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Monterey Bay Aquarium: Seafood Watch Program - Online Seafood Watch Guides for Sustainable Seafood Choices
Hawaii) Trout, Lake (Lake Superior) Tuna, Albacore (Hawaii longline) Tuna, Bigeye (Hawaii troll/pole or handline) Tuna, Bigeye (troll/pole) Tuna, Bigeye (U.S. Atlantic longline) Tuna, Canned Tuna, Skipjack (Hawaii longline) Tuna, Yellowfin (Hawaii ...
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NOAA Fisheries Feature
Coast trap/pot fisheries, addition of high seas fisheries to the List, and splitting the Hawaii longline fishery into two fisheries. Comments on this rule must be received by August 12, 2008 ...
www.nmfs.noaa.gov

Press Conference
Hawaii Longline Fisheries who are using imported crew from the Philippines because they work for less money than the American crews. Photographs recently recovered from the Hawaii Longline Observer Program show the tragic impacts the longline fisheries have on protected species. Some of the photographs ...
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Letter to Congress
State of Hawaii, I am writing to ask your assistance in obtaining a solution to the tragic loss of our Hawaii Longline Fisheries Observer Program. Recently ... Hawaii Longline Fisheries Observer Program. Of that, the program only received one hundred twenty five thousand dollars. With great respect we asking your assistance in encouraging NMFS to immediately fund the Hawaii Longline ...
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SoundNet - Ocean Crisis Caused by Destructive Fishing
Trusts estimates that there are almost two billion hooks set per year by the longline fishing fleet. Longline fishing in all the world's deep oceans kills some 40,000 sea turtles ... protect embattled marine species by closing the West Coast to longlining altogether and restricting the Hawaii longlining fleet from fishing for swordfish. After a legal challenge by the Turtle Island Restoration ...
www.oceania.org.au

The Oceanic Resource Foundation: Underwater Photography / Marine Conservation
Also, a return to the use of harpoon is recommended, rather than longline, as virtually no subsize swordfish or endangered species will become bycatch. And as a consumer ... been identified on populations near the Indian River Lagoon in Florida and Honokawai, West Maui, Hawaii. Both of these areas appear to have significant amounts of nutrient pollution associated with agriculture ...
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NOAA Fisheries - National Marine Fisheries Service
U.S. Navy, has just completed a pioneering research effort in Hawaii to measure the biology and behavior of some of the most poorly understood whales ... maintain valid Federal permits. In addition, special workshops for commercial fishermen who use bottom longline, pelagic longline, or gillnet gear will help them learn new techniques for releasing any protected species ( ...
www.nmfs.noaa.gov

2007 IUCN Red List – 2003 Photo Gallery
Save the Albatross” campaign is trying to reduce the accidental bycatch of seabirds by encouraging longline fisheries to adopt appropriate mitigation measures. Photo © Tony Palliser. Riverine Rabbit (Bunolagus monticularis) ... Critically Endangered, Caesalpinia kavaiensis is a forest tree found only on the islands of Hawaii and O’ahu. Only 60 individuals are known, however, many of these are old ...
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Success Stories - Defenders of Wildlife
Gov. Schwarzenegger signed a law to protect them. Longline Fishing Dangers It is estimated that longline fishing is responsible for approximately 180,000 seabird deaths each ... Alaska Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware District of Columbia Florida Georgia Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota ...
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Environment News Service News Index January 2008
Protection Lawsuit Filed in Federal Court EPA Inaction on Greenhouse Gas Ruling Angers States Hawaii Plans Big Solar Power Arrays at Airports, Harbors Dollars Ahead for Connecticut's ... Capital Region Cities Funded to Restore Riverfronts Home Furnace Efficiency Standards Challenged as Weak Longline Fishermen Scare Seabirds for Their Own Protection Sea Shepherd Crewmen Released by Japanese Whaler ...
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