The simple answer is: by way of the Greenhouse Gas "Cap and Trade" Bill that just passed the House on Friday, 6/26/09 and is now on its way to the Senate.
The real answer is: global warming has caused our oceans' temperature to rise. Higher ocean temperatures have caused plankton and coral to die. The lost plankton and coral has caused a measurable percentage decline of harvestable seafood which feeds the world and provides economy for many regions. Much of the data necessary to prove this relationship has and/or will be at the expense of fishery management [FM] programs and their budgets. These FM programs have been responsible for collection, recording, and analyzing of ocean data sufficient to the goal of understanding the ongoing changes to our oceans and their fisheries. FM Councils are responsible for using the relevant data to regulate fishing harvests on account of the noticeable species' stock level or population declines whether those declines are related to harvesting practices or global warming.
May I suggest 2 things: [before the Greenhouse Gas "Cap and Trade" Bill gets through the Senate] 1. Email your Senator and insist that a portion [$2M] of the new annual federal revenue from "Cap and Trade" must go to our oceans in the form of grants for independent marine biological research and education and a cash award to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game sufficient to the expense of three new technicians for data collection, one new marine biologist and one new program manager for up to three years for the study and research of pollack and its relationship to other species stock levels and population levels in the GOA, Aleutian Islands and Southeast Alaska, and 2. Buy non-trawl caught Alaskan seafood from Otolith.
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