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Fish News Shark News UF Fish News Fishes in the News 2003 Court Says Alaska Can't Add Fish To Protected Lake December 31, 2003 Revised Proposed Rule to Establish Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Referendum Procedures and Vote Weighting Formula December 30, 2003 Dead Fish Found Near Power Plant December 30, 2003 Money For Billfish Study Gets Lott's Eye December 23, 2003 Fishing For A Low-Mercury Dinner December 23, 2003 Aquatic Invader Worries Experts December 21, 2003 Fish Quotas Aim To Halt Decline December 19, 2003 Toadfish Song May Help Heal Humans December 19, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Issues Regulation to Protect Loggerhead Sea Turtles December 19, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Announces the Final Rule Implementing Amendment 1 to the Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and Sharks December 19, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Requests Comments on the Essential Fish Habitat Guidelines December 19, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Seeking Input on New Research Plan December 19, 2003 New Health Advisory on Mercury in Seafood December 19, 2003 Biologists Hopeful Most Fish Survived Burned Aquarium December 19, 2003 European Fishery Officials Inching Toward Agreement December 19, 2003 Fish Win Latest Battle With Midwest Barges December 18, 2003 Caviar Appetite Hurts Missouri Sturgeon December 18, 2003 E.U. Nations Are Near Compromise On Fishing Crisis December 18, 2003 Europe's Biggest Fishtank Wrecked December 17, 2003 Australia Sends Armed Ship To Protect Patagonian Toothfish December 17, 2003 Anglers Report Catching Larger Tuna, Marlin December 15, 2003 Rebuilding Plans for Overfished Groundfish Stocks December 12, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Requests Comments on the Issuance of Exempted Fishing Permits and Scientific Research Permits for Atlantic Highly Migratory Species December 12, 2003 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna General Category Fishery Closes December 12, 2003 Council and Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Board Members Approve Recreational Management Measures for Fishing Year 2004 December 12, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Requests Comments on the Essential Fish Habitat Guidelines December 12, 2003 Kenyan Fishers At Odds With Flower Farms December 11, 2003 E.U. Fishers Protest Protections For Depleted Fish Stocks December 11, 2003 Warming Water Knocks Cod Stocks December 10, 2003 Vermilion Snapper Added to Overfished Species List December 7, 2003 Salmon Farm Industry Struggles To Live Up To Its Promise December 5, 2003 International Commission Acts on Conservation, Illegal Fishing and Promotes Sea Turtle Data Collection December 4, 2003 California Blocks Sales Of 'Glofish' Pets December 4, 2003 Five Countries Set Up Team To Tackle Illegal Fishing December 3, 2003 Deep Problems Stewing in Gulf of Mexico: After Decades of Neglect, 'America's Sea' is in Danger of Becoming Known as America's Sewer December 1, 2003 Trying To Save A Catfish As Big As A Bear December 1, 2003 Serving Any Marlin Is A Bad Idea November 30, 2003 Australia Boosts Fines For Illegal Foreign Fishers November 26, 2003 Texas Habitat Protection Advisory Panel to Discuss Habitat Issues of Concern November 25, 2003 Public Input Sought on Plan to Limit Red Grouper Catch November 23, 2003 FWC Seeks Input on Commercial Black Sea Bass Fishery November 21, 2003 Red Snapper Commercial Fishery in Gulf of Mexico Federal Waters Will Open at Noon, December 1, 2003, and Close at Noon, December 7, 2003 November 21, 2003 Federal Report Lists Dam Releases Among Factors In Salmon Kill November 20, 2003 Iran Battles To Revive Stocks Of Caviar Sturgeon November 19, 2003 Sleeping with the Fisheries November 13, 2003 Dilemma as Rare Birds Devour Rare Fish November 13, 2003 Could Texas Fisheries One-Up Florida Again? November 7, 2003 Federal Officials Target Dolphin November 7, 2003 Herpes Virus Outbreak That's Killing Carp Spreads November 7, 2003 Fish Farting May Not Just be Hot Air November 5, 2003 Major Ocean Exploration Effort Would Reveal Secrets of the Deep November 4, 2003 Bluefin