'No-take' fish ban plans for bay
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A marine reserve is to be created off the island of Arran to protect bio-diversity, according to the Scottish government.
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By DAVID DISHNEAU  HAGERSTOWN, Md. - An environmental group asked the federal government Tuesday to ban a class of toxic chemical compounds that are found in industrial and household detergents and are believed to cause male fish to develop female characteristics.
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San Franciscoâs Board of Supervisors has banned the feeding of a tourist attraction.
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By JOSEPH B. FRAZIER  PORTLAND, Ore. - Oregon and Washington are drafting a proposal for "limited selected lethal removal" of protected California sea lions in the Columbia River to ease pressure on the spring chinook salmon run.
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Giving sushi-lovers reason to dine out, the Ontario government is set to rescind its ban on such fresh, raw seafood delicacies. &quot;At the end of the day, the message for consumers is that the sushi and sashimi
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As regulators struggle to find a better way to manage the region's fish stocks, a Maine group offers a potential solution that should be included in any study of alternative management plans.
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By Patricia Smith, The Daily News, Jacksonville, N.C.  Sep. 5--MOREHEAD CITY -- Commercial fishermen in the state are taking their arguments against the handling of proposed new deepwater fishing regulations to Washington.   And U.S. Rep.
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By SCOTT HARPER  BY SCOTT HARPER  THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  RICHMOND - The State Water Control Board rejected two major development proposals Wednesday - one on the Peninsula, the other on the Eastern Shore - in decisions cheered by environmentalists and watermen.
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A proposal to build a hydroelectric dam on a river with diverse fish stocks has set off a controversy.
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Vast fishing no-go zones are needed to save the world&#39;s marine ecosystems from irreparable harm, say British scientists. After climate change, scientists consider the wrecking
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By The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C.  Sep. 21--It's easy to sympathize with fishermen on Hatteras Island and elsewhere along the North Carolina coast who lament a pending rule that would limit catches of snowy grouper, a lucrative fish, and a few other species.
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By Detroit Free Press  Sep. 11--The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service last week proposed banning the import and interstate transfer of silver carp, a long overdue step. They were brought into this country mostly by Southern fish farmers, who used them to clear their ponds of algae.
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The European Unionâs head office today proposed unprecedented bans on fishing in popular northern waters to safeguard threatened species such as the common cod, a traditional dinner favourite from Sweden to Portugal.
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The government has announced new regulations that will limit fish farms and require better treatment of wastewater, among other measures.
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'Reduced reproduction' threatens stocks The International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES) has called for a ban on fishing for North Sea cod, The BBC reports.â¦
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BREMERTON, Wash. -- The state Fish and Wildlife Commission is nearing a decision on whether to scratch a two-year ban on keeping wild steelhead caught from some Western Washington rivers, most of them on the Olympic Peninsula.
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AS the Pacific Northwest debates the Bush administration&#39;s recent proposal to count hatchery fish alongside wild fish in applying the Endangered Species Act - and its new plan to cut