Sentences with phrase «help fisheries»

One sought to restrict the choices available to fishery management councils by gutting funds for catch shares fishery management programs that have been proven to help fisheries and fishing jobs.

«Our studies may help fisheries managers better understand why numbers of adults that return to spawn may be so low in some years,» said Furey.

Also needed is monitoring to help fisheries managers select the actions that work best.

Last year, federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea assured reporters her department was doing everything it could to help fisheries get certified, saying, «the cost of not doing it would be, well, we can't even talk about that.»

Earle McCurdy, president of the Fish, Food and Allied Workers union, said the fund will help the fishery and plant workers take full advantage of the trade deal.

The company has partnered with the Centre for Development & Sustainable Fisheries — Latin America & Caribbean, a nonprofit that focuses on helping fisheries in Latin America and the Caribbean achieve sustainability.

Finally, it discusses potential opportunities for helping fisheries to reduce climate threats, through adaptation.

Not exact matches

Jefferson, Washington, and the Congress chose to help the industry get back on its feet by what was essentially a tax cut (in lieu of tariffs paid for supplies coming from outside the U.S.) to the owners and workers of the cod fishery on the condition that the ship owners share the tax credits with all the workers.

Gidney Fisheries sought to tap into that market, with the help of Duan Zeng, Mr. MacDonald's colleague.

By creating a marketplace for sustainable seafood and setting stringent safety standards, Albion Fisheries is helping to ensure the viability of the seafood industry for the long term.

The skipjack population in this area is managed by the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC), and in many areas, the Parties to the Nauru Agreement (PNA), which have put in place conservation measures to help prevent overfishing.

A new framework based on retailer Coles» Responsibly Sourced Seafood project has been launched by the Fisheries Research and Development Corporation (FRDC) of Australia to help food firms secure sustainable produce.

Organic agriculture is an important source of income for island residents, especially as fisheries become depleted, and organic crops help reduce the need to import so much fresh food and minimize the introduction of invasive species that arrive in these shipments.

Seafish have developed a fisheries risk assessment tool (known as RASS) that will help buyers make an informed judgement on the risks they face when sourcing seafood.

I re-wrote Labour's Charter for Angling in 2004 and have helped pilot through legislation to enhance and improve our fisheries and waterside environment.

A status update of the striped bass stock hasn't been completed since 2011, said Mike Waine, a coordinator with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, which helps to set fishing quotas for commercial operations to protect fish populations.

«Indiscriminate take and nontraditional techniques were impacting the entire fishery,» says Ka'aumoana, who helped to initiate lobbying for the new law.

Here's one example: While lobbying for the new law, Winter helped summarize and explain nearly 2 decades» worth of research on the local fishery, a task made easier by his years of experience doing literature reviews.

«Sustainable fisheries generate billions of dollars for our economy, help keep saltwater recreational fishing as one of our nation's favorite past times, and help coastal communities remain economically resilient,» said Eileen Sobeck, assistant NOAA administrator for fisheries.

Overall, the animations will help stewards of ocean life think about underwater sound in three dimensions, says Greg Silber, coordinator of recovery activities for endangered large whales at the National Marine Fisheries Service of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

Catch share programs, in which regional fishery councils divvy up quota shares to fishermen, could help ease this burden.

The new finding helps illuminate why the lake's fisheries are foundering, said study leader Andrew S. Cohen, a UA Distinguished Professor of Geosciences.

Lead author, Professor Callum Roberts from the University of York's Environment Department, said: «Many studies show that well - managed marine reserves can protect wildlife and support productive fisheries, but we wanted to explore this body of research through the lens of climate change to see whether these benefits could help ameliorate or slow its impacts.

He suggests that supplying cash transfer programs in tandem with cultural support, education, fisheries and wildlife management will help people remain connected to their land and culture to preserve sustainability and maintain tropical forests.

It's also helping to keep an important human fishery going.

