the
taxpayers. Former Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber also opposed the
rider in a number of letters to members of Congress. Fifty conservation,
recreational and commercial fishing organizations (including PCFFA)
wrote to members of Congress on 16 September 2002 opposing the
continued support of trap and haul measures at Elk Creek Dam and
backing the Corps' efforts to notch the dam to re-establish fish passage
for coho and other species. That letter is posted at:
http://www.onrc.org/info/elkcreekdam/smithletter.html. For more
information on the Elk Creek Dam see:
http://www.onrc.org/info/elkcreekdam.
7:11/06. PROTESTS AGAINST FARMED SALMON AT BOSTON
SEAFOOD SHOW: The first major protest against farmed salmon on
the U.S. eastern seaboard was held at the opening of the 2003
International Boston Seafood Show, 10-14 March (see Sublegals,
7:10/07), to "blow the whistle" on environmental problems created by
the salmon farming industry. At the protest, the Massachusetts Public
Interest Research Group (MASSPIRG), U.S. Public Interest Research
Group (U.S. PIRG), National Environmental Law Center and
Massachusetts Sierra Club called on supermarkets and restaurants to
disclose to consumers where their salmon comes from and what
additives it may contain. The groups also urged consumers to demand
that the salmon they buy be caught or raised in an environmentally
sustainable manner. "Although farmed salmon may be cheap to buy in
the supermarket, it comes with a heavy but hidden environmental price
tag," warned MASSPIRG's Iris Vicencio-Garaygay. "Consumers should
know the true price of salmon before throwing another salmon steak on
the grill."
The idea that farmed salmon is good for the environment is a myth,
the groups said. They pointed out that a typical salmon farm, which
packs hundreds of thousands of fish into an array of sea cages moored
just off-shore, discharges a wide range of pollutants into fragile
ecosystems in places such as Downeast Maine. Over the years, these
pollutants have included: antibiotics, pesticides, toxic materials used to
coat the cages, thousands of tons of fish waste products, and escaping
farm-bred fish themselves, which threaten the survival of wild salmon
because they can interbreed and spread disease and parasites. Maine's
wild Atlantic salmon were placed on the federal Endangered Species List
in November 2000. The groups rejected the idea that salmon farming
reduces pressure on wild fisheries, since salmon farmers consume over
two pounds of wild fish, which they grind up to make feed pellets, for
every pound of farmed salmon they harvest. For more information on the
U.S. East Coast salmon farm protest, contact Ariana Wohl at (617)
422-0880.
7:11/07. WWF REPORT FINDS FISH FARMS ARE DEPLETING
WORLD'S STOCKS OF WILD FISH: A few weeks prior to the Boston
Seafood Show farmed salmon protest (see 7:11/06 above), the World
Wildlife Fund (WWF) released its report that fish farms are a "mounting
threat to depleted world stocks because more and more wild fish are
being fed to their caged cousins." Issued on 25 February in Oslo, the
report found "four kilos (8.8 lb) of wild-caught fish are needed to
produce one kilo of farmed fish." According to a Reuters article, WWF
urged reform of fish farming ranging from species like salmon, trout,
tuna and sea bream to crustaceans like prawns. "World farmed
production roughly doubled in the past decade to 20 million tons a year,
increasing demand for oil and fishmeal, made from species such as blue
whiting and pilchards, to feed the farmed fish," said WWF. "Without
reform the fast-growing industry could be consuming all the world's fish
oil and half of its fishmeal by 2010, up from 70 percent of fish oil and 34
percent of fishmeal now." WWF urged more research into alternative
feeds for farmed fish, including vegetable proteins such as soya or corn
gluten, use of fish offal or use of trawlers' by-catches that are often
dumped in the sea. Another possibility was to set up fish farms for
industrial species that could be reared on a vegetable diet. For more
information on the WWF report, see the Reuters article at:
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/02/18/fish.farms.reut/index.ht
ml.
7:11/08. NMFS ISSUES REPORT ON 2001 U.S. FISHERIES
DEVOID OF INFORMATION: The National Marine Fisheries Service
(NMFS) has released its 2001 report, "Our Nation's Living Oceans."
Unlike previous versions of "Our Living Oceans," published by this
Commerce Department agency, the 2001 version is a glossy, full-color
44-page booklet without any substantive information on fisheries and
devoid of statistics, such as landing data for the various fisheries. "It is
nothing more than an agency puff piece published at taxpayer expense; it
is all style and no substance," is the way one fishing industry veteran
described this latest version of "Our Living Oceans." It is on-line at:
http://nmfs.noaa.gov.
