The cyclical patterns of improved salmon runs predicted for 2006 did not occur and salmon restoration initiatives followed. Fish and game officer Mark Webb said closing the season at the end of the month wasn't a response to increased catches, but an effort to restore the fishery. Mr Webb said there had been calls to close sections of rivers to all salmon angling, but the council decided when times are hard, as they are at present, any restrictions should be applied evenly to spread the...

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The Fish and Game Commission plan is expected to go into effect this summer and will be one of the nation's most ambitious efforts to protect marine life. Environmental groups praise the action, but the fishing industry and sport fishermen say the regulations go too far. Thirteen of them will be off-limits to all fishing, commercial and recreational. The California fishing restrictions are designed to maintain marine diversity from crabs to whales. The Monterey harbormaster fears a loss of...

Delegates at Aquaculture Today 2007, the UK s leading fish farming conference, will hear that modern aquaculture priorities will take the crucial farming sector into new territory, moving the industry away from an inshore context. THE high-tech offshore fish farm of the future, which will be packed with new engineering innovation, will be unveiled at a major conference in Edinburgh this week. This new frontier is likely to spark a blue revolution similar to the green revolution which...

To back up their conclusions, the Science authors analyzed several studies that have documented a growing diversity of marine species, more tourist dollars and few gyrations in fish populations in parts of the world where governments have created reserves or protected areas. Among other measures, the scientists recommended that governments designate more marine-protected areas -- sections of the ocean and coastline where fishing is off-limits or restricted to only a few species....

Today, with fisheries in much dire straits and a heightened awareness about global malnutrition, why are we turning more than one-third of our marine fish into powdered pig feed? One part of the answer is that fish meal is price competitive with soymeal and other grain feeds because the fish are caught in developing countries willing to take low prices for the fish. Today we catch 30 million tonnes of these small, wild fish and grind them up into fish meal and oil to feed chicken, fish,...