Real trouble could be ahead for Gulf fish, wildlife, researcher warns
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Has the canary in Louisiana’s coastal ecosystem started coughing? That question echoed across the Gulf last week after the release of a study led by LSU revealed that the Gulf killifish, a lowly marsh minnow known locally as a “cocahoe,” showed signs of the hydrocarbon poisoning that was a precursor to the collapse of some fish and wildlife populations in Alaska after the Exxon Valdez spill.
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NOAA report: Gulf shrimpers top killer of sea turtles in U.S. in 2005
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A new national report on commercial fishing bycatch released by NOAA Fisheries states that at least 11,772 sea turtles were seriously injured or killed by U.S. fisheries in 2005. And of all the fishing operations, Gulf of Mexico shrimpers had the worst bycatch ratio.
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TDDs expected to reduce turtle deaths
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The New England Fishery Management Council
has approved regulations for the Atlantic scallop fishery that will
require modified fishing gear in specified areas and during times when
sea turtles are present.
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New Study: Gulf Spill Oil Threatens Fish Biology
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The first study showing the biological impacts to wildlife from last year’s Gulf oil spill has just been published in PNAS, and the news is not good for fish populations.
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NOAA releases first national bycatch report
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A new NOAA report of data collected in 2005 will help the agency’s scientists better monitor progress in reducing bycatch – the non-target fish, marine mammals, sea turtles, and seabirds caught incidentally in fishing.
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