7:11/09. DIET HIGH IN FISH OIL PROVEN TO HAVE
NUMEROUS HEALTH BENEFITS: Three new studies emphasize the
importance of fish in the human diet. The first, reported by the Irish
Times, is a study done at the University of Ulster by Dr. Emeir Duffy
and Dr. Gary Meenagh, examining the effects of fish oil on Lupus
sufferers. Lupus is an immune disorder, in which the body's immune
system starts attacking healthy cells and tissues. This causes serious
inflammation, sometimes ending in death. The study showed that when
sufferers of lupus took fish oil supplements three times per day for 24
weeks, their condition improved, with a reduction in fatigue and a
reduction of disease activity being the most notable developments. The
best sources of fish oil are in these fish: mackerel, lake trout, herring,
sardines, tuna, and salmon. A Canadian study, meanwhile, has found that
a fish-based diet was better than lean beef or poultry when it comes to
raising protective high-density lipoprotein (HDL).
In a third study, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the
U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) examined the benefits of a
fish-based diet compared to a lean beef diet to see the effect on blood
levels of healthy fatty acids (omega-3). In this study, the same 10 adults
were kept on a strict diet of beef and then fish. A significant increase
was found in the participants' eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and
docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (omega 3 fatty acids) when the diet was
changed to fish. The study concluded that in a couple of weeks you
could double your level of DHA just by eating fish. Earlier studies had
found that Omega 3 fatty acids can help prevent and treat heart disease,
depression and arthritis, as well as regulate heart rhythm, brain function
and nervous system function. For more information on the University of
Ulster lupus study, go to:
http://www.ireland.com/cgi-bin/dialogserver?SAVEDB=newspaper&Q
UERY00=lupus+and+fish&STARTDATE0=3%2F12%2F2003&ENDD
ATE0=3%2F12%2F2001&DB=newspaper&ORGANISE_CODED=&T
HRESHOLD=90&Search.x=0&Search.y=0.
7:11/10. MOVING TO "FAIR TRADE" LABELING FOR
SEAFOOD IS SUBJECT OF MARCH FISHERMEN'S NEWS
ARTICLE: The March 2003 issue of the Fishermen's News (pp. 20-22)
features a PCFFA/IFR prepared article, "Going Beyond Fish
Eco-Labeling; Is it Time For Fair Trade Certification Too?" For more
information on the March Fishermen's News, go to:
www.fishermensnews.com. The article can be viewed on the PCFFA
website at: www.pcffa.org/fn-mar03.htm.
7:11/11. IFR PARTICIPATION WITH THANKSGIVING
COFFEE'S CORNUCOPIA PROGRAM TO RAISE FUNDS FOR FISH
RESTORATION: The Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR) has joined
forces with Thanksgiving Coffee Company
(www.thanksgivingcoffee.org) in a fundraising effort, under the
company's Cornucopia Coffee Program. Called "Coffee Serving
Community - Community Serving Coffee," the program will allow
customers of Thanksgiving Coffee to donate $2.25 to the IFR fish
restoration efforts for each package of coffee purchased. The coffee can
be ordered on the web or over the phone and delivered to your home.
Thanksgiving is well known for its high quality coffees. It has been
in business on the Noyo River in the fishing community of Fort Bragg
since 1971. In addition to the wide-selection of coffees it offers, it
proudly promotes organic, shade grown, fair trade coffees that go
hand-in-hand with the efforts of the men and women in our fleet,
working to fish sustainably and deliver to the public natural, healthful
and high quality fish and shellfish. This collaboration is a natural - good
coffee, good fish. You can buy coffee from a company that is building
demand for sustainable coffee production and promoting the health of
the environment and its biodiversity -- an ethic we all share here at IFR.
This is truly "voting with your pocketbook!" ... and wait until you taste
the coffee. To order coffee you can call Carol or David Woolis at
1-800-648-6491 or go to
https://web.mcn.org/l/tcc/thanksgivingcoffee/cornucopia/orderformsecur
e.html and order online. Be sure to mention/reference the Institute for
Fisheries Resources.
Paying Attention? Three recent studies have been released on the health
benefits of fish in the human diet. Which of the following is one of those
benefits found by researchers?
A) Fish oil added to foods served in school lunch menus can reduce the
incidence of hyper-activity in adolescents and language deficit disorder
in teenagers.
B) Substances found in farmed salmon can help to make human flesh
redder in color and reduce the incidence of algal infections.
C) A mixture taken of juice extracted from oysters and oil from sardines
will enlarge the male "member" and increase erections three-fold. The
substance is now available over the Internet.
D) Lupus suffers who took large doses of fish oil regularly have seen a
reduction in fatigue and a reduction of disease activity.
E-Mail your answer to "Editor" at: sublegals@ifrfish.org.
And the Winner is......last week's winner was Wayne Salmon, who
correctly answered that "B) By cutting back releases from Folsom Dam,
drying up redds and juvenile chinook and steelhead in the American
River below the dam" the Bureau of Reclamation caused its first major
fish kill of 2003. He receives an "Order of the Fringehead" certificate
and a handsome gray shirt with the cuddly Sarcastic Fringehead
Sublegals logo.
