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The filter-feeding mussels are fueling an explosion of the sunlight-loving cladophora, which grows on the lake bottom, washes ashore and rots in front of her house - and on untold miles of shoreline across the Great Lakes. Preliminary results from a federally funded study under way at the University of Notre Dame estimate that the economic loss tied directly to 57 exotic species scientists believe were delivered to the lakes by overseas vessels is costing us about $300 million a year - more than a million dollars a day for every day the Seaway is open (it closes each winter because of ice). The vast majority of Great Lakes shipping is done by the freshwater “laker” fleet that hauls bulk commodities such as iron ore, salt and cement from one Great Lakes port to another. Cladophora outbreaks aren’t uniformly coating Wisconsin’s Lake Michigan shoreline - where they land depends on the wind, the waves, the shape of a shoreline and whether there is nearby rocky lake bottom on which the bright green stuff can grow. They can be found across the lake at Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, where the decaying cladophora on the lake bottom has been implicated in botulism outbreaks that have killed thousands of birds in the past two years. read more

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In recent years, the fleet of about 100 pollock trawlers has intercepted record numbers of salmon bound for rivers in Canada, the Pacific Northwest, Asia and Alaska. King salmon “bycatch” - fishing jargon for the unintentional capture of a species - in the Bering Sea pollock fishery rose last year to a record 122,000, up from a five-year average of 57,333. The problem has gotten so bad that the management council, a federal body that regulates the region’s fisheries, expressed tentative support recently for an unprecedented proposal to temporarily close the Bering Sea pollock fishery if king salmon bycatch exceeds a certain number. The corporations that dominate Alaska’s billion-dollar pollock industry say a limit on salmon bycatch would put a damper on pollock numbers and increase the cost of fuel by forcing boats to move more frequently, according to Stephanie Madsen, a former council chair and now executive director of a pollock trade group, the At-Sea Processors Association. read more

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Other Lee County newspaper sites Cape Coral Daily Breeze Captiva Current Fort Myers Beach Bulletin Fort Myers Beach Observer Gasparilla Gazette Island Reporter Lehigh Acres Citizen North Ft. First of all, with a large fish like a tarpon “Murphy’s Law” is in full effect. I think every fisherman should have a copy of “Practical Fishing Knots,” a book by Lefty Kreh and Mark Sosin. If your drag is worn out or full of salt, it will be jerky when a fish is running out line. Mark Bennett is a full-time fishing guide in local waters surrounding Gasparilla Island. Mark’s tips about catching tarpon in the July issue of Gasparilla magazine. read more

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RANGELEY - Thirteen women who have or had breast cancer learned how to fly fish while participating in the Third Casting For Recovery Day Camp in Rangeley earlier this month. According to recent report from Elaine Holcombe of Oquossoc, the women came to meet other women with similar experiences, to fly fish, and to gain some respite from their everyday concerns surrounded by Rangeley’s beautiful natural setting. The women were treated to a full day spent with a personal fishing guide, a lunch provided especially for them, and a culminating dinner held by the Rangeley Guides and Sportsmen’s Association at the clubhouse. Dan Tarkinson, president of Fly Fishing in Maine and a guide for the day, thanked the spouses of the participants and the guides who donated their day for Casting for Recovery. read more

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