DAILYCALLER (Simon August) - Fish Become The Newest Political Football In Senate Race Democrats Desperately Want To Flip
‘Fish is in my blood’
NEWSNATIONNOW (Rebecca Beitsch and The Hill) - Maine’s lobster industry finds itself squeezed on all sides amid Canada trade war
The war with Iran has sent diesel fuel prices soaring at a time when warming waters mean lobstermen are traveling further offshore to look for lobster.
AMERICANALMANAC (Sadie Smith) - More than 2,000 ocean predators spotted off Cape Cod — weeks after feds reopened the waters to commercial fishing
Scientists captured more than 2,000 marine animals from 15 species feeding together at a protected monument off Massachusetts, raising fresh questions about a federal rollback of fishing restrictions just months earlier. A New England Aquarium survey plane flew over the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument on August 16 and documented a scene researchers […] The post More than 2,000 ocean predators spotted off Cape Cod — weeks after feds reopened the waters to commercial fishing appeared first on American Almanac .
Scientists captured more than 2,000 marine animals from 15 species feeding together at a protected monument off Massachusetts, raising fresh questions about a federal rollback of fishing restrictions just months earlier. A New England Aquarium survey plane flew over the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument on August 16 and documented a scene researchers called extraordinary: dolphins, whales, whale sharks, and manta rays all congregating near the surface of a nearly 5,000-square-mile ocean preserve roughly 130 miles southeast of Cape Cod. The sheer number of animals, and the presence of several species classified as endangered, landed the survey squarely in the middle of a policy fight that has bounced between…Open
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Another European Country Has Voted Against EU Membership in a National Referendum.
Voters in Iceland rejected a proposal to resume European Union accession talks, ending a decade-long debate over membership prospects.
PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Icelanders voted 52.8 percent to 47.2 percent against resuming negotiations to join the European Union (EU), effectively shelving any immediate plans for EU membership. The referendum, held more than a decade after talks were initially suspended, reflects the public’s resistance to being submerged within the supranational bloc, despite much of the political class wanting to join it. WHEN & WHERE: The vote took place over the weekend in Iceland, with the capital of Reykjavik being the only area where a majority supported resuming EU talks. KEY QUOTE: “This isn’t the time to go. Maybe 10, 15, 20 years or more, like, we can take another look,” said Daniel Bjarkason, a voter against the measure. IMPACT:…Open
NYTIMES (Maria Abi-Habib, Riley Mellen, José María León Cabrera and Christiaan Triebert) - Ecuadorean Fishing Boats Hit by Mystery Attackers
Ecuadorean crews plying the waters of the Pacific have been targeted by a mysterious outfit equipped with drones. Some sailors appear to have lost their lives.
JUSTTHENEWS (Misty Severi) - Trump unlocks protected areas of the Pacific Ocean for commercial fishing
The proclamation restores fishing access to areas around three marine national monuments in a move that is expected to enhance U.S. domestic seafood production and lower seafood prices.
YOUTUBE (Newsmax) - High costs, cheap imports threaten U.S. shrimpers | Wake Up America
With America's shrimping industry hit hard by skyrocketing diesel fuel prices, rampant inflation, and a flood of unregulated foreign imports, local shrimpers are fighting to survive. NEWSMAX Correspondent John Huddy has more from Beaufort, South Carolina, with Captain Craig Reaves aboard the Gracie Bell.
JUSTTHENEWS (Ben Whedon) - Trump touts Red Snapper fishing permit approvals
Federal Red Snapper fishing season ranges from June 1 to October 26 in the Gulf of Mexico, but varies by state.
JUSTTHENEWS (Nicholas Ballasy) - Trump signs proclamation to 'unleash commercial fishing in the Atlantic,' ending Obama-era rules
The area affected is the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument, a federally protected marine zone east of Cape Cod that was originally created under former President Barack Obama to safeguard underwater ecosystems.