Fishing

Other Species Cited at CITES Conference in The Hague

June 15, 2007 -- THE HAGUE, Netherlands – The United States is pleased with actions taken by the 171 nations of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to protect tigers from poaching and imperiled sawfish species from over-harvest, said Todd Willens, the head of the U.S. Delegation.    » read more »

Backs Proposals For International Trade Restrictions On Spiny Dogfish And Porbeagle Sharks

June 11, 2007 -- (THE HAGUE, Netherlands) – Continuing its longstanding strong support for the conservation of sharks, the United States voted for proposals by the European Union to list two commercially harvested shark species under Appendix II of the Convention on International Trade in Threatened and Endangered Species (CITES).    » read more »

June 5 , 2007 -- Washington, DC: Laundry workers, commercial fishermen and environmental and public health groups petitioned the EPA today urging the agency to provide health and safety protections from the endocrine-disrupting chemicals, nonyplphenol and nonylphenol ethoxylates (NPEs). The groups are calling for further health and safety studies, labeling of products containing the chemicals, and banning their use in industrial and consumer detergents, since safer alternatives are available. The chemicals are used principally in cleaning products and detergents.    » read more »

June 5, 2007 -- AUGUSTA -- Maine Governor John Baldacci today presented a lifetime fishing license to Donn Fendler, hero of “Lost on a Mountain in Maine.”

“Donn Fendler’s story of survival has been an inspiration to Maine children for more than five decades,” said Governor Baldacci. “It is my pleasure to present him with this lifetime license, which he was promised many years ago.”    » read more »

28 May 2007 -- The International Whaling Commission is meeting in the northern U.S. state of Alaska to decide whether to drop a moratorium on commercial whale hunting.

The ban was enacted in 1986 to help prevent several species of great whales from becoming extinct.

Representatives from 75 member countries will debate the issue during their annual meeting, which ends Thursday.

Pro-whaling nations such as Japan, Norway and Iceland argue that the ban can be lifted since whale populations have recovered. Approval from 56 member nations would be needed to overturn the ban.    » read more »

May 15, 2007 -- AUGUSTA – Maine Governor John E. Baldacci invited representatives from Shucks Maine Lobster in Richmond and Claw Island Foods in South Portland to his Cabinet Room Tuesday morning so he could recognize them for being nominated for Prix d’Elite Awards last month in Belgium. The awards are part of the International Seafood Exposition and are widely considered the “Academy Award” of the seafood industry.    » read more »

WASHINGTON, Thursday, May 10, 2007 — The American Red Cross and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) have announced the launch of a new partnership to support the recovery of fishing communities in Indonesia's Nanggroe Aceh Darussalam Province affected by the 2004 tsunami.    » read more »

May 9, 2007 -- WASHINGTON (May 8, 2007)—The title of the May 9 House Resources Committee hearing poses a question: "Endangered Species Act Implementation: Science or Politics?"

The unfortunate answer is all too often "politics," according to the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).    » read more »

Manchin emphasizes importance of hunting and fishing to Mountain State

May 9, 2007 -- CHARLESTON – Spring gobbler hunting draws thousands of hunters – including West Virginia Governor Joe Manchin – to West Virginia’s woods each year. On May 5, Manchin was in the mountains of Pendleton County hunting for a wild turkey gobbler, and state Division of Natural Resources Director Frank Jezioro was there to recount the story of the hunt.    » read more »

PHILADELPHIA – United States Attorney Pat Meehan recently announced two guilty pleas in connection with an international ring that smuggled dead body parts of endangered species into the United States.1 The endangered species was the marine mammal Physeter macrocephalus , commonly known as the Sperm whale. The dead body parts were teeth, each having the shape of a cone, pointed at one end, approximately eight inches high and six inches in diameter, and weighing between one and five pounds.    » read more »

May 3, 2007 -- A recent presentation by a conservation officer of the Department Natural Resources to the Taiwanese Chamber of Commerce in the Detroit area highlighted the potential adverse effects of introducing Asian carps - black, bighead, grass and silver - to Michigan waters.

DNR Commercial Fish Specialist Steven Huff gave the presentation in April to 85 members of the organization at a recent meeting in Detroit. Huff emphasized the impact the fish could have on the state's commercial and sport fisheries.    » read more »

April 23, 2007 -- Most would not view the Hoosier homeland as the base of an illegal six-figure-per-year seafood operation, but that's what Indiana Conservation Officers found on the tributaries of the Ohio River, in Vevay.

Undercover officers posing as illegal fishermen for 1½ years infiltrated the ring, the members of which were illegally harvesting and selling "caviar" from the river's paddlefish.    » read more »

Annual recertification becomes one-time issue

April 19, 2007 -- SPRINGFIELD – In light of a recent letter received by Lake County Vietnam veteran Ray G. Canaday, Illinois Department of Veterans’ Affairs (IDVA) Director L. Tammy Duckworth today announced that the annual free hunting and fishing licenses for disabled veterans issued by IDVA will now be a one-time, permanent issue. The new policy will save disabled veterans throughout the state the inconvenience of a yearly trip to renew their license, which includes transportation costs and time.    » read more »