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| J. Hampton, J.R. Sibert, and P. Kleiber | Effect of longlining on pelagic fish stocks - tuna scientists reject conclusions of Nature article | A refutation of a highly publicized recent article published in Nature contending that HMS stocks were in far worse shape than they are. | |
| NOAA Fisheries Press Release - Sea turtles | Study shows how adjustments in gear, fishing practice can reduce sea turtle bycatch in longline fishery |
Details of an ongoing and edifyingly successful experiment aimed at reducing the interaction between sea turtles and longline gear |
Sea turtle bycatch experimental fishery |
| NOAA Fisheries Press Release - Proposed Magnuson-Stevens amendments | Bush administration recommends strengthening of magnuson-stevens act | Recommendations by the Bush Administration for upcoming amendments to the Magnuson- Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act. | Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization recommendations |
| Jim Budi | Letter to editor (New Bedford Standard Times) |
A response by Blue Water Fishermen's Association Vice President to the barrage of Pew inspired anti-fishing articles. |
J.Budi's letter to New Bedford Standard Times editor |
| Jason Hardin | State law limiting dolphin fishing ruled unconstitutional | An article from the Charlestown (SC) Post & Courier on a circuit court ruling allowing the sale of commercially caught mahi mahi | Commercial fishermen win victory |
| American Association for the Advancement of Science | Scientists hook the identity of mercury in fish, Science study says |
"Considerable publicity has been given to possible health hazards associated with eating fish, but ingestion of a mercury dose through consumption of fish may have quite different toxicological implications than ingestion of the same mercury dose in the form of other methylmercury compound" |
AAAS Mercury Press Release |
| USDA | Determination of Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids in selected foods (finfish) |
Part of a US Dept. of Agriculture chart indicating the levels of polyunsaturated fats in various species of finfish |
USDA Chart |
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University of Rochester |
No detectable risk from mercury in seafood, study shows |
A press release from the University of Rochester reporting on an extensive research program in the Seychelles Islands |
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Nils Stolpe |
Who, us? |
A exploration of how the fish are actually being divided between the two user groups. |
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Nils Stolpe |
Equity in fisheries management |
An examination of what appears to be the preferential treatment of recreational anglers by the management establishment. |
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Nils Stolpe |
Circle hooks |
The pros (there are a bunch) and the cons (none that we could find) of using circle hooks, and some questions about why they aren't mandatory in recreational fisheries. |
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Nils Stolpe |
What do they really want |
A consideration of the reasons why so-called "environmental organizations" have taken such an interest in creating a fishing crisis. |
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Nils Stolpe |
Fish Wars |
An imaginary "fish war" invented by anti-fishing activists. |
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