#northern spiny dogfish

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shark of the day: northern spiny dogfish, squalus griffini

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northern spiny dogfish are small dogfish sharks. they can reach lengths of up to around 1.1 metres(~3.6 ft). the northern spiny dogfish can be found in deeper waters near the sea floor around reefs and sandy bottoms located around new zealand in the southwestern pacific ocean. they feed on small fish, cephalopods, molluscs, and crustaceans.

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I’m almost always up to something in May, so I don’t get around to MerMay, but I did this year!!! I’ve got some drafts, but here’s a finished Rodina as a Spiny Dogfish Shark! Spiny Dogfish Sharks are dominantly Northern Hemisphere sharks prowling the subarctic and temperate zones. They eat just about whatever they can, but have a staple diet of herring, squid, shrimp, and even crabs! I thought the vast domain would attribute itself to Rodina well.

The Rest of the Crew: im being optimistic, we will see if these get linked

Rodina (here)

Odell

Priya

CJ

Gillidu

Jin

Jooeun

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Simplifying Atlantic Commercial Fishing Permits: Streamlined Solutions

Are you grappling with just how time-consuming it is to acquire the Atlantic Commercial Fishing Permits you need? Do you feel frustrated by the precious hours and resources wasted on paperwork? As a professional in the commercial fishing industry, your time is valuable, and every moment used for administrative tasks is one that isn’t used to enhance your business. We get it. So, to help, we have formulated a more straightforward and superior approach to obtaining commercial fishing permits for Atlantic waters.

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At the Commercial Fishing Permits Center, we offer an array of forms catering to the needs of commercial fishing professionals from across the US and beyond. However, we go the extra mile by offering forms intended exclusively for particular segments of the industry. Take, for instance, our Atlantic Sea Scallop permits. Since 1994, various limited access permit categories have been in place, encompassing full-time, part-time, and occasional vessel permits. Through our site, you can obtain the precise type of permit that aligns with your operational requirements, whether it pertains to part-time, full-time, the Northern Gulf of Maine, or other specific criteria.

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The following seafood suggestions are adapted from the ultra-informative appendix to Bottomfeeder, in which Taras Grescoe shares his personal recommendations for sustainable fare. 

Absolutely, Always: Artic char, Halibut (Pacific), Herring, Jellyfish, Mackerel, Mullet, Mussels, Oysters, Pollock, Sablefish, Sardines, Squid, Trout

No, Never: Bluefin tuna, Chilean sea bass, Cod (Atlantic), Dogfish, Flounder, Grouper, Halibut (Atlantic), Monkfish, Orange Roughy, Sharks, Skates, Sole (Atlantic), Tilefish

Sometimes, Depends…

Anchovy. Low in mercury, high in omega-3s. Available canned, salted, pickled in vinegar, and fermented in Asian sauces. Though flavorful and good for you, anchovy numbers in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean are at an all-time low. Until the fishery in the Bay of Biscay is reopened, avoid.

Cod, Pacific. An excellent alternative to Atlantic cod. Though there is some bycatch with trawl- caught Pacific cod, much is caught with bottom longlines, which have lower rates of bycatch.

Crab. Thanks to the disappearance of their main predators, crabs are doing quite well. King crab from Russia, much of which ends up in chain restaurants, is considered overfished.

Haddock. Bottom-longline and hook-and-line-caught haddock from the United States and Canada is a good choice (and an excellent alternative to cod in fish and chips). Much haddock, unfortunately, is still caught with trawls, with high bycatch levels.

Lobster. Sweet- fleshed Atlantic lobster is generally a good choice, though there is uncertainty about overfishing in the Gulf of Maine. Spiny or rock lobster from Central America, much of which ends up in chain restaurants, is overfished with substandard gear that kills and cripples divers.

Salmon. Industrially farmed salmon (the market name is generally Atlantic salmon) is spreading sea lice to wild stocks, contaminating coastal environments. It can also be very bad for you. Favor sustainably fished wild Alaska salmon, particularly sockeye, coho, and pink. In a pinch, organically farmed salmon is a better alternative to industrially farmed.

Scallops. Farmed scallops, generally sold as bay scallops from Asia and South America, are generally a good choice. Atlantic scallops (sold as giant scallops) are not overfished, but they are dredged, which damages the seafloor.

Shrimp. Be careful eating imported shrimp. If it is farmed, it is often treated with chemicals and antibiotics, and intensive shrimp ponds are polluting some of the world’s poorest countries. If it is wild-caught with trawls, bycatch is enormous. Wild-caught northern shrimp, pink shrimp, and spot prawn from Canada and northern U.S. waters are the only consistently good choices.

