Shane Jones wants to make changes to the Fisheries Act. 
They are great for the fishing industry, but not good for those of us who want healthy oceans. 
One of the lowlights is removing access to footage from Cameras on Boats, reducing transparency and accountability of the commercial fishing fleet. 
Submissions are open until April 11, and we want you to have a say! 
So we made a handy tool to build a submission in no time!
https://greenpeace.nz/jdc51t
UK fishers warn government against concessions to ‘bullying’ EU politicians : Swedish EU Affairs Minister Jessica Rosencrantz, like other EU ministers, said she would like to see #fisheries linked to an EU-UK security pact. https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/uk-fishers-warn-government-against-concessions-to-bullying-eu-politicians/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it
#Sustainable fishing is based on a pseudoscientific theory that justifies taking the most marine life for maximum profit. With respect to #fisheries, “sustainable” comes from an over-simplistic, discredited population #modeling formula… (1/2) www.currentaffairs.org/news/sustain... #MSY #MSC
'Sustainable Fishing' is a Lie
UK government vows to ‘push hard’ in #fisheries negotiations with EU https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/uk-government-vows-to-push-hard-in-fisheries-negotiations-with-eu/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it
UK government vows to ‘push hard’ in #fisheries negotiations with EU: “There are other [EU] countries that push very hard on this, we will push equally hard,” the UK food minister said. https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/uk-government-vows-to-push-hard-in-fisheries-negotiations-with-eu/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it
VALPARAISO, Chile - "Police tear gassed protesters in front of Chile's national Congress on Tuesday after a Senate commission delayed a vote on a controversial fishing law that seeks to redistribute #quotas between artisanal and industrial fishers."
#fisheries #chile #sustainability
Protesters clash with police o...
Ignoring the popular demand for protection to cave to commercial fishers again.
This is yet more regulatory capture from the fishing industry preventing actual protection for a dwindling return of about $14K a year.
The health of the Hauraki Gulf is worth so much more than that.
(And there would be more fish for everyone if the area was protected properly) 
Government rejects Hauraki Gulf compromise
https://archive.ph/ekCPg
Yukon's Eagle Gold mine releasing treated water, coinciding with grayling migration
The order coincides with the migration of grayling swimming toward the confluence of Haggart Creek and the South McQuesten, an area continuously impacted by the mine's waters and a popular springtime fishery for citizens of the First Nation of Na-Cho Nyä...
#mining #environment #fisheries #water #Yukon #HaggartCreek
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-eagle-gold-mine-environment-grayling-1.7493132?cmp=rss
#Fisheries ‘high in the agenda’ in talks with #UK and #Norway, says Commissioner https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/fisheries-high-in-the-agenda-in-talks-with-uk-and-norway-says-commissioner/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it
#Fisheries ‘high in the agenda’ in talks with #UK and #Norway, says Commissioner: Commissioner Kadis says EU seeks to maintain its “global leadership in sustainability,” including for #fisheries. https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/fisheries-high-in-the-agenda-in-talks-with-uk-and-norway-says-commissioner/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=dlvr.it
Tariff tension felt by southwestern Ontario fisheries
Southwestern Ontario's commercial fishing industry is feeling the pressure of looming U.S. tariffs expected April 2 on all Canadian goods as vast majority of fish caught in Lake Erie is exported stateside.
#tariff #fisheries #trade #economics #Ontario #LakeErie
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/london/tariff-tension-felt-by-southwestern-ontario-fisheries-1.7489223?cmp=rss
Dorothy Elizabeth Thursby-Pelham (1884–1972): "England's first female sea-going #fisheries scientist" and active member of @icesmarine.bsky.social.
#womenshistory #womeninhistory #womeninstem #science
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy...
Dorothy Thursby-Pelham - Wikip...
19 March: #TEPCO Radiation Dump report 996m3 & 456m3 www.tepco.co.jp/press/report... #Fukushima #genpatsu #PacificOcean #fisheries #habitat #health #security #law
Proud to announce first publication by early career scientist Xanthe Verschuur. We developed a structured tool to guide the inclusion of fishers' experiential knowledge into #science - #fisheries research collaborations. #MarSocSci #transdisciplinarity
academic.oup.com/icesjms/arti...
