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The questions begs a valid point and presents the challenges in the article and the Global Fishing Industry. It is evident in the case that there it has taken a significant amount of time for the notion of responsible fishing techniques. In the 50’s when the global fishing industry started picking up speed and the “Commons” precedent started taking effect with everyone trying to fish the maximum they can in order to maximize their immediate profit. It took almost three decades for communities to start feeling and exploring the effects of this overfishing and there was a need for

Joint Base Cape Cod (JBCC) is located on Cape Cod. The JBCC is recognized as a Superfund site in 1989 by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The base contaminated the groundwater in the surrounding towns. “Contaminated areas were the result of chemical/fuel spills, fire training activities, landfills, and drainage structures (cumulis.epa)”. The site is currently being cleaned up by the National Guard Bureau and the Department of the Air Force. The Air Force is cleaning one part of the base under Superfund. The Army is cleaning the other part under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The EPA is overseeing that everything is being cleaned to their set standards. Currently the Air Force holds public meetings to explain the results and new

Numerous research and scientific studies were performed on the impact of the extensive fishing along the U.S. coastline. In 1871, National Marine Fisheries Service was launched. Their mission as stated on their website, www.nefsc.noaa.gov/history/, “…devoted to the protection, study, management, and restoration of fish.” (www.nefc.noaa.gov, 2004) While the organization contributed significantly to the study of the fish and the region, the organization was completely ineffectual in any manner in protecting the fish from over fishing and unable to get passed any effective policies to control fishing. Their biocentric view allowed the organization to study fish in a manner that many groups at the time had no concern with due to the mindset of the endless capacity of the sea. The value of many of these studies while questionable at the seriousness at the time they were taken, when looking back through the history and learning from the impact that man has on our environment. In particular, this example there is good data that supports the early thoughts of a bountiful sea of fish. As the years, progress data that clearly shows the decline of various fish species as fishing continues onward. Newton, Dillingham and Choly reported (2006), “The take of Atlantic cod, crucial to the New England economy, had peaked in 1968 at 3.9 million tons; by 1992, it was down to 1.2 million tons— a

On July, 2011, USEPA Region 4 conducted a Compliance Sampling Inspection (CSI) at the Hattiesburg South Lagoon Plant to review the numerous non-compliance with the NPDES effluent permit limitations and odor complaints by residential nearby areas. Findings showed high organic loadings from the industrial influent wastewater, elevated concentrations of nutrients at the plant’s effluent, solids accumulation in all lagoons, dead-zones and inadequate mixing in the lagoons were observed due to the in operation of several aerators, unpleasant odors were found, and the facility’s historical data showed multiple violations in their NPDES permit limits for BOD5, total suspended solids (TSS), total residual chlorine (TRC), ammonia, and fecal coliform.

This paragraph explained what methods and scans are used to analyze different conditions. For example, while fat metaplasia, erosion, ankylosis, and bone backfill was analyzed using a T-weighted scan, the bone marrow edema is analyzed using the method of a STIR scan.

Technical Review Comment no. 3 and 5 – As previously stated, the use of “Removal Management Decision” refers to an approach used under the EPA Removal Program and not necessarily under the EPA Remedial Program. As previously indicated, the hazard level threshold of 1 is appropriate.

HF General Contractor Inc. is a general contractor that is located in Hyattsville, Maryland. They specialize in roof replacements, roofing repairs, leaky roof, missing roof shingles, and skylights repair. HF General Contractor Inc. provides siding installations and siding repairs. Their siding services include siding installation, aluminum siding, Hardie plank, repair siding, fiber cement siding, install siding, vinyl siding, siding repair, and exterior maintenance. HF General Contractor Inc. is proud to be a member and a partner of the organizations such as BBB, CertainTeed, GAF Materials Corporation, and more.

A thorough discussion of the NMM website and survey was conducted with Ms. Holly Mitchell and Mr. Jim Mitchell, Owners of J&H Services, Inc (the Company). The Company maintains a favorable Emod at .86. The Company has experienced two losses that could be attributed to slips, trips and falls. The more significant of the two, the employee was described to have jumped from his tractor injuring his knee significantly. The Company immediate stopped all work, assessed the situation and discussed how to avoid this type of injury from occurring and implemented a policy with enforcement/disciplinary measures included. The Company maintains a comprehensive General Safety and Health Program and conducts daily JSAs with all crews; however, needs

Since the birth of The Superfund Act there has been a fair amount of controversy in its effectiveness of hazardous waste site cleanup, but upon my research it appears to have had a great deal of success in the execution of its laws. Although each new administration brings a change of funding, or lack thereof, the EPA fights on

