Watch a recording of Rep. Jared Huffman’s remarks regarding the Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act, passing out of the House Natural Resources Committee.
MSA reauthorization passes initial vote in US House
The U.S. House of Representatives Natural Resources Committee on Water, Oceans, and Wildlife has passed H.R. 4690, the Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act, the latest attempt to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA).
LINK ( via Seafood Source)
Warming Waters Challenge Atlantic Salmon, Both Wild and Farmed
Higher ocean and river temperatures are stressing Atlantic salmon, depriving these iconic fish of oxygen and forcing them to swim farther to find food. These climate-change pressures are also impacting salmon in ocean farms, which have seen an increase in mass die-offs.
LINK (via Yale 360)
House Gives Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization New Life
The election of Mary Peltola, who was recently sworn in to complete the term of Representative Don Young, gives new life to H.R. 4690, the Sustaining America’s Fisheries for the Future Act.
Should H.R. 4690 become law in its current form, it would require fishery managers to consider climate-related spatial shifts in stock abundance, and create a mechanism for regional fishery management councils to address stocks that shift into waters under another council’s jurisdiction.
LINK (via One Angler’s Voyage)
New study predicts dire future for Montana trout anglers
There’s good news and bad news for anglers and residents of Montana. The good news? According to a new study by the U.S. Geological Survey published Sept. 7 in the journal Science Advances, as drought and climate change take a toll on the Treasure State’s fabled trout waters, anglers are responding by changing their fishing habits and spreading the fishing pressure around to waters that are more resilient. The bad news? It’s likely a short-term fix, and climate change will probably exact a heavier toll — it’s not getting any cooler out there. In time, even an alteration in angling behavior won’t be enough to keep climate change from impacting more Montana rivers and streams.
LINK (via Hatch Magazine)
How climate change affects your city in real time
Climate Mapping for Resilience and Adaptation (CMRA) integrates information from across the federal government to help people consider their local exposure to climate-related hazards. People working in community organizations or for local, Tribal, state, or Federal governments can use the site to help them develop equitable climate resilience plans to protect people, property, and infrastructure. The site also points users to Federal grant funds for climate resilience projects, including those available through the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
Why Do We Need a Crisis to ‘Organize?’
An op-ed from the fishing guide and executive director of the Northwest Guides and Anglers Association, Bob Rees, about why we should be thinking about the next iteration of the Magnuson-Stevens Act.
LINK (via Marine Conservation Network)
Four of the World’s Top Outdoor Athletes Explain What the Inflation Reduction Act Means to Them
Jessie Diggins, Conrad Anker, Tommy Caldwell, and Phil Henderson were among the many voices that helped move the IRA over the finish line. The law tackles health care costs, tax codes, and pollution in historically marginalized communities, and also contains the largest climate investment in U.S. history.
LINK (via Outside)
Early lives of Alaska sockeye salmon accelerating with climate change
An ample buffet of freshwater food, brought on by climate change, is altering the life history of one of the world's most important salmon species.
LINK (via Phys.Org)
NOAA and NFWF Grant $25.2 Million For Emergency Coastal Resilience
The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF), in cooperation with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), announced on June 6 that $25.2 million in available grants will be dispersed to help coastal communities affected by storms and wildfires in 2020 and 2021 to increase resilience to future natural disasters.
Waterside Chat: The Latest on Bristol Bay and Pebble Mine
Sam Snyder of the Wild Salmon Center and Scott Hed with Businesses for Bristol Bay joined Waterside Chat host Tom Sadler on May 25, 2022.
They talked about:
* The EPA’s May 25th announcement of a proposed determination to prohibit and restrict the use of certain waters in the Bristol Bay watershed as disposal sites for the discharge of dredged or fill material associated with mining under Clean Water Act Section 404(c)
* Background on the Bristol Bay watershed, which supports some of the richest salmon fisheries on the planet, along with the people and wildlife who depend on them
* The threat posed by the proposed Pebble Mine
* Concrete actions you can take to help protect this vital resource and national treasure
Anglers and tribal fishers may need to find a new catch as climate change threatens walleye
Miami-Dade is working on a plan to clean up Biscayne Bay. One part of it, at least
Biscayne Bay is in dire straits. Fish kills vanishing seagrass, and climate change is taking a toll. For the first time, Miami-Dade County is developing a formal, state-monitored plan to restore the bay.
LINK (via Miami Herald)
Restoring Resilience: Anglers Must Lead on Climate Change
As anglers, we see firsthand the reduced snowpack, shrinking glaciers, extreme flooding, and the summer heatwaves and drought dangerously raising water temperatures. Carp anglers might not be as concerned – after all, carp are fine in hot, dirty water – but trout, steelhead, and salmon anglers can already see the impacts of climate change on their home rivers and fish populations.
LINK (via Moldychum)
Australian authorities to buy out fisheries, citing climate crisis
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority will spend $20m to buy out fisheries in Australia’s southeast in part because the climate crisis is affecting the population numbers of some species, making current fishing levels unsustainable.
LINK (via The Guardian)
1,500 Square Miles of Coastal Wetlands Have Vanished in Two Decades
Coastal wetlands are vitally important ecosystems. They store carbon dioxide, protect seaside communities from storms and provide habitats for marine life.
Yet in the past two decades, Earth has lost 4,000 square kilometers (approximately 1,544 square miles) of tidal flats, tidal marshes and mangroves, according to a new study published in Science.
LINK (via EcoWatch)