NEWS, COMMENTS, CORRECTIONS: Submit your news items,
comments or any corrections to Sara Randall, editor at:
sublegals@ifrfish.org, or call the IFR/PCFFA office with the news and a
source at either: (415) 561-FISH (Southwest Office) or (541) 689-2000
(Northwest Office).
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IN THIS ISSUE.......<BR>
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PFMC Takes on "No-Take" Marine Reserves, Adopts <BR>
2003 Ocean Salmon Season Options. 7:11/01<BR>
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Oregon Legislature to Address Fish Protections for <BR>
Tillamook State Forest on 24 and 26 March. 7:11/03<BR>
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Rogue River's Boondoggle Elk Creek Dam Saved <BR>
Again by Congressional Rider. 7:11/05<BR>
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WWF Issues Report Finding Fish Farms Are Threatening <BR>
World's Wild Fish Stocks. 7:11/07<BR>
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Three New Studies Add to Large Body of Evidence <BR>
Documenting Benefits of Fish in Human Diet. 7:11/09<BR>
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7:11/01. PACIFIC COUNCIL TACKLES MARINE RESERVES,<B=
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2003 SALMON SEASON OPTIONS AT SACRAMENTO MEETING:<BR>
The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) wound up its week<BR>
long meeting in Sacramento, California on 14 March, following lengthy<BR>
discussions on marine protected areas and the selection of three options<BR>
for the regulation of the 2003 ocean salmon fishery (see Sublegals,<BR>
7:10/02). In discussions with National Marine Sanctuary<BR>
representatives, the PFMC asked for a representative of the National<BR>
Fisheries Conservation Center to appear before the Council's Scientific<BR>
& Statistical Committee (SSC) in April to explain the Center's activitie=
s. <BR>
The Council then directed a letter be sent to the Monterey Bay National<BR>
Marine Sanctuary: 1) asking the sanctuary's perspective of the process of<BR=
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"imposing specific fishery regulations" in sanctuary areas; 2) asking<BR>
about the sanctuary's Designation Document change process, and how<BR>
the Council should participate; and 3) reaffirming that the Council wants<BR=
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to coordinate with any West Coast sanctuary on proposals to change<BR>
fishing regulations within sanctuary boundaries. <BR>
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The also PFMC received a presentation from the Chan=
nel Islands<BR>
National Marine Sanctuary (CINMS) regarding the designation of<BR>
marine reserves within the state waters of that sanctuary and CINMS<BR>
plans for extending the reserves into federal waters. The CINMS<BR>
manager then read a written statement from the National Marine<BR>
Sanctuary headquarters claiming sanctuary authority over fisheries and<BR>
stating that if the Pacific Council did not agree to the proposed reserves<B=
R>
and fishery regulation CINMS requested, the sanctuary would take over<BR>
fisheries within sanctuary waters. CINMS reported it planned to change=
<BR>
its Designation Document to give it such authority. The PFMC deferred<=
BR>
action on the process for consideration of Marine Reserves in federal<BR>
waters in or near the CINMS until a proposal from the CINMS staff is<BR>
received. Some council members and staff in off-the-record conversation<BR>
referred to the national sanctuary office as a kind of "North Korea."<BR>
<BR>
On salmon, the PFMC selected three options for the=20=
commercial and<BR>
recreational ocean salmon fisheries for public review, prior to selecting a<=
BR>
final option at its April meeting to submit to the Secretary of Commerce. <B=
R>
The options mostly provide for a season structure as good or slightly<BR>
better than 2002, owing to the abundance of some runs of fall chinook<BR>
and healthy stocks of hatchery coho in the Northwest. Some of the<BR>
noteworthy aspects of the options adopted, include:<BR>
<BR>
* All three options allow for a 15 March commercial troll opener<BR>
between Cape Falcon and the Oregon/California border (a carry-over<BR>
from the 2002 regulations) with Options 1 and 2 calling for a 1 March<BR>
opener for this area in 2004. <BR>
<BR>
* All three options call for a 1-30 September chinook fishery between<BR>
the Oregon-California border and the Humboldt South Jetty (Eureka) for<BR>
a 10,000 fish quota. <BR>
<BR>
* All three options provide for a May fishery in Fort Bragg (Horse<BR>
