News regarding our Oceans, Fisheries, Seafood, and the Environment

U.S. halts commercial salmon season
Regulators are trying to protect slumping chinook population off California and Oregon.
By Eric Bailey, Los Angeles Times Staff Writer, April 11, 2008

Commercial trollers express support for full closure of season
By Winston Ross, The Register-Guard: April 1, 2008S

State EPA chief seeks probe of 2 sewage spills in Marin
She criticizes agencies for delay in telling officials, public of hazardous discharges.
Lagos, Marisa. San Francisco Chronicle. San Francisco Chronicle Feb 7 2008.

Salmon arriving in record low numbers
Jane Kay, Chronicle Environment Writer. January 30, 2008.

Why cleanup of oil spill lagged
A Coast Guard focus on security may have been to blame for delays in the West Coast cleanup.
By Ben Arnoldy | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor

Schwarzenegger halts crabbing, fishing until at least December
Brian Hoffman, Chronicle Staff Writer, November 13, 2007

Dick Cheney - Leaving No Tracks
Law and science seemed to be on the side of the fish. Then the vice president stepped in.
By Jo Becker and Barton Gellman, Washington Post Staff Writer, June27, 2007

Fishermen ask state regulators to support limits on crab fishing
Terence Chea, Associated Press Writer, March 18, 2005


Fish and fishers come to market (an article about Hudson Fish)
Olivia Wu, SF Chronicle Wednesday, July 23, 2003

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