Meltwater also contributes to municipal water supply; feeds rivers and streams, boosting fisheries and tourism; and conditions the landscape, helping lessen the effects of drought and wildfires.

«Understanding climate change impacts is vital to help protect marine ecosystem services that humans rely on so heavily such as fisheries, aquaculture and tourism» said Dr. Rob Ellis, an ecological physiologist also based at Exeter University.

Targeted removal is the only management strategy that seems to help, and many hope to establish a food fishery to increase the fishing pressure on these ravenous predators.

NOAA's Southwest Fisheries Science Center raises endangered white abalone to help reestablish their populations in the wild.

«It helps us to understand the factors driving this population, because we can incorporate them into management decisions,» said Chris Yates, Assistant Regional Administrator for Protected Resources in NOAA Fisheries» West Coast Region.

«Findings from our study can help managers determine the most viable ways to enhance valuable recreational fisheries in Lake Michigan, especially when the open waters of the lake are declining in productivity,» said Yu - Chun Kao, an MSU post-doctoral scientist and the lead author of the report.

«It is unfortunate because Lake Abert could help the local economy by supporting a thriving low - impact, sustainable fishery if only recently diverted water was once again allowed to flow into the lake.»

«Our strategy was to develop a rapid assessment instrument that would organize the knowledge of local fishery experts to help us understand how harvesters and processors are performing economically and how the fishery is supporting its community.

Research carried out by UEA with the Centre for Environment, Fisheries and Aquaculture Science (Cefas) and published in the journal Fisheries Research reveals that a ban will only help future fish stocks if it is accompanied by other measures to reduce total fishing mortality.

«This tool is designed to help us evaluate a fishery system's performance toward achieving economic, community and ecological sustainability — the «triple bottom line,»» said co-author James Anderson, director of the Institute for Sustainable Food Systems at the University of Florida.

«By looking at the decline in fish food over time, we can estimate how much our total potential fisheries catch could be reduced,» said Moore, who helped develop the Community Earth System Model employed in this study.

«Understanding seal movement can help mitigate seal - fishery conflict.»

More observations, fishery captures and analyses of occasional specimens, along with tagging and telemetry studies, are needed to help answer these questions and improve conservation strategies.

«I'm not against subsidies, but they have to help making fisheries sustainable,» says Cury, who signed the letter as well.

But Joji Morishita, director general of Japan's National Research Institute of Far Seas Fisheries, says that Japan's cetacean scientists «think the review process is quite reasonable, and has helped shape our research and implementation.»

But a new study demonstrates how a French radar instrument on an Indian satellite could greatly enhance seamount maps, putting submariners on safer courses while helping with climate science, fisheries science, and tsunami forecasts.

«This work will help increase our understanding of climate change, carbon cycling, and ocean acidification in the Arctic, particularly as it affects marine and fishery science and technology,» added Chen.

This would allow adaptive fisheries and conservation management, and help to minimise the social and economic impacts.

These upwelling events also push nutrients to the surface to help support kelp forests and productive fisheries.

A new in - depth analysis of global bycatch data provides fisheries and the conservation community with the best information yet to help mitigate the ecological damage of bycatch and helps identify where mitigation measures are most needed.

Some members of Congress are pushing an omnibus ocean protection bill called Oceans - 21, which aims to regulate fisheries, establish a network of protected areas, provide an oceans management framework to rescue coasts and off - shore areas, and help ocean life survive global warming.

AIS provides a tool for helping understand underwater soundscapes and identifying sources of acoustic noises that can be linked to decreased fisheries catches or disruptions to marine mammal behaviors and migrations.

This approach could help ensure sustainable fisheries — and a more continuous supply of shrimp cocktail.

The unreported catch is crippling the artisanal fisheries that help to feed West African populations, he says.

Examining how land - use changes may affect water quality and fisheries resources in lakes and rivers will help natural resource agencies manage wildlife populations, according to Steven Chipps, leader of the U.S. Geological Survey, South Dakota Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at South Dakota State University.