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I started looking into endangered species so I would have an idea of which issues affect which fish. I went through the USFWS page on endangered species and looked up ocean fish (or species that appeared to have near ocean ranges; I am going to research each species individually afterwards, so if I have a species which is actually freshwater, it isn't a problem). The species I will research are: the tidewater goby, Atlantic salmon, Chinook salmon, Coho salmon, Chum salmon, Delta smelt, Steelhead, and Shortnose sturgeon. I also would like to research shad (hickory and Atlantic) because they were devastated by dams, but are returning with fish ladders, as well as striped bass to see how legislation (1981 Striped Bass Act) affects populations of fish. This is the web-address for their fisheries section; it has information on projects they are currently conducting; they seem to center around salmon largely. http://www.fws.gov/arcata/fisheries/default.htm Even
if I cannot find information on all the fish, I will at least get a baseline for what problems are affecting large amounts of fish, how some regulations/programs have worked, etc.
http://www.fish.state.pa.us/anglerboater/2000/maju00/migrestr.pdf <-- PA Fish and Boat Commission short essay on restoration of migratory fish (talks about striped bass and sturgeon)
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Tidewater goby (http://www.fws.gov/arcata/es/fish/Goby/goby.html)
PROBLEMS: "drainage, water quality changes, introduced predators, and drought"
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PROBLEMS:
Striped bass
PROBLEMS:
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10/15/07
http://www.nmfs.noaa.gov/habitat/habitatprotection/efh/index_d.htm <-- current habitat importance distinctions; also has an endangered species list (might need to navigate to find it) that is possibly better than that as listed above)
http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercyclefreshstorage.html <-- definition of freshwater
http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/oceanography-book/marinefoodwebs.htm <-- about marine foodwebs
http://ipm.ifas.ufl.edu/pdf/EconomicCosts_invasives.pdf <-- probably more for later; lists economic losses from invasive species; however, not ocean specific