Mountain to Point Arena) and a July through September fishery; Option<BR>
1 would not open until 17 July, while the other two open the 1st, with<BR>
daily quotas of 150 fish per day (Option 2) or 100 fish per day per vessel<B=
R>
(Option 3). Options 2 and 3 thus mean the season will be open during<BR>
the 4th of July and Fort Bragg's "World's Largest Salmon Barbecue" that<BR>
raises funds for salmon restoration programs. <BR>
<BR>
* All three options allow for a 1 May - 30 September fishery from Point<BR>
Arena to the California-Mexico border. <BR>
<BR>
* All three options allow for a fishery in state waters between Point<BR>
Reyes and Pigeon Point (targeting Sacramento fall-run chinook) from<BR>
1-17 October.<BR>
<BR>
Three "official" public hearings have been schedule=
d; it has not been<BR>
announced whether the California-sponsored Moss Landing hearing will<BR>
also occur this year. The regularly scheduled public hearings on the 2003<BR=
>
ocean salmon fishery will be held as follows:<BR>
<BR>
* Monday, 31 March, The Chateau Westport, Westport, Washington. <BR>
* Monday, 31 March, The Red Lion Inn, Coos Bay, Oregon. <BR>
* Tuesday, 1 April, The Red Lion Inn, Eureka, California.<BR>
<BR>
For a summary of the 10-14 March meeting, go to:<BR>
www.pcouncil.org/decisions/0303decisions.html; for information on the<BR>
6-11 April Pacific Council meeting that will be held in Vancouver,<BR>
Washington, go to: www.pcouncil.org/events/2003/pfmc0403.html.<BR>
<BR>
7:11/02. WARNINGS OF NEW KLAMATH FISH KILLS, CALLS<=
BR>
FOR EFFORT LIMITS ON CRAB FISHERIES AND CURBS ON<BR>
TRANSGENIC FISH HIGHLIGHT 31ST ANNUAL FISHERIES<BR>
FORUM: While the Pacific Fishery Management Council was meeting<BR>
across town, fishermen, scientists and conservationists converged on the<BR>
California State Capitol in Sacramento on 12 March, for the 31st Annual<BR>
Legislative Fisheries Forum (see Sublegals, 7:10/01). Highlights of a<=
BR>
jammed-packed agenda included warnings from PCFFA Vice-President<BR>
Dave Bitts and Trinity County Planner Tom Stokely of more fish kills in<BR>
the Klamath and Trinity Rivers unless immediate changes by the U.S.<BR>
Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) in project operations were made (see<BR>
Sublegals, 7:09/03). On other salmon issues, California Trout's Tom<BR>
Wesseloh reported on interminable delays in getting state protection for<BR>
Endangered Species Act-listed coho salmon, while PCFFA's Zeke<BR>
Grader suggested the "privatization" of dam removal to get around<BR>
agency roadblocks and cost overruns in removing antiquated structures<BR>
blocking fish migration. Sara Randall, an Americorps intern in the IFR<BR>
office, reported on her federal service's Watershed Stewards Program<BR>
efforts at restoring salmon habitat. <BR>
<BR>
Crab fishermen Chuck Wise and Phil Beguhl called fo=
r effort<BR>
limitations for crab fisheries: a trap limit per vessel for the central<BR>
California Dungeness fishery and limited entry for the southern<BR>
California rock crab fishery. Santa Barbara fisherman Mike McCorkle<BR=
>
discussed the trawl fisheries for California halibut and sea cucumbers,<BR>
describing the difference between these fisheries conducted mostly by<BR>
small vessels using light gear on soft bottoms and heavier trawls used by<BR=
>
larger vessels on hard bottoms. The Natural Resource Defense Council's=
<BR>
Karen Garrison raised concerns about the types of trawls that destroy<BR>
habitats or result in bycatch. IFR's Natasha Benjamin, in her testimony to<B=
R>
the Joint Committee on Fisheries & Aquaculture, was highly critical of<B=
R>
the California Department of Fish & Game's and the Fish & Game<BR>
Commission's decision to adopt regulations allowing the<BR>
commercialization of transgenic fish in the state (see Sublegals,<BR>
7:07/08). IFR's Ky Russell, meanwhile, outlined plans for better<BR>
fishermen-scientist collaboration in fishery research and stock<BR>
monitoring.<BR>
<BR>
Other testimony during the four hour hearing includ=
ed a report by<BR>
PCFFA President Pietro Parravano on the work of the Pew Oceans<BR>
Commission, where he told the Committee the issuance of the<BR>
Commission's final report would be delayed from its scheduled 9 April<BR>
release date due to the impending war with Iraq. The Alliance of<BR>
Communities for Sustainable Fisheries' Mike Ricketts told the legislators<BR=
>
present of the problems fishermen were faced with by plans for massive<BR>
marine reserves and the management of the Monterey Bay National<BR>
