ScienceAlert.com, July 6th 2021, by Brett Jameson In October 2019, I set sail with a team of scientists aboard the Canadian Coast Guard Vessel John P. Tully in the northeast Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Vancouver Island. Battling rough seas and lack of sleep, we spent the better part of a week working shoulder-to-shoulder […]
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Alaska’s warming ocean is putting food and jobs at risk, scientists say
By Jordan Evans, CNN, June 28th 2019 The ice around Alaska is not just melting. It’s gotten so low that the situation is endangering some residents’ food and jobs.”The seas are extraordinarily warm. It is impacting the ability for Americans in the region to put food on the table right now,” said University of Alaska climate specialist […]
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Remembering Bill Ruckelshaus
Bill was one of the sharpest, kindest minds in the room in the Washington Blue Ribbon Panel on Ocean Acidification. When we proposed it and worked with the governor’s staff to organize it, a palpable thrill moved through the whole team when Bill agreed to serve as co-chair. His clear eye on the long view […]
continue readingScallop Vessel Access to Groundfish Closed Areas: A Management Success
By Paul J. Howard Fishery management successes do not come easy. In an era where fisheries around the world are declining, here in New England for the first time in over a decade we are experiencing significant improvements in many stocks, especially sea scallops. Without a doubt, the rapid turn around of the sea scallop […]
continue readingCooperative Studies — The Devil Is In The Details
By James H. Gilford More and better fisheries data are needed to meet the long term needs of rational fisheries management as well as the current mandates of the Magnuson-Stevens Act; that’s a given. No matter what the source, those data must pass scientific peer review with respect to quality and credibility and they must […]
continue readingCooperative Studies Are Too Frequently All Talk And No Action
By Randy Fisher Just the other day someone asked me if cooperative studies were useful to the interstate management process. The obvious answer is “Yes” but, after a few sips of wine, I’ve sat back and given this question more thought. What really is a cooperative study? Is it something a professor dreamed up to […]
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Cooperative research remains NFCC focus One of the best ways to build bridges between managers and user groups, between scientists and advocates, between fishing communities and interest groups is through collaborative efforts to collect information. The NFCC has been thinking and writing about cooperative studies since the mid-1990s. Some of our board members have been […]
continue readingFishing for Data: Scientists and Fishermen in Collaboration
By Penelope D. Dalton Fishermen and government scientists working together to collect and analyze fisheries data? Impossible you say? Not only possible, but happening in growing numbers and as a top priority of NOAA Fisheries.
continue readingCooperation Must Recognize And Overcome Differences
By Brock Bernstein Cooperative studies are an attractive tool for fishery management because of their potential for reducing conflict, improving the knowledge base for management decisions, and attracting additional sources of funding and expertise. The opinion pieces presented in NFCC’s discussion series on cooperative studies and our evaluation of case studies nationwide (click here for […]
continue readingNFCC Sponsors Panel at AFS in Anchorage
NFCC organized a symposium at the annual conference of the American Fisheries Society in Anchorage, Alaska in 2005 in which expert panelists shared their experiences and insights about science, fishery management, process planning, public policy, stakeholder participation and monitoring of the effects of marine protected areas. NFCC targeted the symposium as an opportunity for exchanging […]
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