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ASA Sportfishing Summit Registration Available October 5-7Visit www.njfishandwildlife.com for more info (from Jersey Coast Anglers Association October 2005 Newsletter) The American Sportfishing Association’s annual Sportfishing Summit is the industry’s premiere informational and networking opportunity. It demonstrates our desire to bring together our members with others from both inside and outside the sportfishing community to provide you with an informative, productive and enjoyable event. Registration and Housing Registration materials for this year’s Sportfishing Summit, scheduled for October 5–7, 2005, at the Ocean Reef Club, Key Largo, Florida, are now available. Summit registration and reservation forms, including forms for housing, fishing and golf, networking lunches and the spouses’ breakfast, are now available on ASA’s Web site. Summit Agenda The focus of this year’s Summit is threefold: angling participation, the manufacturers’ excise tax and the future of saltwater fishing. Most of ASA’s committees and the Board of Directors will meet at the Summit, and we have a solid line-up of business seminars as well. As usual, the agenda has ample time for social gatherings, fishing and golf and other networking opportunities. New in 2005 is a special breakfast for spouses, hosted by Byron Velvick, star of “The Bachelor” and professional bass angler, scheduled for Wednesday morning, October 5. To view a copy of the Agenda At-A-Glance, go to the ASA Web page http://www.asafishing.org Stay Up-to-Date: Summit 2005 For the most up-to-date information about the 2005 Sportfishing Summit, please visit the ASA Web site.
Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries Management Scoping Meetings: September 26-October 24, 2005
The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council will hold scoping meetings for stakeholder groups and interested parties "to facilitate wide-ranging discussions with affected/interested parties and the general public in nine topic areas: (1) views regarding the adequacy of current approaches for addressing ecosystem considerations, (2) the nature of ecosystem-based management and the goals to be achieved in addressing ecosystem issues, (3) the nature of the public decision making processes within the Councils for addressing management tradeoffs, consistent with identified goals, (4) mechanisms for considering activities outside the Fishery Management Council's (FMC) purview but influencing ecosystem productivity, (5) the boundaries of sub-regional ecosystems within the areas of the various FMCs, (6) the types of management measures that would be incorporated into ecosystem approaches for fishery management, consistent with the identified goals, (7) the specific regional issues that need to be addressed in a fishery ecosystem plan (FEP), (8) techniques for determining success of ecosystem-based management, and (9) other issues considered important in any particular region." Following each of the nine topics addressed in the scoping document there are a series of triggering questions that are designed to initiate, but not limit, the debate on the practicability of adopting some form of ecosystem based fishery management. All meetings will begin at 7:00 p.m. Dates and locations for the meetings are: Monday, September 26, 2005: Clarion Oceanfront, 1601 S. Virginia Dare Trail, Kill Devil Hills, NC 27948. Tuesday, September 27, 2005: Comfort Inn, 3100 Arendell Street, Morehead City, NC 28557. Wednesday, September 28, 2005: Norfolk Days Inn Airport, 5708 Northampton Blvd., Virginia Beach, VA 23455. Monday, October 3, 2005: Crowne Plaza JFK Airport, 151-20 Baisley Blvd., Jamaica, NY 11434. Tuesday, October 4, 2005: Southampton Inn, 91 Hill Street, Southampton, NY 11968. Thursday, October 6, 2005: Ocean Place Resort, One Ocean Blvd., Long Branch, NJ 07740. Tuesday, October 11, 2005: Holiday Inn Select, 480 King Street, Old Town Alexandria, VA 22314. Wednesday, October 12, 2005: Princess Royale, 9100 Coastal Highway, Ocean City, MD 21842. Thursday, October 13, 2005: Sheraton, 173 Jennifer Road, Annapolis, MD 21401. Monday, October 17, 2005: Congress Hall Hotel, 251 Beach Avenue, Cape May, NJ 08204.
Federal Information and News Dispatch, Inc. September 14, 2005
U.S. Agency To Study Effects of Hurricane Katrina on Ecosystem; Biologists will Examine Marine Resources, Toxic Contaminants A National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) research vessel is working off the coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama to study the effects of Hurricane Katrina on marine resources and the ecosystem. According to a September 13 NOAA press release, biologists will take water samples and examine sediments in the Mississippi River during the cruise. They also plan to test fish and shrimp for evidence of toxic contamination and pathogens that might affect human health. "NOAA is implementing a suite of studies and tests to determine the effects of the hurricane on fish, marine mammals, sea turtles and the ecosystem they depend on for survival," said Bill Hogarth, NOAA Fisheries Service director. U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez September 9 announced a formal determination of a fishery failure in the Gulf of Mexico due to the devastation following Hurricane Katrina. In addition to the research cruise, NOAA has chartered a shrimp-fishing vessel from Alabama to help with sampling for evidence of toxic contamination and pathogens. NOAA biologists also are flying over the area to look for marine mammals and sea turtles, and to assess the damage to wetlands. Information about NOAA Fisheries Service is available on the agency's Web site. Aerial images of Hurricane Katrina's impact on the Gulf Coast region are available on NOAA's Web site. For more information on the storm and its aftermath, see Hurricane Katrina. Text of the NOAA press release follows:
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