Marine Sanctuary. Nearshore fishermen Jim Bassler and Bill James<BR>
called for adherence to California's Marine Life Management Act and for<BR>
legislators to resist calls to give any one group special preferences. The<B=
R>
issue of fishery data management and access was provided in a report by<BR>
another Americorps intern, Reid Bryson, describing the development and<BR>
utilization of the resource information system, KRIS, for watersheds and,<BR=
>
in the future, coastal waters. Finally, consumer issues were addressed=
in<BR>
testimony by Jennifer Dianto of the Monterey Bay Aquarium's Seafood<BR>
Watch Program and Ecotrust's Elaine Brady.<BR>
<BR>
At the outset of the Forum, fishery researcher Paul=
Dayton of Scripps<BR>
Institute was presented a resolution in honor of his work, as was IFR on<BR>
the occasion of the organization's 10th anniversary. Following the Forum<BR>
a seafood reception was held at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament,<BR>
hosted by the fishing industry, for legislators and invited agency staff<BR>
and Pacific Council members. The reception, coordinated by Marylee<BR>
Battistella and Larry Miyamura with some 40 volunteers, featured<BR>
sustainably harvested California seafood ranging from king salmon to<BR>
sand dabs, Dungeness crab and spiny lobster, albacore and blackcod, uni<BR>
(sea urchin) and sardines, pink shrimp, two species of squid and halibut. <B=
R>
For more information on this year's Forum, contact the California<BR>
Legislature's Joint Committee on Fisheries & Aquaculture Consultant,<BR>
Mary Morgan, at (916) 319-3823.<BR>
<BR>
7:11/03: OREGON LEGISLATURE TO CONSIDER SALMO=
N<BR>
PROTECTIONS FOR TILLAMOOK STATE FOREST ON 24 AND 26<BR>
MARCH: Oregon's Tillamook State Forest contains the last, best<BR>
spawning and rearing streams for threatened coho salmon, as well as<BR>
coastal chinook and steelhead runs remaining on the Oregon coast. <BR>
Surrounded by degraded industrial forestlands, Tillamook State Forest is<BR>
now the only major tract of publicly owned lands in Northwest Oregon.<BR>
It, and its neighboring Clatsop State Forest, were reforested in a massive<B=
R>
publicly-funded effort after a series of devastating forest fires in the<BR>
1930's that were fueled by slash from massive logging operations. After<BR>
the fires, rather than being reforested the lands were simply<BR>
abandonment by timber company owners, causing the lands to revert<BR>
eventually to state ownership in a series of tax foreclosures. Nearly 70<BR>
years later the forest is maturing and is the "crown jewel" for salmon<BR>
recovery efforts in Northwest Oregon, but is slated by the Oregon<BR>
Department of Forestry for intensive logging operations soon, under the<BR>
existing state forest management plan. That plan would jeopardize many<BR>
of those last good salmon streams. Local commercial and recreational<B=
R>
fishing organizations, conservation groups and businesses are pushing<BR>
for an alternative plan for the Tillamook State Forest that would limit<BR>
logging to no more than 50 percent of the forest as well as provide<BR>
special protections for clean water and salmon streams. For more<BR>
information contact the Tillamook Rainforest Coalition at:<BR>
http://www.tillamookrainforest.org.<BR>
<BR>
On the 24 and 26 March, the Oregon Senate Agricultu=
re & Natural<BR>
Resources Committee will be considering an Oregon legislative bill, SB<BR>
430, that would give first priority to non-consumptive uses, including<BR>
salmon protections and clean water resources, in up to 50 percent of the<BR>
Tillamook State Forest, leaving non-sensitive areas still available for<BR>
selective timber harvesting on a sustainable basis. Citizens concerned=
<BR>
with the future of this state forest will be allowed to testify on both days=
. <BR>
The hearing starts at 0800 HRS on both days. For more information or a=
<BR>
copy of the bill, search the Oregon Legislature's bill website at:<BR>
http://www.leg.state.or.us/billsset.htm. For more information contact<=
BR>
Sybil Ackerman at (503) 292-6855 x 110 or by e-mail at:<BR>
sackerma@audubonportland.org.<BR>
<BR>
7:11/04. PROCEEDING OF SALMON ENHANCEMENT<BR>
WORKSHOP AVAILABLE: Ireland's Central Fisheries Board has<BR>
announced the availability of the proceeding of the 13th International<BR>
Salmonid Habitat Enhancement Workshop that was held last September<BR>
in Ireland and hosted by the Board. For more information, go to:<BR>
http://www.cfb.ie/salmonid_workshop/index.htm.<BR>
<BR>
7:11/05. ANOTHER BOONDOGGLE DAM THAT WON'T DI=
E:<BR>
