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Nice to see our "shuck don't chuck" initiative featured in my local Mornington Peninsula Magazine.  "The Shuck Don’t Chuck program collects oyster, mussel and scallop shells from restaurants, venues and seafood wholesalers. These discarded shells, which would typically end up in landfill, are given a new purpose in building and restoring shellfish reefs." "Once collected, the shells undergo a curing process where they are exposed to the elements for at least six months to eliminate potential disease pathogens. When they are ready to go, the shells become part of the shellfish reef restoration process, serving as a new reef base or as a surface for juvenile oysters to grow on in hatchery tanks." Here's to many more shellfish reefs restored across Australia in partnership with local communities and businesses as we head towards our 30x30 restoration targets. https://lnkd.in/gv6CryyS  Simon Branigan Scott Breschkin

Drought and warm water threaten salmon in B.C. rivers, streams and hatcheries. Hatcheries need cool, fresh water to operate and produce healthy fish that support conservation, rebuilding, stock assessment and fisheries. That’s why we’re working hard to mitigate the risk of extended dry weather conditions to our hatchery facilities. Supported by Canada’s Pacific Salmon Strategy Initiative, we’re protecting our hatcheries against drought by improving water intakes and groundwater supplies, improving the efficiency of water use, and deploying backup aeration and oxygenation systems. We’re also adjusting our activities, techniques and timing to reduce heat related stress on fish. These are just some of the steps we’re taking to support salmon during extreme environmental events. Learn more: https://ow.ly/Cu4150SP3o0

"Scottish coastal waters remain linked to the rest of the world’s oceans, providing a route by which our impoverished seas could be restocked and rewilded. Given the opportunity – and the protections needed – the potential still exists for marine life to recolonise our shores, for fish stocks to recover and inshore fisheries to thrive – if we allow them to do so." 🐋 Have you read our new eBook, Coastlands: a celebration of Scotland's marine ecosystems and the initiatives restoring them? Hurry, our giveaway ends today - get it FREE while you can! https://lnkd.in/ercjZui9

For decades, wild Chinook salmon have been decreasing in size and number. These fish carry entire ecosystems on their backs, so this is bad news for everything from trees to whales. Our new blog series, Keystone, will explore the links between Pacific salmon and their ecosystems – and illustrate how protecting salmon is a shortcut to protecting the planet as a whole. First up: the Southern Resident orcas: https://lnkd.in/gm9t_uSC

Preventing whale entanglements is one of our top priorities. Last week, partners, including funding recipients of the Whalesafe Gear Adoption Fund, met in Moncton, New Brunswick to present the results of their gear trials testing lower breaking-strength and on-demand fishing gear. The results of these trials will help inform our Whalesafe Gear Strategy, which will guide the development and use of whalesafe fishing gear in fisheries across Canada to prevent and reduce whale entanglements. Learn more about whalesafe gear: https://ow.ly/gWRv50PNpME

Last week more than 100 testifiers showed up to speak at the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting, most of them Tribal leaders and members from salmon-dependent communities devastated by sharp declines in #salmon returns.  While challenging issues aren’t uncommon at the Council, the gravity of salmon conversation in the North Pacific has brought what may be an unprecedented scope of public input and somber dialogue. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council took another step toward limiting chum bycatch in the Bering Sea pollock fishery, after several days of public testimony and deliberation. Globally, fishery managers are grappling with issues like climate change and food security in the context of serious environmental concerns, as well as the entrenched challenges of historic inequity and underrepresentation of vulnerable communities. Increased participation, like we’re seeing in the North Pacific, drives a dialogue that can address emerging and systemic issues more holistically. Modern #fisheries management in the U.S. is relatively young. In the North Pacific, our willingness to continuously learn, change, and improve, will determine our ability to lead.

Redfish have made a remarkable comeback since 2011 and after almost 30 years Fisheries and Oceans Canada has announced the moratorium on commercial redfish has come to an end. “Oceana Canada urges Fisheries Minister Lebouthillier and DFO to take a cautious approach. We call on the Canadian government to develop a redfish management plan to prevent the same overfishing that led to its collapse 30 years ago. It must include rigorous monitoring requirements in line with DFO’s Fishery Monitoring Policy,” says Rebecca Schijns, Oceana Canada fishery scientist. “With the rebound of redfish, DFO can demonstrate how a fishery can be re-opened successfully. By following modern policies and management practices, redfish can provide an economic boost to coastal communities for years to come.” Read our full statement here: https://bit.ly/3u87vgE

Last May, fishery officers patrolling the Margaree River in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, encountered an individual angling and determined they were targeting Atlantic salmon during the recreational Atlantic salmon fishery closed time. In this area, the Atlantic salmon fishery opens on June 1. The annual closure is in place to allow overwintering salmon to return to sea and, later, return to the river to spawn. The individual was charged and convicted for multiple violations of the Fisheries Act and regulations. To know more about the recreational fishery regulations: https://ow.ly/wV1u50SPbwV Want to help protect our oceans? Learn how to become a fishery officer: https://ow.ly/r9VT50SPbwU