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NOAA names new fisheries science adviser |
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Richard Merrick, who works at the Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, has been named chief science adviser for NOAA Fisheries. In announcing the appointment Thursday, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Merrick has 26 years of experience with NOAA, beginning in Alaska where he spent 12 years. Since 1997, he has been attached to the Woods Hole-based science center, where he directed extensive research on sea mammals and most recently oversaw the regional fisheries' stock assessments. Officials at NOAA previously noted the chief science adviser serves as "the principal spokesperson on scientific and technology issues and guides and directs the work of the agency's six regional science centers." |
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Scientists call for end to deep-sea fishing |
| Industrial fishing in the deep sea should be banned because it has depleted fish stocks that take longer to recover than other species, according to a paper to be released this week by an international team of marine scientists. | |||
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Scallop survey: abundance increasing in Cobscook Bay |
| ELLSWORTH, Maine —- A survey of scallop abundance Down East shows that at least some stocks are recovering after their number dipped dangerously low a few years ago. | |||
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NOAA cites new data, hikes skate catch limits |
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is proposing a 56 percent — or 17 million pound — increase in this year's skate catch. The action is based on what NOAA says is new scientific information, data that also reflects longstanding industry insistence that skates — taken largely as bycatch by groundfishermen — are a stock complex in far better shape than the government believed or was willing to admit. Skates have been about an $8-10 million annual industry based on vessel revenues in recent years. NOAA's proposed "emergency" action cannot become rule until after the closing of the public comment period on Sept. 14. Because trip limits would not change, the proposal is seen as allowing the region's major skate processors in Gloucester and New Bedford to maintain supplies throughout the 12-month fishing cycle, which for skates and groundfish end April 30. |
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VIDEO: KGO San Francisco: FDA helps create DNA database for fish |
| How do you know the fish you buy is really what it's supposed to be? The answer is often you don't. So the U.S. Food and Drug Administration is trying to protect consumers using DNA identification. It's a global project, and the Philippines is believed to have more types of fish than almost any place on Earth, so it's a great place to collect specimens. ABC7 News was the only TV station to go there with American researchers working to keep our food safe. | |||
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- Profile of Jane Lubchenco, From OSU researcher to NOAA administrator
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