Tuna Under Threat as Fishermen Exploit Quota Loophole November 4, 2003 Boffins Highlight Dangers of Your Aquarium November 4, 2003 Fish Appear Blameless in Skin Lesion Mystery November 4, 2003 Fishermen Not Sick from Fish November 4, 2003 Charter Boat Captain Pleads Guilty to Assaulting Conservation Officers November 4, 2003 NOAA Issues Florida Fisheries Pathology Report; No Human Health Threat Identified November 3, 2003 Red Snapper Commercial Fishery In Gulf of Mexico Federal Waters Will Be Open November 1 to November 10 October 31, 2003 Proposed Rule to Establish Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Individual Fishing Quota Referendum Procedures and Vote Weighting Formula October 31, 2003 King Mackerel Trip Limit Reduced To 500 Pounds Per Day In Northern Florida West Coast Subzone For Commercial Hook-And-Line Vessels October 31, 2003 NOAA Fisheries to Hold Public Meetings On Atlantic Striped Bass Management October 31, 2003 Vessel Monitoring System And Litigation Database Net NOAA Fisheries Prestigious National Award October 31, 2003 King Mackerel Trip Limit Reduced to 500 Pounds Per Day in Northern Florida West Coast Subzone for Commercial Hook-and-Line Vessels October 31, 2003 Anglers Suspect Water After Staph Infections October 31, 2003 Federal Agency to Reassess Texas Red Snapper Fishery October 30, 2003 Grouper Rules to be Unveiled; Satisfaction with Plan Unlikely October 28, 2003 Proposed Rule to Establish Gulf of Mexico Red Snapper Individual Fishing Quota (IFQ) Referendum Procedures and Vote Weighting Formula October 27, 2003 Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for Pacific Groundfish October 24, 2003 Proposed Rule to Modify the Individual Fishing Quota Program October 24, 2003 Final Rule for Pacific Mackerel Specifications October 24, 2003 Sea Turtle Conservation Measures Restored for Hawaii Longline Fishery October 24, 2003 Proposed Rule to Amend the Coastal Migratory Pelagics Fishery Management Plan October 24, 2003 Final Rule to Implement the Sargassum Plan October 24, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Announces Scoping Meetings on Striped Bass Management October 24, 2003 Fisheries of the United States (2002) Report Published October 24, 2003 Scientists Plumb The Depths Of What We Don't Know October 24, 2003 E.U. Is Failing To Halt Overfishing In Africa, Says WWF October 24, 2003 Scientists Expect As Many As 5,000 New Fish Species In Census Of Oceans October 24, 2003 Season Closing on Red Snapper October 23, 2003 Ocean Census Finds 200,000-Plus Life Forms in Sea October 23, 2003 Man Dies in Palatka with a 4-inch Fish Stuck in His Mouth October 21, 2003 Threatened Cod Continues To Decline In E.U. Waters Despite Catch Cuts October 21, 2003 Red Snapper Commercial Fishery in Gulf of Mexico Federal Waters Will Open at Noon, November 1, 2003, and Close at Noon, November 10, 2003 October 21, 2003 Council Has 20 Questions for Aquaculture Venture; Serious Talks Awaiting Permit Approval October 20, 2003 Flesh-eating Bacteria Not Ocean Outbreak October 20, 2003 Farm Threat to Wild Salmon October 20, 2003 Dead Fish Wash Up By The Thousands October 18, 2003 Dead Fish Wash Up By The Thousands October 15, 2003 Toothfish Crew Get Bail October 10, 2003 Maine Coalition To Buy Three River Dams For $25 million To Improve Salmon Spawning October 8, 2003 Australia Hunts Another Suspected Poaching Ship October 7, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Accepting Comment on Process to Designate Critical Habitat for Salmon & Steelhead October 3, 2003 Announcing Proposed Rule on Commercial Quotas for Scup October 3, 2003 Announcing Final Rule for Weakfish October 3, 2003 Announcing Bluefin Tuna Quota for 2003-2004 Season October 3, 2003 Darters And Bass Get A Pass October 3, 2003 Alleged Fish Poaching Ship Arrives In Australia, Crew Arrested October 3, 2003 Salmon Farms Spawn Fortunes, And Critics, In Chile October 2, 2003 Tropical Fish Trade Under Spotlight As Sales Boom October 1, 2003 Proposed Rule to Reduce Bycatch in the Shrimp Fishery of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico September 30, 2003 Announcing Proposed Rule to Establish New Observer Program September 26, 2003 Announcing Final Rule to Implement Regulations for the