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I heard or read recently that salmon fishing off California has been banned this year; I posted that Russia is proposing a moratorium on Caspian Sea sturgeon; countries are banding together to cut way back on the bluefin tuna catch; and the harvest of Chesapeake Bay blue crabs will probably get knocked way down too; perhaps a complete ban on females.

It's that time, apparently.

1 posted on 04/14/2008 11:10:23 AM PDT by cogitator
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Warmer seas? Do these clowns ever read the latest temp measurements? What loons.


2 posted on 04/14/2008 11:13:52 AM PDT by Da Coyote
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It is a shame that the global warming that IS going on, which we are not responsible for, will get all the press that this REAL problem should be getting. We really do need to take better care of the oceans. Now, if we can get CHINA to stop polluting....


3 posted on 04/14/2008 11:15:22 AM PDT by 50sDad (Liberals: Never Happy, Never Grateful, Never Right.)
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I guess I must be an optimistic fisherman. Seems there is still 25% of something or other out there to exploit for profit, change bait and lets go fishing.


4 posted on 04/14/2008 11:16:15 AM PDT by Abathar (Proudly posting without reading the article carefully since 2004)
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The ocean temperatures have been dropping, despite computer models which say otherwise. Oh well, I am sure cooling temperatures are just as disastrous. Either way, we are all gonna die and it is our fault.


6 posted on 04/14/2008 11:17:21 AM PDT by Always Right (Was it over when the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor?)
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Warming Seas? Where????




8 posted on 04/14/2008 11:20:06 AM PDT by qam1 (There's been a huge party. All plates and the bottles are empty, all that's left is the bill to pay)
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[I]nspiration could come from South Pacific fishing communities. "They have taboo areas, coral reef sanctuaries, where fish would be saved for bad weather periods or major festivals and feast," she said

I think that if 21st century industrialized societies can model themselves after oceanic societies from the South Pacific, we'll all be better off. A little head-hunting, a little cannibalism, a little "throw the virgin in the volcano" and before you know it the human population on the planet will be down to a manageable level.

9 posted on 04/14/2008 11:20:35 AM PDT by ClearCase_guy
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Warming seas are bleaching corals, feeding algal blooms and changing ocean currents that impact the weather, and rising sea levels could in future threaten coastal areas from Bangladesh to New York, experts said.

What a crock. See this:

The Mystery of Global Warming's Missing Heat

(Enjoyable read; the scientists can't really accept the oceans are NOT warming and actually show some cooling!!)

10 posted on 04/14/2008 11:22:00 AM PDT by CedarDave (John, When will you respect conservatives the way you do fellow senators Barack, Hillary and JohnK?)
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South China Sea is not looking well these days. Could be trouble with the fish. They have to go farther out and the fish they catch are smaller.


11 posted on 04/14/2008 11:23:02 AM PDT by RightWhale (Repeal the Law of the Excluded Middle)
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So the Russian trawlers will leave the U.S. coastal waters, and China will institute pollution control. Right?


12 posted on 04/14/2008 11:23:46 AM PDT by Westlander (Unleash the Neutron Bomb)
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Over fishing for sure.

They are talking about closing Salmon season up here in the PNW too.

The other thing the article fails to mention is we have fished all the higher trophic fish down to where all we have left is the shrimp and other tiny lower trophic marine life

Haven’t had a crab season here on the Oregon coast for a couple of years.

It is all imported from Canada/Alaska and you’ll see King Crab legs.

And in place of USA prawns it is all Asian stuff and frog legs in the fish window (I don’t get that) frog legs from China.

So all the tourist coming through think they are getting local fish not.

The Indian Casino buffets have the only seafood buffet and it is nothing to write home about.

Tuna here in the PNW was shown to be actually growing in population according to the Marine Scientists.


15 posted on 04/14/2008 11:27:04 AM PDT by Global2010
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Salmon fishing is to be reduced 80 percent (I recall) off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington.


18 posted on 04/14/2008 11:41:52 AM PDT by Eric in the Ozarks
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Lets see. No more fish. Bread too expensive ‘cause of ethanol.. we’re all doomed! Government..especially world government..hurry up and save us. BWAAAAAA!/sarc


22 posted on 04/14/2008 11:52:14 AM PDT by Don Corleone (Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
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You mean the oceans aren’t dead?!

Ted Danson said they would be dead by 1998.


23 posted on 04/14/2008 12:02:24 PM PDT by Tex Pete (Obama for Change: from our pockets, our piggy banks, and our couch cushions!)
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I am convinced that all of the human race must soon die, or we are not going to survive.


24 posted on 04/14/2008 12:06:02 PM PDT by Gator113 (Hey Obama, "I drink your milkshake.")
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The atmosphere and the oceans have been in a decade long cooling trend. It’s that time... apparently.


28 posted on 04/14/2008 12:20:55 PM PDT by avacado
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The salmon are not there because the Environmental Imams killed all hatchery salmon. Saying that they were not “natural.” So again the Environmentalist caused a problem where none existed before.


32 posted on 04/14/2008 12:31:52 PM PDT by Exton1
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There is a race to fish,

Oh, great! Now they are bringing race into this. Affirmative action for fishies, anyone?

33 posted on 04/14/2008 12:57:19 PM PDT by 17th Miss Regt
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Beam me to Planet Gore !

35 posted on 04/14/2008 1:36:22 PM PDT by steelyourfaith
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http://www.ilovemycarbondioxide.com/letters/IPCC_letter_14April08.pdf


48 posted on 04/14/2008 2:44:34 PM PDT by Gulf War One
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