Sep 10

Higher sockeye numbers don’t mean challenges are at an end

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Salmon have been an integral part of the life and culture of people on Canada’s West Coast since time began.

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Sep 10

Up Bear CREEKRemembering Nine Eleven & America’s Never-Ending Wars

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SAN MIGUEL PEACE WALK … It was an immediate response to the terrible catastrophe in that first year of the new Christian millennium, when our enemies struck back at Pax Americana and felled the Twin Towers — inflicting shock and awe on New York and the world.

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Sep 10

Soldier is ‘hooked’ on fishing

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AN Ulster soldier this week decommissoned his firearm and replaced it with a fishing rod as he took a rest from operational deployment.

Original post by Belfast Today

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Sep 10

There Are Too Many Ways To Catch Crappie To Count

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Crappie are good to eat and fun to catch. I have caught them in ponds and lakes, from hot summer to cold winter. Here are some tips for catching them and some articles on different methods, as well as places to buy rods and jigs on the internet.

Do you fish for crappie? Share your tips and thoughts in the comments section below.

picture (c) Ronnie Garrison

There Are Too Many Ways To Catch Crappie To Count
There Are Too Many Ways To Catch Crappie To Count originally appeared on About.com Freshwater Fishing on Friday, September 10th, 2010 at 09:35:49.
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Sep 10

U.S. lists concern for basking sharks

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 (UPI) — A U.S. agency says it is designating the eastern North Pacific basking shark a "species of concern" due to a dramatic dec

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Sep 10

Fishermen grill Marine Resources chief

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BILOXI — Fishermen and others peppered the head of the state Department of Marine Resources with tough questions Wednesday at a meeting on seafood safety.
Asian Americans for Change sponsored a meeting that gave fishermen and others the chance to ask experts and state officials about the safety of their catch.

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Sep 10

Many Gulf fishermen reluctant to try their luck

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The leaking oil well is capped, the oil is degrading and the coast is clear for fishermen to resume operations, but shrimper Tommy Verdin is not rushing out to sea. Like many other fishermen on the Gulf coast, he’s eyeing the economic tides and worrying.

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Sep 10

Alaska river turbine not harming fish

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“In the brief testing that we have been able to accomplish, we have no indication that the turbine has killed or even injured any fish,” said Andrew Seitz, project leader and assistant professor of fisheries at the University of Alaska.

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Sep 10

All Alabama Waters Now Open; Fall Snapper Season a Go

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All Alabama waters previously closed because of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill have been reopened to commercial and recreational fishing. These areas include all Alabama Gulf of Mexico waters out to three miles and the remaining closed waters of Mobile Bay just north of the Fort Morgan Peninsula. In addition to finfish, the area north of Fort Morgan is also open to shrimping and commercial and recreational crab harvesting.

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Sep 10

Celebrate National Hunting and Fishing Day

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This year National Hunting and Fishing Day is Saturday September 25! Celebrate this event by participating in an outdoor activity such as a dove hunt or by sharpening your shooting skills at one of the state’s many shooting ranges. Alabama’s fall hunting seasons are just around the corner and if you haven’t already renewed your hunting license now is the perfect time to do so. Click here for a complete list of season dates and bag limits.

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Sep 10

ACT NOW TO PROTECT HAY AND CROPS FROM WILDLIFE DAMAGE

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MONTROSE, Colo. — Winter is just around the corner and ranchers, farmers, livestock owners and other agricultural businesses are reminded that this is the time to prepare properties in order to prevent winter damage to crops and products by wildlife.

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Sep 10

Winner Selected in the 2nd Annual Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamp Photo Contest

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New conservation stamp raises more than $19,000 in its first year for wildlife diversity
COLUMBUS, OHIO—Two separate photo entries of an Eastern amberwing, submitted by wildlife photographer Sharon Cummings, garnered both the winning and first runner up honors in the 2nd annual Ohio Wildlife Legacy Stamp Photo Contest. The winning photo will appear on the 2011 Legacy Stamp, which goes on sale March 1, according to the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR), Division of Wildlife. Cummings, of Graytown, captured her images in Ottawa County.

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Sep 09

Landowners may apply for free antlerless licenses

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PIERRE, S.D. – A law passed by the 2010 Legislature allows many South Dakota landowners to apply for and receive free antlerless deer licenses.
The Game, Fish and Parks Department is offering up to two antlerless deer licenses per qualifying household in West River Deer and East River Deer units that have unsold licenses after the second drawing for each season is completed.

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Sep 09

WDFW seeks public comments on options for razor-clam season

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OLYMPIA – The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is now accepting public comments on digging days, catch limits and other management options for the upcoming razor clam season.
Suggestions for the 2010-11 season, tentatively set to begin in early October, can be sent via email to razorclams@dfw.wa.gov or by Postal Service to: RazorClams, 48 Devonshire Rd., Montesano, WA 98563.

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Sep 09

WILDLIFE COMMISSION APPROVES FREE BIG-GAME LICENSES FOR WOUNDED WARRIORS

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CRAIG, Colo.–The Colorado Wildlife Commission today unanimously approved final regulations and big-game license allocations to provide free licenses to hunt deer, elk and pronghorn to Colorado combat veterans severely wounded in action while deployed overseas since Sept. 11, 2001. These licenses will be available this fall.

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