Pacific Sardine Fishery September 26, 2003 Announcing Final Rule to Implement Amendment 17 to Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan September 26, 2003 Announcing Proposed Rule to Implement Amendment 16-1 to Pacific Coast Groundfish Plan September 26, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Opens Fishing Grounds in Pacific September 26, 2003 Draft Environmental Impact Statement for Gulf Essential Fish Habitat September 26, 2003 Tagging Study Nets Ten Percent Tag Returns in First Year September 26, 2003 Swordfish Landings Update September 26, 2003 Proposed Rule to Implement Recreational Landing Limits for Marlins September 26, 2003 Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Daily Retention Limit Increased For The General Category September 26, 2003 Snakehead Fish, Invasive Alien Species, Found In Wisconsin's Rock River September 25, 2003 No Grace Period for Turtle Protection Rule September 24, 2003 Despite Report, TEDs Laws Are Being Enforced September 23, 2003 Collaboration to Help Save Struggling Mississippi River Watershed September 23, 2003 Naples Daily News to Begin 15-part Series on Gulf of Mexico Pollution September 21, 2003 Abandoned Crab Traps a Hazard for Fishers, Shrimpers September 20, 2003 Migrating Salmon Are Polluting Alaska Lakes, Says Study September 18, 2003 Red Snapper Commercial Fishery in Gulf of Mexico Federal Waters Will Open at Noon, October 1, 2003, and Close at Noon, October 10, 2003 September 17, 2003 Iranian Naturalists Welcome Lower Caviar Quotas September 17, 2003 Sea's Hidden Scars: Trawlers Awash in Controversy Over Their Environmental Impact September 16, 2003 Commerce Secretary Evans Appoints Marcos Hanke To Caribbean Fishery Management Council September 11, 2003 Yellowtail Flounder First Year Pays Off in Yellowtail Flounder Tagging Project September 11, 2003 Americans Ate More Seafood in 2002 September 11, 2003 Dutch Harbor-Unalaska Sets New Record For Landings In 2002; New Bedford Tops Nation’s Fishing Ports For Value September 11, 2003 Seahorses Bred In Captivity Released Into Pulai River September 7, 2003 Scientists Spot 'Serengetis' Of The Sea September 5, 2003 FWC Approves New Pompano And Permit Management Rules September 4, 2003 Revenge Of The Sandwich September 2, 2003 Research 'Clears' Fish Farms September 2, 2003 UNH Tries Offshore Fish Farming: School Seeks Better Growing Methods September 1, 2003 Protecting Our Undersea Yellowstones Fall 2003 Fish Are Not Dim-wits August 31, 2003 Casting Doubt On Fish Farming August 30, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Produces Draft Document on Groundfish Management; Agency Accepting Public Comments Online August 29, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Adjusts Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Daily Retention Limit For The General Category August 29, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Seeking Additional Comments To Update Atlantic Striped Bass Management August 29, 2003 'Punk' Fish, Fruit Piranha Among Newfound Species August 29, 2003 Mercury in Fish May Not be So Toxic August 29, 2003 Scientists Discover 10 Fish And One Shrimp Species In Venezuela August 29, 2003 S.Africa, Australia Arrest Toothfish Ship Crew August 28, 2003 South African Ship Catches Up with Toothfish Smugglers August 27, 2003 Minnesota Tries New Trout Enhancement Plan August 26, 2003 Bush Rejects Razing Dams To Make Way For Salmon August 26, 2003 Fish Farmers Cast Hopes into the Gulf August 25, 2003 Bush Takes Credit for Improved Salmon Runs August 25, 2003 Skate Fishery Management Plan Approved August 22, 2003 New England Groundfish Amendment 13 - Draft Environmental Impact Statement Available August 22, 2003 Overfishing Hits Industry and Ecology August 22, 2003 Australia, South Africa Chase Fishing Boat on High Seas August 19, 2003 Studies Show People And Coral Don't Mix August 15, 2003 Salmon Disaster As Dee Turns Into 'Sauna' August 14, 2003 Vermilion Snapper Rebuilding Program Scoping Hearing and Workshops on Individual Fishing Quotas Scheduled August 8, 2003 Red Snapper Commercial Fishery in Gulf of Mexico Federal Waters Closed August 7 August 8, 2003 Global Experts Pin Hopes On Fish Farming To Feed The World August 8, 2003 Kentucky