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SCS: Harbour Seal (Phoca vitulina)
Canada. The overall numbers of seals entangled decreased after the Greenland salmon gillnet and Atlantic Canada cod trap fisheries were ended in 1993. An unknown number of seals are shot at herring weirs in the Bay of Fundy and the Canadian government has implemented a pilot programme to allow aquaculture installations to shoot ...
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The Quoddy Region, Outer Bay of Fundy: A Marine Oasis in Decline
In other marine environments, such as the Baltic Sea, it is clear that measures to reduce nutrient loading have made dramatic improvements in habitat quality for marine species. ...
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Right Whales and Fishing Gear
(Allen, 1916). Entrapment in fishing gear such as herring weirs, an ingenious large trap designed to intercept herring at night when the fish are close to shore, is a small problem. ... the trap, and are not tangled in any of the gear. Five right whales have been entrapped in herring weirs in the Bay of Fundy (a mother and calf in 1976, a single animal in 1996, and ...
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The Northern Right Whale
Fishing gear that entrap and entangle whales include deep sea lobster lines, ropes, seine nets, fish weirs, and gillnets. Six percent of known right whale deaths between 1970 and 1994 were caused by ... and some kinds of fish species may be limiting the population's growth. Sei whales, mackerel, and herring (which feed on the same species as right whales) appear to be expanding into former right ...
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ConservationEconomy.net Pattern Browser
Traditionally, salmon were caught close to their spawning areas using a variety of weirs and traps. This allowed very precise management of specific runs. In recent decades, as demand ... without harming fish stocks. Whether for salmon or other fisheries, such as crab, halibut or herring, the guiding principles are selectivity (to focus the catch on populations that can sustain harvest ...
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Lake Ontario. Stream-spawning species such as lake trout, lake whitefish, and lake herring were also affected.(85) Many facultative stream-spawning species (those that could spawn in either ... early 1940s in Lake Huron and Lake Michigan. Attempts to catch the lamprey behind dams, weirs, and traps failed dismally. A series of other methods, from electrical shocking devices to sound ...
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The SALMON Economy "Great Canadian Rivers"
The Pacific fishery accounts for 16% of total landings, with top production in hake, Pacific herring, redfish and salmon. Aquaculture produces 10% of total Canadian fish and shellfish production, and provides 7,000 jobs. Salmon represents 93% of aquaculture production, amounting to $518.6 million in value. ...
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Maryland Marine Notes: January-April 99 Spotlight - Bringing the Anacostia Back
There are scores of other examples, from shoreside tree plantings and stormwater projects that help minimize runoff to the removal of weirs and dams, which for decades have blocked spawning grounds for river herring, perch and other migratory fish. A recent project by the Army Corps and Prince George's County ...
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