An adequate phytoplankton population is essential for producing a large and healthy fish community. Small fish are food for larger fish. The green color is produced by chlorophyll pigments contained in the billions of phytoplankton cells suspended I the water column. Factors such as pH, alkalinity, and dissolved oxygen affect fish health and pond productivity. Attributes which affect pond management are associated with plankton, fish populations and water quality. Heavy sediment loads can...

Commercial salmon fishermen will get a whole lot more fishing time than they did during last year's devastating closure. During the Pacific Fishery Management Council's session held from March 4-9 in Sacramento, council members discussed a variety of marine resource issues and begin to set fishing limits off the coasts of Oregon, Washington, and California, including 2007 salmon management options. During the Pacific Fishery Management Council's session held from March 4-9 in Sacramento,...

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Record numbers of young chinook salmon finning offshore should lead to a summer recreational salmon season that actually has some summer days in it for anglers fishing off the Southern Oregon and Northern California coasts. BROOKINGS After two mid-summers of idleness, Southern Oregon's recreational ocean anglers are poised for the busiest and perhaps the most productive summers on the sea. Collectively, that means the Brookings salmon season of the good-ol' days every summer holiday...

The interest in collegiate fishing programs and teams is on the upswing thanks to an increasing number of college bass competitions and national exposure provided by the FOX College Sports (FCS) television network. The big push for collegiate participation in bass fishing is fueled by economics. I've finally found a collegiate sport more to my liking bass fishing. Team selection is based on exceptional school and community involvement, which can include helping with neighborhood food...

Each year, hundreds of thousands of walleye for stocking are raised in ponds by sportsmen s clubs, including the Bays de Noc Great Lakes Sport Fishermen inc. Last week, the DNR announced it would stop stocking walleye, northern pike and muskellunge, or incubating their eggs for the next year. There is no threat posed to humans, but the viral hemorrhagic septicemia virus causes fatal anemia and internal bleeding in fish and is spreading throughout the Great Lakes. GLADSTONE Biologists...

The first ever solar powered salmon fishery will be operating this summer at Lummi Island, home to the world's only remaining reefnet fishery. The Lummi Island fish will use 'solar salmon' tail tags as a marketing angle when the fishery gets underway in late July. Although the boats are bigger now and winches are used to pull the nets, there isn't much difference in the fishing method to this day. We want to recreate with a good number of observations the hooking success on circle hooks...

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allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Fish Production Attracts N7. allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Fish Production Attracts N7. Chief Obasanjo who disclosed this while declaring open the First International Catfish Fair, described the sector as the fastest growing in the Agricultural sector, saying that aquaculture output had increased by 29 percent in the past one year while artisanal and industrial fisheries had also grown by 5 percent and 10 percent respectively. allAfrica.com: Nigeria: Fish Production...