Snapper. Avoid overfished red snapper, which accounts for half of the snapper landed in the United States, and is mostly caught in the Gulf of Mexico. Stocks of yellowtail snapper on the market, which is hook-and-line-fished, are in better shape.

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Sharks of Arendelle (Norway)

Since I like sharks as well as Disney’s Frozen and Frozen II, I wonder what kind of sharks that Anna, Olaf, and Elsa would encounter in the fjords in and around their kingdom of Arendelle and in the ocean beyond. Now that Elsa is a full-time nature goddess, she might be spending some time with some of these sharks. The Northuldra people (or other tribes that live by the sea) may even know about these animals. In the real world, Norway has four shark species that live off of its coasts, from the temperate south to the bitter Arctic. Here’s a brief guide: 

Basking Shark

Basking Sharks are the gentle giants of the northern ocean. They are often seen swimming with their wide mouths open to filter plankton from the ocean water. They frequently cruise at or near the surface of the ocean to feed and appear to “bask” in the sun, hence the name. The Basking Shark can grow to 13 meters (30 feet) long, the second largest fish in the ocean after the Whale Shark. The basking shark is harmless to man. 

Sailors heading to Arendelle encounter the Basking Shark in the open ocean or even swimming up the fjord to enjoy the sunshine. 

Small Spotted Catshark 

On the other end of the size spectrum is the small spotted catshark. This species of catshark (small, bottom-dwelling shark) lives on the Eastern Atlantic coast, and the waters off the coast of southern Norway mark its northernmost range. The small spotted catshark grows to under a meter long and has a slender shape. It gets its name from the spots on its back that are mixed with a mottled coloration. Its also has small, cat-like eyes. 

If you went swimming at the bottom of the Arendelle Fjord you would likely encounter a catshark living in the thick kelp and rocks on the bottom. Olaf would very much like to be friends with one.

Spiny Dogfish Shark

The spiny dogfish is closer to your average shark size, growing between one and a half to two meters in length. They have small spines in front of their dorsal fins and small white spots marking the length of their bodies. The spiny dogfish has a slender form and large, round eyes. It also lives in shallow waters and fjords. 

The spiny dogfish are considered a nuisance by the fishermen of Arendelle and is hunted. However, after Anna becomes Queen, Elsa intervenes and asks her to pass a decree protecting them. 

Greenland Shark

The Greenland Shark is a slow, stealthy giant that lives in cold, dark, and deep waters. Size wise, it si larger than the great white but smaller than the basking shark. In spite of its slow metabolism and behavior, it is a predator that feeds on seals and other large arctic creatures, much of it carrion. In recent years, Greenland sharks have gained notoriety for being able to live to a very old age, the oldest documented shark being nearly three hundred years. They have the potential to live over five hundred years old. This discovery was actually made by scientists from Denmark. 

The Nokk is a very old friend of the Greenland sharks, and it goes to them for  advice. They have centuries of wisdom to share. One of the oldest sharks living in the time of Queens Elsa and Anna was born before Arendelle was a kingdom... 

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Why Protecting a Shark Nursery in the Patagonia Sea Is Crucial

Juan Martín Cuevas is a marine conservationist with the Argentina program at WCS (Wildlife Conservation Society). Since late 2015, he has been working to develop and implement a conservation plan for sharks and rays in the Patagonian Sea. Cuevas contributed this article to Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. In the waters found off the southern part of the Buenos Aires province in Northern Patagonia may be one of the most popular shark-fishing spots in Argentina and possibly in all of South America. Called Bahía San Blas, this spot is a baby-delivery room of sorts, serving as a major nursery for several shark species, including the tope shark (Galeorhinus galeus), or cazón. And while this 888-square-mile (2,300 square kilometers) stretch of sea is considered a marine-protected area, its remoteness leads to weak law enforcement and a significant loss of sharks to recreational fishing. This lack of true protection is particularly harmful to the topes — the focus of my conservation work. Topes are medium in size and easy to handle, with a long, pointed and transparent snout. During the spring and summer, fishers gather these sharks by the thousands. Even so, few know that the species is endangered. Due to their low reproduction rate — females give birth to about 20 pups every three years — it is illegal to kill tope sharks in Buenos Aires province waters. They have also been classified as Critically Endangered in the Southwest Atlantic since 2006 as Brazil and Uruguay saw an extreme population decline and the Argentine trawler fleet reduced its catch per unit effort (CPUE) by 80 percent after a peak of 610,000 individuals landed in 1984 for all commercial fleets.

