Archive | September, 2011

Anchorage Daily News: Budget Items In D.C. Affect Alaska Fisheries – September 18, 2011

Anchorage Daily News: Budget Items In D.C. Affect Alaska Fisheries Fisheries are on the receiving end of federal dollars, instead of the other way around. As congressional lawmakers slash budgets in D.C., money for all-important fishery stock assessments was actually increased from $51 million to $67 million for the next fiscal year, the amount requested [...]

San Diego Union-Tribune: Agencies Prepare To Carve Up Coastal Waters – September 17, 2011

San Diego Union-Tribune: Agencies Prepare To Carve Up Coastal Waters State officials decided last week that a hotly contested set of marine protected areas will take effect in the nearshore waters of Southern California on Jan. 1. That planning process split the region into pro-fishing and no-fishing camps since it started in 2008, but it [...]