Farmers See Catfish As Alternative To Declining Tobacco August 7, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Issues New Regulations for Halibut, Sablefish Fisheries August 1, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comment on Proposed Annual Harvest Levels for Mackerel August 1, 2003 Reminder Of September 15 Application Deadline for Moratorium Charter Vessel or Headboat Permits for the Reef Fish Fishery And Coastal Migratory Pelagics Fisheries in Gulf of Mexico Federal Waters August 1, 2003 Announcing 2003 Recreational Regulations for Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass August 1, 2003 Pet Fish that Glow in the Dark Confiscated July 31, 2003 Clownfish Change Size And Sex To Move Up The Ranks July 31, 2003 Tests of Farmed Salmon Raise PCB Concerns July 30, 2003 Maine Salmon Farms Argue Judge Exceeded Authority In Restrictions July 30, 2003 Columbia River Sees Big Salmon Runs This Summer July 30, 2003 Poached Wild Atlantic Salmon Carry A High Price Tag July 29, 2003 In Glasgow's Once-Filthy River Clyde, Salmon Are Back July 29, 2003 Environmentalists Alarmed at Genetically Engineered Fish That Glows July 28, 2003 Ecotourism Hopes Build as Africans Seek Ancient Fish July 28, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Releases Catch Data for Atlantic Bluefin Tuna July 25, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Requires Vessel Monitoring Systems for Pelagic Longline Fisheries in the Atlantic July 25, 2003 Fish Skin Making Splash As 'New Leather' July 24, 2003 Boat Seized for Fishing Illegally in British Virgin Islands July 23, 2003 Scientists Update Stock Status For Five Marine Stocks July 18, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Publishes Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Atlantic Striped Bass July 18, 2003 Council and Commission to Establish Commercial Management Measures for 2004 Summer Flounder, Scup, Black Sea Bass, and Bluefish Fisheries July 18, 2003 2003 Final List of Fisheries for Marine Mammal Protection Act July 18, 2003 Warnings on Eating Fish Often Unheeded July 18, 2003 Other Fish in The Sea, But For How Long? July 16, 2003 Senate Bill Attempts to Cripple Conservation July 15, 2003 Rhode Island Passes Freedom to Fish Act July 15, 2003 Fish Eyesight Tests July 11, 2003 Public Hearings for the Proposed Rules Regarding Atlantic Swordfish and Bluefin Tuna July 11, 2003 Proposed Rule to Implement ICCAT Recommendations for North and South Atlantic Swordfish July 11, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Proposes Initial Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Quotas & Controls to Slow Fishing Effort in 2003 Season July 11, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Will Not Implement Pilot Program for Days-At-Sea Leasing in the Northeast Groundfish Fleet July 11, 2003 Final Rule to Implement Framework Adjustment 38 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan July 11, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Issues 8,000 Subsistence Halibut Registration Certificates July 3, 2003 Yellowtail Flounder “Knowledge and Cash Lottery” Kicks Off; Organizers Hope to Tag 30,000 Fish July 3, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Announces a Proposed Rule for Weakfish July 3, 2003 Vessel Monitoring System Required for Pelagic Longline Vessels Effective September 1, 2003 July 3, 2003 Human Pollutants Enrich Egyptian Coastal Fishery July 1, 2003 NOAA Fisheries and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council Win National Environmental Policy Act Award June 27, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Proposes Regulatory Amendment to the Coastal Pelagic Species Fishery Management Plan June 27, 2003 Reminder of Mandatory Reporting Requirements for Renewal of Charter Vessel or Headboat Permits for the Reef Fish and Coastal Migratory Pelagics Fisheries June 27, 2003 Red Snapper Commercial Fishery in Gulf of Mexico Federal Waters Will Open at Noon, July 1 June 27, 2003 Multispecies Fishery Management Plan Emergency Rule June 27, 2003 Vessel Monitoring System Required for Pelagic Longline Vessels Effective September 1, 2003 June 27, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Allows Permit Category Changes for 10 Days in