Conservation and Environment

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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) — Scientists want to know if an underwater cannon can protect valuable Great Lakes fish from a greedy predator.

The round goby (GOH'-bee) is an exotic species that hangs around spawning beds, gobbling up eggs of native varieties such as lake trout and whitefish that are important to the fishing industry. Read complete story on Huffingtonpost.com

From Huffington Post

State Of The Ocean

If the current actions contributing to a multifaceted degradation of the world's oceans aren't curbed, a mass extinction unlike anything human history has ever seen is coming, an expert panel of scientists warns in an alarming new report.

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Courtesy of Barb Elliott, Salt City Bassmasters

The NYS DEC is considering possible regulation changes to increase catch and release bass fishing opportunities. As you should know it has been an extremely long process to get to where we are with the current regulations. And by all accounts bass anglers have thoroughly enjoyed the increased opportunities and bass populations have been sustainable.

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B.A.S.S. News

OKAUCHEE, Wis. — Wisconsin has joined the rest of the United States in permitting the practice of “culling” bass. Gov. Scott Walker signed the Wisconsin “culling bill” into law during ceremonies at the Golden Mast Inn Restaurant, located on the shores of Okauchee Lake, one of Wisconsin’s most popular bass tournament lakes.

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From WLNS.com
By JAY LINDSAY, Associated Press

BOSTON (AP) - For the first time in at least a century, U.S. fishermen won't take too much of any species from the sea, one of the nation's top fishery scientists says.

The projected end of overfishing comes during a turbulent fishing year that's seen New England fishermen switch to a radically new management system. But scientist Steve Murawski said that for the first time in written fishing history, which goes back to 1900, "As far as we know, we've hit the right levels, which is a milestone." Read entire story on WLNS.com

From Aol News SURGE DESK
Yelena Shuster Contributor

Maybe it's time to start storing those emergency food rations.

Hundreds of thousands of small fish have died in Maryland's Chesapeake Bay. This marks the fourth reported incident of mass wildlife death in the past week -- but at least this one has a simple explanation.

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From Aol News
By MALCOLM FOSTER, AP

TOKYO -Representatives to a U.N. conference on biodiversity agreed early Saturday to expand protected areas on land and at sea in the hopes of slowing the rate of extinction of the world's animals and plants and preventing further damage to its ecosystems.

After marathon negotiations that stretched hours past the designated time, delegates also managed to overcome divisions between rich and poor countries to agree to share access to and the benefits of genetic resources such as plants whose extracts have been developed into medicines — a key sticking point that had threatened to doom the entire two-week meeting in Nagoya, southwest of Tokyo. Read entire article on Aol News (Note, the United States is one of only 3 countries in the world not a member of this agreement.)

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Katie Drummond Contributor

(Oct. 6) -- Hockey prowess, health care norms and the correct way to pronounce the letter "O."

On these fundamental disagreements, Canadians and Americans might never see eye-to-eye. But where invasive species of fish are concerned, researchers in the two countries are ready to team up and fight back.
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