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Census of the ocean finding new wonders for researchers
WASHINGTON (AP) - A city of brittle stars off the coast of New Zealand, an Antarctic expressway where octopuses ride along in a flow of extra salty water and a carpet of tiny crustaceans on the Gulf of Mexico sea floor are among the wonders discovered by researchers compiling a massive census of marine life.
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New England town struggles to preserve fishing industry
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) - When Arthur Sawyer was a teenager, fishing boats packed Gloucester harbor, and all you had to do to land a job on the waterfront was ask. On a late fall afternoon 40 years later, Sawyer's boat, Miss Carla, was one of the few working vessels around.
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Bristol Bay salmon fishermen stymied by compressed runs
Part of the attraction of fishing for sockeye salmon in Bristol Bay is the “home run” potential: the chance to catch a lot of fish in a short amount of time, said Chris McDowell, a veteran fisherman who also studies the economy of the fisheries and writes the salmon report for the state's Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute in Juneau.
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PHOTO:Cleaning up beached squid
Matt Finley of Westport tosses beached squid onto the rocks at the Westport boat basin Monday. Many dead and dying Humbolt squid clogged the basin's waters in recent days, prompting state wildlife officials to remove the daily harvest limit in the area through Oct. 19.
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National fisheries briefs
HONOLULU (AP) - The Coast Guard says it removed four tons of debris from Kure Atoll in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The cutter Kukui used two small boats to transport 36 loads, or four tons, from the atoll over three days. Endangered Hawaiian monk seals and threatened sea turtles can get entangled and killed in abandoned fishing nets. Sea birds mistake plastic for food. Cynthia Vanderlip manages the state of Hawaii's Kure Atoll Wildlife Sanctuary. She says state and federal officers rescued seven Hawaiian monk seals, five black-footed albatross, and a tern from entanglement at Kure in the past two years. The Coast Guard says it routinely removes debris in the Pacific as part of its commitment to marine environmental protection.
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