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Ocean acidification poses imminent threat to Alaskan fishing communities
2014-08-09 12:08:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Salon: Keeping Alaskas fisheries wild and sustainable is going to be a serious challenge in the years ahead as our oceans become more acidic, and that in turn, is going put many Alaskans subsistence way of life at risk, says a new report. Many of the nutritionally and economically valuable marine fisheries in the state are located in waters that are already experiencing ocean acidification, says the report, Ocean Acidification Risk Assessment for Alaskas Fishery Sector that was published online...
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Sailors Society and Homer Foundation to fund fishing boats for Filipino seafarers
2014-08-08 01:00:00| Ship Technology
International seafarers' support charity Sailor's Society is partnering with the Homer Foundation to provide fishing boats to the families of struggling seafarers in Philippines.
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Obama to Protect Pacific Ocean from Fishing and Energy Exploration
2014-06-17 17:02:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Nature World: President Barack Obama will announce Tuesday plans to create what could be the world's largest marine sanctuary, an initiative that will protect large swaths of the Pacific Ocean from overfishing, energy exploration and other human activities, according to White House officials. Slated to go into effect later this year after a comment period, the proposal could double the area of global ocean that is fully protected. Secretary of State John F. Kerry and White House counselor John D. Podesta led...
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A fishing trip that pays for itself
2014-06-06 14:38:28| Energy - Topix.net
The Bonneville Power Administration pays anglers for catching pikeminnows as part of its work to improve salmon runs harmed by federal hydroelectric dams.
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Alaska fishing community sues U.S. interior secretary over road plan
2014-06-05 03:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An isolated Alaska fishing community filed a federal lawsuit on Wednesday challenging a decision by Interior Secretary Sally Jewell that stopped it from building a road through a wildlife preserve to an all-weather airport. King Cove, in the Aleutian Islands chain, is inaccessible by land. It is seeking to reverse Jewell's decision last December that halted the community's a plan for the 10-mile (16-km) road using land exchanged as part of a 2009 plan approved by Congress. Jewell cited the potential...
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