In Canada, the Grand Banks habitat is in “environmental degradation” (Connor and Taitano) due to bottom trawlers tearing up the sea floor displacing and destroying the vegetation at the seafloor and therefore disrupting the habitat of the small fish the cod prey upon (Connor and Taitano). Bottom trawls also disrupt the “breeding patterns of the cod.. Damaging fertilized eggs.. And greatly reducing the amount of young born” (Connor and Taitano). In the United States, the Gulf of Maine provides evidence of a loss of the young and old cod due to predation (Connor). Farming atlantic cod, like many fisheries are doing to replenish the atlantic salmon populations, have resulted in a breakout of the disease Yersiniosis (Connor and Taitano).The disease affects the fish’s intestinal tract before spreading throughout its body. The mortality rate with this disease is low, about 5%, however the illness prevents the affected cod from being sold at a market due to health violations (Connor and

dependency will indicate how sensitive people are to OA harming marine organisms. Alaskan’s reliance on shellfish, salmon and their subsequent sensitivity to OA harming these resources will be represented as a function of economic (fisheries) and nutritional (protein supply) importance. People’s reliance on other marine resources, such as mollusks, and their sensitivity to OA harming the mollusk populations, will be represented as a function of the ecosystem services. Adaptive Capacity will involves the ‘capacity’ of environmental and human systems to prepare for, respond to, cope with or recover from changes due to OA by using data from the sensitivity analysis. Indicators of the capacity of Alaska fisheries and coastal communities to deal

“Shellfish is the only activity that benefits the bay,”(Sam Houghton, 2015) said Mr.Cook one of the Popponesset Bay three leading oyster farmers. In 2004 the town of Mashpee began restoring oyster aquaculture as a way to remove nitrogen from Popponesset Bay (Sam Houghton, 2015). The towns oyster aquaculture program has grown to 2,000,000 oysters annually (Sam Houghton, 2015). The town of Mashpee installed their first oyster beds in 2004 and were soon followed by the Wampanoags and Richard Cook. The Wampanoags installed their first oyster beds in 2009 (K Clark, 2014). Richard Cook has been shellfishing since 1984 in Popponesset Bay. In 2015 new oyster beds created by the town of Mashpee were put in in Shoestring bay, a part of Popponesset Bay. The purpose of this experiment is to test the water quality, focusing on nitrogen levels around oyster beds of varying ages in Popponesset Bay. The map below shows the three beds where water quality will be tested. The one in Figure 1 represents the town of Mashpee’s one year old bed. The 2 in Figure 1 represents the Wampanoag oyster beds which are 6 years old. The 3 in Figure 1 is the oldest bed in Popponesset Bay, the town’s 11 years old beds.

Walmart has a large retail seafood business and it is always a challenge to reduce cost and promote sustainability. With upward trend for the demand of sea-food, depletion of the seafood supply is inevitable unless Walmart have a deep engagement of their supply chain. One strategy that Walmart wants to promote to their suppliers is for all of them to take up the Marine Stewardship Council’s certification program. This process will be time consuming, expensive and complex. The depletion of some fish poses a threat to Walmart and its seafood supply chain.

While the list requires that retailers use “either the ‘acceptable market name’ (e.g. rockfish) or the common name (e.g. yellowtail rockfish),” there are still other species names on the list that are neither the market name nor the common name (Logan et al. 1597). Some species are grouped together under one name that the people use and the government says is not allowed; this contradiction questions how thorough and accurate the list is (Logan et al. 1597). *** There is also a lack of regulation or observation of the fisheries. In 1995, the FDA created the Seafood Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) Program to “identify and prevent seafood-processing hazards that can lead to foodborne illness” (Davis et al.). However, an inspection by the FDA discovered that few firms are actually inspected by regulators. An inspection of around 8,500 importing firms from 2002 to 2003 found that only “5%--7% were inspected by regulators” (Davis et al.). To add to the problem, the FDA discovered that firms processing fish that can cause food poisoning had “particularly low rates of compliance with HACCP regulations” (Davis et al.). This inspection reveals the limitations of the federal government in trying to solve the mislabeling problem. In order to combat this issue, stricter regulation needs to be

Alós et al tested, exporting fish from no-take marine protected areas (MPA) will affect the catchability of overall fish populations. MPAs have proven to be essential tools in conserving marine fisheries. They lead to necessary ecological effects on the surrounding area while protecting the habitat and longevity of fish. One effect is known as the “spillover” of larvae and all of the biomass that interacts with fish from