Highly Migratory Species Recreational Fishery June 27, 2003 Salmon Plan Given Brief Reprieve June 27, 2003 Critics Worry Salmon Plan is Floundering June 24, 2003 Administration, State Of Oregon Developing Joint Plan To Restore Coastal Coho Salmon June 20, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Adjusts Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Daily Retention Limits For The Angling And General Category Fisheries June 20, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Announces a Proposed Rule for North and South Atlantic Swordfish June 20, 2003 Panel Mulls How to Protect Reef June 19, 2003 Pregnant Women, Kids Warned to Avoid Albacore Tuna June 19, 2003 Panel Mulls How to Protect Reef June 17, 2003 Senate Bill Attempts to Cripple Conservation June 15, 2003 ASMFC Initiates Development of 2004 - 2008 Strategic Plan: Public Participation Sought Throughout Development Process June 13, 2003 Sportfishermen Busted in Homer for Exceeding Possession Limits June 13, 2003 Proposed Rule to Implement Amendment 17 to the Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery Management Plan June 13, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Allows, for the Next 30 Days, Atlantic Tunas Permit Holders to Change from the General Category to the Angling Category June 13, 2003 Casting Blame for the World's Overfishing June 13, 2003 There's Nothing 'Fishy' About Pornography June 12, 2003 Fisheries Bills Support Alaskan Industry June 12, 2003 Huge New Coral Reef Discovered June 11, 2003 Small Fry Follow the Noise June 11, 2003 Man Hospitalized After Bluegill Lodges in Throat June 10, 2003 Trawling for Yellowfin Sole Closed in Alaska Waters June 10, 2003 2003 Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund Report To Congress June 6, 2003 Illegal Fishing in Tortugas Ecological Reserve Brings $20,000 Penalty June 6, 2003 American Anglers Warned to Watch Out for Mercury June 5, 2003 Farmed Salmon Pose GReater Risk to Wild Species June 4, 2003 Malawi Drafts 10 Year Plan to Renew Chambo Fishery June 4, 2003 Short Term Exposure to Estrogen Cuts Fish Fertility June 3, 2003 U.S. Fisheries Stocks Need to Be Rebuilt June 2, 2003 Commerce Secretary Addresses EU Threats to US Sport Fishing June 1, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Proposes Notice To Reduce Fishing Capacity In Pacific Coast Groundfish Trawl Fishery May 30, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Modifies Target Catch Requirements For Pelagic Longline Vessels Retaining Incidental Catch Of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna May 30, 2003 Maine Salmon Farms Closed to Benefit Wild Salmon May 30, 2003 Monster Fish Fought for 14 Hours May 29, 2003 1,058-pound Tuna May Set Record May 24, 2003 Proposal to Put Vessel Monitoring Systems on Groundfish Vessels May 23, 2003 Two Fish Dealers, Twelve Recreational Fishermen, and a Restaurant Penalized for Illegal Sale of Recreationally Harvested Reef Fish May 23, 2003 Red Snapper Commercial Fishery In Gulf of Mexico Federal Waters Will Open June 1 May 23, 2003 Proposed Recreational Measures for the 2003 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries May 23, 2003 Proposed Rule to Implement Successful Bycatch Reduction Measures in the Gulf of Maine May 23, 2003 Proposed Emergency Rule for the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan – Comment Period Extended to June 10, 2003 May 23, 2003 Nation’s Marine Fisheries Managers to Host Fisheries Conference in November May 23, 2003 U.S. Warns EU To Stop Excess Catch of Eastern Bluefin Tuna May 23, 2003 Caviar Demand Threatens U.S. Fisheries May 22, 2003 Federal Fish Management Should Be Overhauled, Conservationists Say May 21, 2003 Organic Supermarket Lured By Sustainable Fishing May 20, 2003 Logging Company Permitted to Take Endangered Trout May 20, 2003 Shark Finning Grows Along with Taste for Pricey Soup May 19, 2003 Drift Netsmen Agree to Quit for the Salmon's Sake May 19, 2003 In Deep Trouble May 17, 2003 Can Ocean Friendly Labels Save Dwindling Stocks? May 17, 2003 Old Men Of The Sea Have All But Gone May 17, 2003 Florida Chefs Give Up Chilean Sea Bass May 16, 2003 Europe Considers Plan to Cut Cod Fishing May 15, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Issues