Federal authorities say the F/V Castaway unlawfully fished with longline gear in a coral habitat protection area. They're proposing a $13,335 fine.
Read about this and other Alaska cases in this national summary of NOAA enforcement actions for the second half of 2013.
Also, we've posted several new items on our sister blog, The Brig.
Showing posts with label coral. Show all posts
Showing posts with label coral. Show all posts
Sunday, February 23, 2014
Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Endangered coral? NMFS says nope
The National Marine Fisheries Service has shot down a petition to list 44 coral species off Alaska as threatened or endangered. More here.
Wednesday, August 22, 2012
Activists aim to protect 'stunning' Alaska coral
The Center for Biological Diversity is petitioning the federal government to protect Alaska coral under the Endangered Species Act.
"Human impacts on cold-water corals are devastating, in particular the destructive fisheries practices that can wipe out many square miles of coral habitat in a single day," the center says.
Trawls, longlines and pots can all damage coral, but "the greatest threat" is climate change, the group says.
The nonprofit organization, based in Tucson, Ariz., says Alaska corals "occur in greatest abundance and variety a few miles off the Aleutian Islands, in underwater canyons in the Bering Sea, and on the slopes of submerged volcanoes in the Gulf of Alaska."
"Human impacts on cold-water corals are devastating, in particular the destructive fisheries practices that can wipe out many square miles of coral habitat in a single day," the center says.
Trawls, longlines and pots can all damage coral, but "the greatest threat" is climate change, the group says.
The nonprofit organization, based in Tucson, Ariz., says Alaska corals "occur in greatest abundance and variety a few miles off the Aleutian Islands, in underwater canyons in the Bering Sea, and on the slopes of submerged volcanoes in the Gulf of Alaska."
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