Like Rasputin, the Elk Creek Dam on Oregon's Rogue River is an evil<BR>
that just won't die. It is the dam that nobody wants and nobody needs=20=
-<BR>
not the federal fish agencies, not the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers<BR>
(COE), not the State of Oregon. Nobody, apparently, except U.S.<BR>
Representative Greg Walden (R-OR), who has followed in his<BR>
predecessors' footsteps to yet again rescue the unfinished, expensive,<BR>
abandoned and unwanted dam from a plan by the COE to "notch" the<BR>
one-third completed plug of concrete that blocks a major salmon river so<BR>
Endangered Species Act (ESA)-listed coho can pass through it to their<BR>
spawning grounds. A little noticed "rider" slipped into the Omnibus<BR=
>
Appropriations Bill for fiscal year 2003, signed by the President on 20<BR>
February (P.L. 108-7), prohibits COE from notching Elk Creek Dam and<BR>
directs the agency to revive and expand a failing fish trucking program<BR>
instead. Litigation by PCFFA and other organizations (see Sublegals,<B=
R>
3:05/08; 1:13/01; 1:01/07) resulted in a formal National Marine<BR>
Fisheries Services (NMFS) Biological Opinion (BiOp) stating that only<BR>
notching the dam will prevent "jeopardy" to threatened coho runs that<BR>
are blocked by the dam. The BiOp specifically concluded that trucking<BR>
salmon around the dam was biologically insufficient to prevent their<BR>
extinction. <BR>
<BR>
The dam was begun by the Corps years ago but abando=
ned in 1987. It<BR>
since has been declared by COE as unneeded and unnecessary. COE has<BR=
>
been trying to notch the dam - the only alternative that will satisfy ESA<BR=
>
requirements - for several years now, each time blocked by a similar<BR>
Congressional rider (see Sublegals, 6:03/05; 4:20/14). The dam<BR>
notching is being opposed by local land developers, who hope the dam<BR>
can someday be completed, making their property more valuable. Fish<BR>
trap and haul measures not only would violate the ESA, but are unlikely<BR>
to work, and are far more expensive in the long run than simply notching<BR>
the dam. Taxpayer watchdog groups have also favored notching, since<BR=
>
trap and haul options are a permanent and unnecessary drain on the<BR>
taxpayers. Former Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber also opposed the<BR>
rider in a number of letters to members of Congress. Fifty conservation,<BR>
recreational and commercial fishing organizations (including PCFFA)<BR>
wrote to members of Congress on 16 September 2002 opposing the<BR>
continued support of trap and haul measures at Elk Creek Dam and<BR>
backing the Corps' efforts to notch the dam to re-establish fish passage<BR>
for coho and other species. That letter is posted at:<BR>
http://www.onrc.org/info/elkcreekdam/smithletter.html. For more<BR>
information on the Elk Creek Dam see:<BR>
http://www.onrc.org/info/elkcreekdam.<BR>
<BR>
7:11/06. PROTESTS AGAINST FARMED SALMON AT BOSTON<B=
R>
SEAFOOD SHOW: The first major protest against farmed salmon on<BR>
the U.S. eastern seaboard was held at the opening of the 2003<BR>
International Boston Seafood Show, 10-14 March (see Sublegals,<BR>
7:10/07), to "blow the whistle" on environmental problems created by<BR>
the salmon farming industry. At the protest, the Massachusetts Public<=
BR>
Interest Research Group (MASSPIRG), U.S. Public Interest Research<BR>
Group (U.S. PIRG), National Environmental Law Center and<BR>
Massachusetts Sierra Club called on supermarkets and restaurants to<BR>
disclose to consumers where their salmon comes from and what<BR>
additives it may contain. The groups also urged consumers to demand<BR=
>
that the salmon they buy be caught or raised in an environmentally<BR>
sustainable manner. "Although farmed salmon may be cheap to buy in<BR>
the supermarket, it comes with a heavy but hidden environmental price<BR>
tag," warned MASSPIRG's Iris Vicencio-Garaygay. "Consumers should<BR>
know the true price of salmon before throwing another salmon steak on<BR>
the grill."<BR>
<BR>
The idea that farmed salmon is good for the environ=
ment is a myth,<BR>
the groups said. They pointed out that a typical salmon farm, which<BR=
>
packs hundreds of thousands of fish into an array of sea cages moored<BR>
just off-shore, discharges a wide range of pollutants into fragile<BR>
ecosystems in places such as Downeast Maine. Over the years, these<BR>
pollutants have included: antibiotics, pesticides, toxic materials use=
d to<BR>
coat the cages, thousands of tons of fish waste products, and escaping<BR>
farm-bred fish themselves, which threaten the survival of wild salmon<BR>