First Subsistence Halibut Fishing Permit May 15, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Announces Availability of Scoping Summary Report for Atlantic Tunas, Swordfish, and Sharks May 15, 2003 Study: No Detectable Risk from Mercury in Fish May 15, 2003 Lake Sturgeon Back in Milwaukee River after 100 Years May 15, 2003 Commercial Fishing Is Cited in Decline of Oceans' Big Fish May 14, 2003 Government Releases State of U.S. Fisheries Report May 14, 2003 Great Fish Going the Way of the Dinosaurs May 14, 2003 Wild Oats Markets to Post Seafood Warnings May 13, 2003 NOAA Marks Another Year Of Success In Rebuilding America’s Marine Fish Stocks; Releases Annual Report to Congress May 13, 2003 World's Smallest Seahorse Found in Indonesian Waters May 12, 2003 Water for Endangered Minnow Benefits El Paso May 12, 2003 Washington State Grants $21.8 Million for Salmon May 12, 2003 8 Arrested in Alleged Caviar Poaching Ring May 10, 2003 World's Smallest Seahorse Discovered May 9, 2003 Court Denies Intervention of Foreign Tuna Companies in Label Suit May 7, 2003 Judge Rejects Federal Salmon Plan May 7, 2003 Ocean Salmon Harvest Quotas Improve for 2003 May 2, 2003 New Rules Enhance U.S. Ability To Monitor Chilean Sea Bass Imports May 2, 2003 New Rules for Chilean Sea Bass Fall Short, Environmentalists Say May 2, 2003 Canada Lists Atlantic Cod as Endangered May 2, 2003 EPA Offers Temperature Guidance For Northwest Salmon and Trout April 30, 2003 Emergency Proposed Rule for Northeast Multispecies Groundfish April 24, 2003 Emergency Proposed Rule for Northeast Multispecies Groundfish April 24, 2003 Minnesota Warns of Mercury in Fish April 24, 2003 B.C. First Nations Sue Fish Farms, Province, Feds April 22, 2003 Wild Alaska Spends $50 Million to Beat Farm Salmon April 21, 2003 Reminder: Ridgeback Large Coastal Shark Fishery Closed April 15 April 17, 2003 Fishery Management Plan for Pelagic Sargassum Habitat of the South Atlantic Region Available for Public Review and Comment April 17, 2003 Spending Bill Helps Alaska Salmon April 15, 2003 U.S. Dolphin-Safe Tuna Ruling Stands April 15, 2003 Connecticut Extends Protection for River Herring April 15, 2003 Emergency Closure Set for Baltic Cod Fishery April 15, 2003 Federal Judge Protects Dolphin Safe Tuna Label April 14, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Wins Tilefish Lawsuit April 11, 2003 Multispecies Fishery Management Plan – Essential Fish Habitat Component in Draft Environmental Impact Statement is Open for Comment April 11, 2003 Record Fine for Fish Scam April 4, 2003 NOAA Fisheries and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Designate Critical Habitat for Gulf Sturgeon April 3, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Publishes Adjustments to Swordfish Quota Levels for 2002 Fishing Year March 28, 2003 Red Snapper Commercial Fishery In Gulf of Mexico Federal Waters Opens Noon, April 1, 2003 March 28, 2003 Feds Predict Strong 2003 for Northwest Salmon March 24, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Issues Fact Sheet, Frequently Asked Questions & Answers to Help Fishermen Understand New Recreational Rules for Highly Migratory Species March 20, 2003 Final Rule to Amend Halibut Fishery under Western Alaska CDQ Program March 20, 2003 Proposed Rule for Spiny Dogfish specifications for May 1, 2003, through April 30, 2004 March 20, 2003 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the National Marine Fisheries Service Designate Critical Habitat for the Gulf Sturgeon March 19, 2003 'Talking Fish' Stuns New York March 14, 2003 Iceberg Supercomputer to Power Salmon, Whitefish Research March 14, 2003 Final Rule to Amend Halibut Fishery under Western Alaska CDQ Program March 6, 2003 Seasonal Area Closure to Trawl, Pot, and Hook-and-Line Fishing off Cape Sarichef, Alaska March 6, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Announces Management Measures for Pacific Coast Groundfish through December 2003 March 6, 2003 King Mackerel Trip Limit Reduced March 6, 2003 New Regulations for Recreational Fishing on Highly Migratory Species March 6, 2003 Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Fisheries March 6, 2003 Groundfish Reviews Received March 6, 2003 National Bycatch Strategy Announced & Notice of Decision on Bycatch Petition Published March 6, 2003 Killer Whales Munch Seals, Save Salmon March 5, 2003 Marine Scientists to Replenish West Coast Rockfish March 5, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Extends Comment Period for Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to Consider Revision to "Overfishing" Criteria February 28, 2003 Federal Agencies Say Salmon Plan Is Working February 28, 2003 Virginia Arrests Man for Possession, Sale of Snakehead Fish February 27, 2003 Conservationists Sue to Safeguard Cutthroat Trout February 27, 2003 Federal Salmon Recovery Plan Is Failing February 26, 2003 California Grocers Warn of Mercury in Fish February 25, 2003 Endangered Rio Grande Silvery Minnow Gets Critical Habitat February 20, 2003 Consumers Wrestle With Mixed Seafood Messages February 20, 2003 Utility Customers Help Fund Salmon Projects February 19, 2003 Freshwater Fishery Hotspots Identified February 18, 2003 Ocean Crisis Caused by Destructive Fishing February 18, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Releases First Business Report February 12, 2003 Urban Runoff Killing Salmon in Washington February 7, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Approves Amendment 13 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP February 6, 2003 Shark Management Options Paper Available; Scoping Meeting Schedule Announced February 6, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Announces Recommendations for Saltonstall-Kennedy Grant Funding February 6, 2003 President Bush Requests $15.9 Million Additional Funding for NOAA Fisheries Programs in 2004 February 6, 2003 Rare 'River Panda' Fish Returned to Yangtze February 5, 2003 Scientists Puzzling How Rare Antarctic Toothfish Ended Up Off Greenland February 5, 2003 $2 Million Study to Tackle Fish Farm Escapes February 5, 2003 Sustainability the Key to $2 Million Aquaculture Research February 4, 2003 Fight Over Fish Farms February 1, 2003 NOAA Commissions New Fisheries Survey Vessel January 31, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Determines North American Green Sturgeon Does Not Warrant Listing Under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) January 31, 2003 King Mackerel Trip Limit Increased for Commercial Hook-and-Line Vessels Fishing in the Florida East Coast Sub Zone January 31, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Reopens Comment Period for Proposed Rule on Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Exempted Fishing Activities January 31, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Announces Availability of Issues & Options Paper for Sharks - Requests Comments and Announces Public Meetings January 31, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Announces Peer Reviewers for Groundfish Review January 31, 2003 Seafood Trade Group Supports Ecolabeling January 29, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Determines North American Green Sturgeon Does Not Warrant Listing Under the Endangered Species Act January 29, 2003 Lawsuit Warns of Methylmercury in Fish January 27, 2003 Funding Boost Sought for Fisheries January 24, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Seeks Public Comment on Proposed 2003 List of Fisheries January 22, 2003 NOAA Fisheries, Ocean Trust, and National Fisheries Institute Triple Habitat & Resource Restoration Program January 17, 2003 Gag, Red Grouper, And Black Grouper Commercial Fisheries Close February 15 - March 15, 2003 January 17, 2003 Red Snapper Commercial Fishery Open at Noon on February 1, 2003 January 17, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Agrees to a Temporary Stay in New Dolphin-Safe Tuna Label Standard January 17, 2003 Stream Erosion Linked to Decline of American Eels January 14, 2003 Revisions of Dolphin Safe Tuna Label Delayed January 10, 2003 Designer Diets Produce Fish Packed with Nutrients January 7, 2003 Klamath Water Diversions Caused Fish Kill January 7, 2003 U.S. Changes Meaning of Dolphin Safe Tuna Label January 6, 2003 NOAA Fisheries Proposes to Reduce Discards of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna (ABFT) and Modify Target Catch Requirements for Pelagic Longline Vessels Retaining Incidental Catch of Atlantic BFT January 3, 2003