Tope conservation

My goal has been to engage fishing guides in a tagging program called Conservar Tiburones en Argentina(Conserving Sharks in Argentina) that involves most of the coast of  thePatagonian Sea — a body of water teeming with threatened and endangered sharks, rays, skates and chimaeras (also called ghost sharks, even though they aren't actual "sharks"). For this project, 12 coastal shark fishing sites distributed between Faro Querandí and Puerto San Julián in southern Patagonia (representing fewer than 1,243 miles, or 2,000 km, of coastline), have been designed to encourage fishermen and the local community to protect coastal sharks. This includes the tope sharks; the critically endangered gray nurse shark (Carcharias taurus), or escalandrún; the copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus), or bacota; the broadnose sevengill shark (Notorynchus cepedianus), or gatopardo; spiny dogfishes (Squalus acanthias); and hammerhead sharks (Sphyrna zygaena). During the project, I helped to recruit 83 anglers, 25 fishing guides and participants in three shark tournaments to shift from catch-and-retain practices to catch, tag, and release (I am happy to report that many of of these folks remain involved in this work). The program began as an initiative of the Conservation Leadership Programme (CLP), created by a partnership between Birdlife International, Fauna & Flora International, and WCS to obtain data on threatened species. Since 2013, the project has tagged more than 450 sharks in the targeted coastal shark fishing sites.

Patagonia conservation

Shark conservation in the Patagonian Sea includes everything from preparing management plans to estimating population sizes of target species. In 2016, I initiated just such a population study. We captured tope sharks in the San Blas protected areausing longline gear with barbless circular hooks baited with Brazilian menhaden, a forage fish. We measured each shark's length, determined their sex and attached dart tags to their dorsal fins. Three monitoring stations were established to repeat the tagging procedure during the springtime of the next three years to complete a tope count inside the marine-protected area. I am also engaged in projects to identify priority habitats, increase shark awareness in local communities, and to engage key stakeholders as stewards in the design and implementation of a Tope Conservation Program.

Commercial fisheries

While we have been working with recreational fishermen, commercial fisheries are also essential to this conservation. According to the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Argentina's catches of cartilaginous, or chondrichthyan, fishes (as opposed to bony fishes) are among the highest in the world. While the sharks, rays and skates that make up the majority of this fish class are not traditional targets, many species are hauled in incidentally in nets as bycatch or harmed unnecessarily during industrial and small-scale fishing activities. There are 30 species of sharks and skates in the Patagonian Sea that are rated as "Threatened" on the Red List kept by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). For instance, the regional school shark (Galeorhinus galeus) is Critically Endangered and the Argentine fishery for this commercially targeted species has collapsed. Other seriously threatened cartilaginous fish off Patagonia include vulnerable angel sharks (Squatina occulta,S. guggenheim, andS. argentina) and endangered narrownose smoothhounds (Mustelus schmitti). Despite strong evidence of shark species declines, management actions have been slow to implement. In 2013, the Federal Fisheries Council passed a resolution to reduce the mortality of chondrichthyans, making the practice of finning (the removal of shark fins for use in a popular Asian soup delicacy) illegal, requiring fishers to report incidental catches, and placing observers onboard boats to report any significant levels of incidental catches. While such measures were necessary and overdue, they have not eliminated overfishing, nor have they ensured the future of these species. In Argentina and the Patagonian Sea, comprehensive research and sustained engagement and advocacy remain essential to improve the conservation of sharks, rays and their chondrichthyan cousins before we lose them for good. Source : https://www.livescience.com/60432-protecting-shark-nursery-patagonia-sea.html Read the full article

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Excerpted from Bottomfeeder: How to Eat Ethically in a World of Vanishing Seafood by Taras Grescoe

Absolutely, Always: Artic char, Halibut (Pacific), Herring, Jellyfish, Mackerel, Mullet, Mussels, Oysters, Pollock, Sablefish, Sardines, Squid, Trout

No, Never: Bluefin tuna, Chilean sea bass, Cod (Atlantic), Dogfish, Flounder, Grouper, Halibut (Atlantic), Monkfish, Orange Roughy, Sharks, Skates, Sole (Atlantic), Tilefish

Sometimes, Depends…

Anchovy. Low in mercury, high in omega-3s. Available canned, salted, pickled in vinegar, and fermented in Asian sauces. Though flavorful and good for you, anchovy numbers in the North Atlantic and Mediterranean are at an all-time low. Until the fishery in the Bay of Biscay is reopened, avoid.

Cod, Pacific. An excellent alternative to Atlantic cod. Though there is some bycatch with trawl- caught Pacific cod, much is caught with bottom longlines, which have lower rates of bycatch.