because they can interbreed and spread disease and parasites. Maine's<=
BR>
wild Atlantic salmon were placed on the federal Endangered Species List<BR>
in November 2000. The groups rejected the idea that salmon farming<BR>
reduces pressure on wild fisheries, since salmon farmers consume over<BR>
two pounds of wild fish, which they grind up to make feed pellets, for<BR>
every pound of farmed salmon they harvest. For more information on the<BR>
U.S. East Coast salmon farm protest, contact Ariana Wohl at (617)<BR>
422-0880. <BR>
<BR>
7:11/07. WWF REPORT FINDS FISH FARMS ARE DEPLETING<=
BR>
WORLD'S STOCKS OF WILD FISH: A few weeks prior to the Boston<BR>
Seafood Show farmed salmon protest (see 7:11/06 above), the World<BR>
Wildlife Fund (WWF) released its report that fish farms are a "mounting<BR>
threat to depleted world stocks because more and more wild fish are<BR>
being fed to their caged cousins." Issued on 25 February in Oslo, the<=
BR>
report found "four kilos (8.8 lb) of wild-caught fish are needed to<BR>
produce one kilo of farmed fish." According to a Reuters article, WWF<=
BR>
urged reform of fish farming ranging from species like salmon, trout,<BR>
tuna and sea bream to crustaceans like prawns. "World farmed<BR>
production roughly doubled in the past decade to 20 million tons a year,<BR>
increasing demand for oil and fishmeal, made from species such as blue<BR>
whiting and pilchards, to feed the farmed fish," said WWF. "Without<BR>
reform the fast-growing industry could be consuming all the world's fish<BR>
oil and half of its fishmeal by 2010, up from 70 percent of fish oil and 34<=
BR>
percent of fishmeal now." WWF urged more research into alternative<BR>
feeds for farmed fish, including vegetable proteins such as soya or corn<BR>
gluten, use of fish offal or use of trawlers' by-catches that are often<BR>
dumped in the sea. Another possibility was to set up fish farms for<BR>
industrial species that could be reared on a vegetable diet. For more<BR>
information on the WWF report, see the Reuters article at:<BR>
http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/science/02/18/fish.farms.reut/index.ht<BR>
ml.<BR>
<BR>
7:11/08. NMFS ISSUES REPORT ON 2001 U.S. FISHERIES<=
BR>
DEVOID OF INFORMATION: The National Marine Fisheries Service<BR>
(NMFS) has released its 2001 report, "Our Nation's Living Oceans." <BR>
Unlike previous versions of "Our Living Oceans," published by this<BR>
Commerce Department agency, the 2001 version is a glossy, full-color<BR>
44-page booklet without any substantive information on fisheries and<BR>
devoid of statistics, such as landing data for the various fisheries. "It is=
<BR>
nothing more than an agency puff piece published at taxpayer expense; it<BR>
is all style and no substance," is the way one fishing industry veteran<BR>
described this latest version of "Our Living Oceans." It is on-l=
ine at:<BR>
http://nmfs.noaa.gov. <BR>
&nbs=
p; &n=
bsp; <BR>
7:11/09. DIET HIGH IN FISH OIL PROVEN TO HAVE<BR>
NUMEROUS HEALTH BENEFITS: Three new studies emphasize the<BR>
importance of fish in the human diet. The first, reported by the Irish<BR>
Times, is a study done at the University of Ulster by Dr. Emeir Duffy<BR>
and Dr. Gary Meenagh, examining the effects of fish oil on Lupus<BR>
sufferers. Lupus is an immune disorder, in which the body's immune<BR>
system starts attacking healthy cells and tissues. This causes serious<BR>
inflammation, sometimes ending in death. The study showed that when<BR=
>
sufferers of lupus took fish oil supplements three times per day for 24<BR>
weeks, their condition improved, with a reduction in fatigue and a<BR>
reduction of disease activity being the most notable developments. The<BR>
best sources of fish oil are in these fish: mackerel, lake trout, herring,<B=
R>
sardines, tuna, and salmon. A Canadian study, meanwhile, has found that<BR>
a fish-based diet was better than lean beef or poultry when it comes to<BR>
raising protective high-density lipoprotein (HDL). <BR>
<BR>
In a third study, the U.S. Department of Agricultur=
e (USDA) and the<BR>
U.S. National Institutes of Health (NIH) examined the benefits of a<BR>
fish-based diet compared to a lean beef diet to see the effect on blood<BR>
levels of healthy fatty acids (omega-3). In this study, the same 10 adults<B=
R>
were kept on a strict diet of beef and then fish. A significant increase<BR>
was found in the participants' eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA) and<BR>
docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) (omega 3 fatty acids) when the diet was<BR>