An evaluative framework for in...
N.L. succeeding in finding markets outside U.S. at seafood expo in Boston, minister says
Newfoundland and Labrador Fisheries Minister Gerry Byrne says efforts to diversify to markets beyond the United States have been successful at Seafood Expo North America in Boston, but isn't ready to share exactly where provincial products could be going.
#business #fisheries #trade #US #Boston #News
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/nl-seafood-expo-new-markets-1.7485764?cmp=rss
Coastal Environments - LiDAR Mapping of Copper Tailings Impacts, Particle Retention of Copper, Leaching, and Toxicity
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https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17050922 <-- shared paper
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #remotesensing #earthobservation #coastalenvironment #coast #coastal #mine #tailings #minetailings #GlobalTailingsManagementStandard #Keweenaw #LiDAR #bathymetry #topobathy #UAS #drone #particledispersal #copper #retention #leaching #BuffaloReef #toxicity #Daphnia #benthic #organisms #risk #hazard #contamination #impacts #sediment #water #hydrology #Michigan #USA #LakeSuperior #PortageLakeVolcanic #geology #spatialanalysis #biology #ecosystems #fisheries #trout #enviornmentalimpacts #leaching #riparian #systems
![aerial images - UAS high-resolution drone elevation and bathymetry surveys (base map 9 August 2022) of shoreline retreat at the original Gay pile location after bluff removal. Overlays along the beach edge trace shorelines in 2009, 2016, and 2022. The 78 m retreat over 6 years (2016–2022); equates to a 13 m/yr rate. The previous, nearly constant, long-term retreat rate prior to 2009 averaged 7.9 m/yr (ca. 26′) [7,57]. The original Jacobsville Sandstone shoreline, before stamp sands were discharged, is marked by the red border in the far-left upper region. Note white concrete basements of the two mills and remnants of both wooden and broken concrete launders in the northern region. Environmental recovery is beginning, as benthic organisms and fish are returning to clear underwater stretches of the bedrock shelf, where waves have removed stamp sands. Scattered trees (many birch) are beginning to colonise what is left of the original Gay Pile surface.](https://files.techhub.social/media_attachments/files/114/181/078/126/458/223/original/308a656b51dd22fa.png "aerial images - UAS high-resolution drone elevation and bathymetry surveys (base map 9 August 2022) of shoreline retreat at the original Gay pile location after bluff removal. Overlays along the beach edge trace shorelines in 2009, 2016, and 2022. The 78 m retreat over 6 years (2016–2022); equates to a 13 m/yr rate. The previous, nearly constant, long-term retreat rate prior to 2009 averaged 7.9 m/yr (ca. 26′) [7,57]. The original Jacobsville Sandstone shoreline, before stamp sands were discharged, is marked by the red border in the far-left upper region. Note white concrete basements of the two mills and remnants of both wooden and broken concrete launders in the northern region. Environmental recovery is beginning, as benthic organisms and fish are returning to clear underwater stretches of the bedrock shelf, where waves have removed stamp sands. Scattered trees (many birch) are beginning to colonise what is left of the original Gay Pile surface.")
In case you missed it:
Here's the Minister for Ocean Destruction arguing that cameras on fishing boats are state surveillance (huh?), Maui dolphins don't exist, he dislikes TikTok, and protecting marine life is 'woke'. (for a party called NZFirst they try hard to import American culture wars)
And somehow direct donations from the fishing industry are not a conflict of interest? 
Much to consider. (also: yay Jack Tame is back!)
If these areas are truly “protected,” why are #IndustrialFleets allowed to plunder them? It’s time to ban supertrawlers from MPAs and hold governments accountable.
images by #Greenpeace
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https://www.europesays.com/1915861/ Oregon lawmakers demand reversal of NOAA staff cuts threatening safety, economy #ClimateMonitoring #EconomicStability #Economy #Fisheries #lawmakers #noaa #oregon #StaffCuts #WeatherForecasts
Greg Cocks 
