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To: Eric who wrote (41556)

7/26/2013 2:47:21 PM

From: Wharf Rat

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Sadly, there are those who will say "your memory is wrong".

Biggest melt day of the summer up north, plus another cyclone ripping things up, and Siberia is warm.

nsidc.org

Heat Wave continues in Siberia

The extraordinary and perhaps unprecedented heat wave continues in the central arctic region of Russia. Some locations have now endured 10 consecutive days above 30°C (86°F) [Normal: 10°C (51°F)]. Wildfires are erupting in the taiga forests (see more about this in the comments section following this blog). Norilsk maximum daily temperatures have cooled down a little, but yesterday (July 23rd) it enjoyed its warmest night so far with a low of 20.2°C (68.4°F).

Norilsk, with a population of 175,000, is located at 69° 20’N and 88° 6’E and is the most northerly city in the world with a population over 100,000.

... The prolonged heat wave is the result of an amazingly intense and prolonged heat dome that has centered itself over north central Siberia. The anomalous temperature heights are some 2-3 sigmas above normal.

Stronger Arctic cyclones rapidly chewing up weak sea ice

Arctic scientists are watching in awe this week as a raging summer cyclone tears up what could become a record amount of rotting northern sea ice. “We’re really watching this year with a lot of fascination,” said Matthew Asplin, an Arctic climatologist at the University of Manitoba.

“In 2009, we actually documented one of these events in which large, multiyear ice floes – Manhattan-sized – broke up in a matter of minutes,” Dr. Barber said.

related ... Second Storm

To: Eric who wrote (41556)	7/26/2013 6:54:38 PM
From: longnshort	2 Recommendations Recommended By Brumar89 Thomas A Watson Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 86356

probably because there are more seal or some other sea creature that the libs have but a limit on harvesting. the libs years ago put a ban on rock fish in the Chesapeake bay. the crab catch went way down, the libs blamed it on pollution, the bay men blamed it on the over abundant rock fish because everytime they caught one and cut it open they have 50 baby crabs in it's guts. they opened up the rock fish catch and the crab population rebounded

To: Eric who wrote (41556)	7/27/2013 12:49:09 AM
From: Bilow	1 Recommendation Recommended By Brumar89 Respond to of 86356

Hi Eric; Re: "Well the problem has been getting worse and worse for years here in Washington state. Legal Dungeness crab catches* have been dropping on the coast, the San Juan's and here in Puget Sound." Naturally one looks to researchers at the University of Washington to learn what's going on with the Dungeness crab take in Washington State. And here it is, straight from their website: Crab Sagas Yield Insight into Sustainable Fisheries* Sandra Hines, University of Washington, January 9, 2012 ... The amount of Dungeness crab that Washington fishermen bring to shore can fluctuate between 5 million and 20 million pounds in a matter of years, apparently in response to natural causes. ... Armstrong described one human-caused change 140 years ago that unintentionally resulted in a boon for Dungeness crab in Washington state that continues even today. Dungeness crabs are one of the Pacific Northwests most profitable fisheries with coastal estuaries in Washington and Oregon providing essential nursery habitat. In the 1880s, sea captains introduced the non-native soft-shell Mya clam into Willapa Bay and Grays Harbor estuaries. The clams flourished a few years and then died out in the 1890s leaving behind piles of empty clam shells across thousands of acres of tide flats. Those so-called “death assemblages” in turn became clam-shell condos providing additional refuge from predators when Dungeness crab are only about a quarter inch to a half inch in size ... Funding for the series is provided by Tanya Bevan, friends of Don Bevan, the UW School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences and NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center and Northwest Fisheries Science Center. For more information, contact the series organizer Trevor Branch, assistant professor of aquatic and fishery sciences ... washington.edu Maybe other crabs are out competing Dungeness. Maybe you're not as good a fisherman as you used to be. Maybe the competition is getting stronger. Maybe the Native Americans are catching more crab than they used to because of the court order in 1995. Maybe the environment isn't a total disaster like you're suggesting. Maybe you're so certain that the environment is going to collapse that you see evidence that isn't evidence. -- Carl P.S. For numbers showing that total crab harvests in Washington State are not collapsing, but instead are flat to increasing, see: wdfw.wa.gov