changed to fish. The study concluded that in a couple of weeks you<BR>
could double your level of DHA just by eating fish. Earlier studies ha=
d<BR>
found that Omega 3 fatty acids can help prevent and treat heart disease,<BR>
depression and arthritis, as well as regulate heart rhythm, brain function<B=
R>
and nervous system function. For more information on the University of<BR>
Ulster lupus study, go to:<BR>
http://www.ireland.com/cgi-bin/dialogserver?SAVEDB=3Dnewspaper&Q<BR>
UERY00=3Dlupus+and+fish&STARTDATE0=3D3%2F12%2F2003&ENDD<BR>
ATE0=3D3%2F12%2F2001&DB=3Dnewspaper&ORGANISE_CODED=3D&T<BR>
HRESHOLD=3D90&Search.x=3D0&Search.y=3D0. <BR>
<BR>
7:11/10. MOVING TO "FAIR TRADE" LABELING FOR<BR>
SEAFOOD IS SUBJECT OF MARCH FISHERMEN'S NEWS<BR>
ARTICLE: The March 2003 issue of the Fishermen's News (pp. 20-22)<BR>
features a PCFFA/IFR prepared article, "Going Beyond Fish<BR>
Eco-Labeling; Is it Time For Fair Trade Certification Too?" For more<BR>
information on the March Fishermen's News, go to:<BR>
www.fishermensnews.com. The article can be viewed on the PCFFA<BR>
website at: www.pcffa.org/fn-mar03.htm.<BR>
<BR>
7:11/11. IFR PARTICIPATION WITH THANKSGIVING<BR>
COFFEE'S CORNUCOPIA PROGRAM TO RAISE FUNDS FOR FISH<BR>
RESTORATION: The Institute for Fisheries Resources (IFR) has joined<BR>
forces with Thanksgiving Coffee Company<BR>
(www.thanksgivingcoffee.org) in a fundraising effort, under the<BR>
company's Cornucopia Coffee Program. Called "Coffee Serving<BR>
Community - Community Serving Coffee," the program will allow<BR>
customers of Thanksgiving Coffee to donate $2.25 to the IFR fish<BR>
restoration efforts for each package of coffee purchased. The coffee c=
an<BR>
be ordered on the web or over the phone and delivered to your home. <B=
R>
<BR>
Thanksgiving is well known for its high quality cof=
fees. It has been<BR>
in business on the Noyo River in the fishing community of Fort Bragg<BR>
since 1971. In addition to the wide-selection of coffees it offers, it=
<BR>
proudly promotes organic, shade grown, fair trade coffees that go<BR>
hand-in-hand with the efforts of the men and women in our fleet,<BR>
working to fish sustainably and deliver to the public natural, healthful<BR>
and high quality fish and shellfish. This collaboration is a natural - good<=
BR>
coffee, good fish. You can buy coffee from a company that is building<BR>
demand for sustainable coffee production and promoting the health of<BR>
the environment and its biodiversity -- an ethic we all share here at IFR. <=
BR>
This is truly "voting with your pocketbook!" ... and wait until you taste<BR=
>
the coffee. To order coffee you can call Carol or David Woolis at<BR>
1-800-648-6491 or go to<BR>
https://web.mcn.org/l/tcc/thanksgivingcoffee/cornucopia/orderformsecur<BR>
e.html and order online. Be sure to mention/reference the Institute fo=
r<BR>
Fisheries Resources.<BR>
<BR>
Paying Attention? Three recent studies have been released on the healt=
h<BR>
benefits of fish in the human diet. Which of the following is one of those<B=
R>
benefits found by researchers?<BR>
<BR>
A) Fish oil added to foods served in school lunch menus can reduce the<BR>
incidence of hyper-activity in adolescents and language deficit disorder<BR>
in teenagers.<BR>
B) Substances found in farmed salmon can help to make human flesh<BR>
redder in color and reduce the incidence of algal infections.<BR>
C) A mixture taken of juice extracted from oysters and oil from sardines<BR>
will enlarge the male "member" and increase erections three-fold. The<BR>
substance is now available over the Internet.<BR>
D) Lupus suffers who took large doses of fish oil regularly have seen a<BR>
reduction in fatigue and a reduction of disease activity. <BR>
<BR>
E-Mail your answer to "Editor" at: sublegals@ifrfish.org. <BR>
<BR>
And the Winner is......last week's winner was Wayne=
Salmon, who<BR>
correctly answered that "B) By cutting back releases from Folsom Dam,<=
BR>
drying up redds and juvenile chinook and steelhead in the American<BR>
River below the dam" the Bureau of Reclamation caused its first major<BR>
fish kill of 2003. He receives an "Order of the Fringehead" certificat=
e<BR>
and a handsome gray shirt with the cuddly Sarcastic Fringehead<BR>
Sublegals logo.<BR>
<BR>
NEWS, COMMENTS, CORRECTIONS: Submit your news items,<BR>
comments or any corrections to Sara Randall, editor at:<BR>
sublegals@ifrfish.org, or call the IFR/PCFFA office with the news and a<BR>
source at either: (415) 561-FISH (Southwest Office) or (541) 689-2000<BR>
(Northwest Office). <BR>
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