Crab. Thanks to the disappearance of their main predators, crabs are doing quite well. King crab from Russia, much of which ends up in chain restaurants, is considered overfished.

Haddock. Bottom-longline and hook-and-line-caught haddock from the United States and Canada is a good choice (and an excellent alternative to cod in fish and chips). Much haddock, unfortunately, is still caught with trawls, with high bycatch levels.

Lobster. Sweet- fleshed Atlantic lobster is generally a good choice, though there is uncertainty about overfishing in the Gulf of Maine. Spiny or rock lobster from Central America, much of which ends up in chain restaurants, is overfished with substandard gear that kills and cripples divers.

Salmon. Industrially farmed salmon (the market name is generally Atlantic salmon) is spreading sea lice to wild stocks, contaminating coastal environments. It can also be very bad for you. Favor sustainably fished wild Alaska salmon, particularly sockeye, coho, and pink. In a pinch, organically farmed salmon is a better alternative to industrially farmed.

Scallops. Farmed scallops, generally sold as bay scallops from Asia and South America, are generally a good choice. Atlantic scallops (sold as giant scallops) are not overfished, but they are dredged, which damages the seafloor.

Shrimp. Be careful eating imported shrimp. If it is farmed, it is often treated with chemicals and antibiotics, and intensive shrimp ponds are polluting some of the world’s poorest countries. If it is wild-caught with trawls, bycatch is enormous. Wild-caught northern shrimp, pink shrimp, and spot prawn from Canada and northern U.S. waters are the only consistently good choices.

Snapper. Avoid overfished red snapper, which accounts for half of the snapper landed in the United States, and is mostly caught in the Gulf of Mexico. Stocks of yellowtail snapper on the market, which is hook-and-line-fished, are in better shape.

Tilapia. Native to the Nile, this bland- fleshed fish is fed vegetable protein, so farming it does not diminish the world’s stock of animal protein. However, tilapia raised in Asia is treated with antibiotics, pesticides, and carbon monoxide. Favor tilapia raised in the Americas, where standards are higher.

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Atlantic Commercial Fishing Permits: An Easier, Better Way

Have you found it more difficult than it should be to complete all of your Atlantic commercial fishing permits? Do you find that you waste time and/or resources filling out permits that should only take a brief period of time? As a commercial fishing professional, your time is valuable. Every moment spent filling out forms is one that isn’t spent doing something productive for your business. Those are just some of the reasons that we’ve put together a simpler, better process for those who need commercial fishing permits for Atlantic waters. All the Necessary Atlantic Commercial Fishing Permits in One Place We know just how much opportunity there is in commercially fishing Atlantic waters. That’s why, at our site, you’ll find the permits you need to commercially fish for Summer Flounder, Atlantic Deep-Sea Red Crab, Atlantic Herring, Monk Fish, Mackerel, Butterfish, Squid, Spiny Dogfish, Skates, Rock Shrimp, Smoothhound Shark, Black Sea Bass, Shark, Lobsters, Sea Scallops, Groundfish, Whiting, and more. Of course, we have all of the permits you need to fish for tuna on your terms, too. Specific Permits for Discerning Professionals At the Commercial Fishing Permits Center, we offer plenty of forms that many commercial fishing professionals from all over the country (and beyond) will need. That said, we’re more than glad to offer forms that will only be of use to certain commercial fishing professionals. Case in point, our Atlantic Sea Scallop permits. As you may know, since 1994, limited access full-time, part-time, and occasionally vessel permit categories have been in place. We can work with you to ensure that you have the right kind of permit, whether it’s for part-time, full-time, the Northern Gulf of Maine, and much more. A True Commercial Fishing Permits Center Site Our goal isn’t just to be able to offer the kinds of commercial fishing permits that professionals will need. Additionally, we want to make the entire process easier on commercial fishing pros. That means, for one, that our site is completely mobile optimized. So, you can fill out any form you need from just about anywhere, provided that you’re on the internet. You can file for your lobster permit while you’re on the dock or even when you’re out on the water. Document processors at our site can answer any and all of your questions, too, so that you can always have the info you need. Fishing in the Waters South and West of the Atlantic The above are just some of the ways that we make it easier to get the commercial fishing permits you need for Atlantic waters and stay in compliance. Additionally, the above are also plenty of the reasons that we make it easier for commercial fishing professionals on the west coast, in the Pacific Islands, the Gulf of Mexico, the Caribbean, Alaska, and elsewhere. Should you have any questions about any related to these forms, our staff can answer them. For more information, just call us at (866) 292-4204.