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NOAA's Steve Murawski says fishermen could increase credibility by contributing to data collection about Oceans |
| They may have one of the toughest and most romanticised occupations on the blue planet, but many people are “suspicious” of those who make their living from the sea, a leading US marine scientist has said in Galway. | |||
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NOAA Claims Scientists Reviewed Controversial Report; The Scientists Say Otherwise |
| In responding to the growing furor over the public release of a scientifically dubious and overly rosy federal report about the fate of the oil that BP spilled in the Gulf of Mexico, NOAA director Jane Lubchenco has repeatedly fallen back on one particular line of defense -- that independent scientists had given it their stamp of approval. | |||
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Sonar-like project brings new precision to fish counts |
| Last Wednesday, in an old World War II bunker converted into a lecture hall on the campus of the Northeastern University's Marine Science Center here, lead scientists in the OAWRS project briefed a prestigious audience that included U.S. Sen. John Kerry and Congressman John Tierney on the evolution of the science and its potential for reducing uncertainty in fishery regulation. | |||
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NOAA: Inshore and Offshore Trawl Vessels Fishing for Squid, Study Fleet Opportunity |
| The NEFSC Cooperative Research Program has posted a solicitation on FedBizOpps.GOV for Study Fleet Northeast and Mid-Atlantic trawl vessels fishing for squid. Vessels home ported outside of the New England/Southern New England area may be required to travel to Point Judith, RI or New Bedford, MA for program set-up and initial training. | |||
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Trawl Surveys Look to Help |
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(July 29, 2010) The East Hampton Town Trustees and the town’s Department of Natural Resources are working with scientists from the State University at Stony Brook to learn more about winter flounder in the hope of increasing their population. |
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BOSTON HERALD: Fishing for help
It shouldn’t be the Wild West out there on the high seas, but as one sign in the flotilla said, “Fishing families are working families.” That is a message Obama and his underlings should remember.
