ROFFS™ Fishy Times Newsletter - 56th Edition: Updated Videos on New ROFFS™ YouTube Page, Poaching Vessels in New Zealand, Fukushima & Storm Surge vs. Storm Tide

ROFFS™ Fishy Times Newsletter – 56th Edition: Updated Videos on New ROFFS™ YouTube Page, Poaching Vessels in New Zealand, Fukushima & Storm Surge vs. Storm Tide

ROFFS™ Fishy Times Newsletter – 56th Edition – Updated Videos on New ROFFS™ YouTube Page, Poaching Vessels in New Zealand, Fukushima & Storm Surge vs. Storm Tide NEWS

Updated Videos on ROFFS™.com – Be Sure to Check Out the “Hot News” Button on the ROFFS™ Homepage Above: When Fish Fight Back. Video courtesy: SA Fishing | Facebook. Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now!

Above: VOS Vigilant Encounters Heavy Seas. Video courtesy: gcaptain.com. Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now! Above: A mob of about 300 manatees forced the closure of Florida’s Three Sisters Springs. A mob of about 300 manatees forced the temporary closure of Florida’s Three Sisters Springs. Video courtesy: World News | YouTube. Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now!

Above: Another Day at the Office. Video courtesy: Greg Wallace | Facebook Please click HERE to watch the video on our website now!

Sea Shepherd Intercepts Two Poaching Vessels That Evaded New Zealand Navy, In Australian Waters Article courtesy: seashepherdglobal.org | 2/2/2015

Today at approximately 1130 AEDT, the Sea Shepherd ship, Sam Simon, intercepted the toothfish poaching vessels, the Yongding and the Kunlun; two of the three vessels that fled from the New Zealand Navy last month, after they were found fishing illegally in waters west of the Ross Sea.

The two vessels were intercepted by the Sam Simon at 66°39′ South 63°43′ East, inside Australian waters with prohibited fishing gear on their decks. The region is managed by Australia in accordance with its international obligations as a Member of the Commission for the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).

Both the Yongding and the Kunlun haveInterpol Purple Notices issued for them, and are on the CCAMLR black list of Illegal, Unregulated, Unreported (IUU) fishing boats. Both vessels were flying the Equatorial Guinea flag at the time they were located.

Above: February 2, 2015 – The Sam Simon intercepts two poaching vessels that evaded the New Zealand Navy, in Australian waters. The Yongding and the Kunlun, two of three poaching vessels that fled from the New Zealand Navy in January 2015, display aggressive action as they are intercepted by the Sam Simon inside Australian waters with prohibited fishing gear on their decks. Video courtesy: seashepherdglobal.org Please click here to read more on this story and to watch the video on our website now!

Fukushima Radioactivity Monitoring in the North Pacific Ocean Article courtesy: Fisheries and Oceans Scientist Dr. John Smith | www.pac.dfo-mpo.gc.ca

A paper published in December 2014 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS) details the arrival and concentration of radioactive isotopes from the Fukushima nuclear reactor in the North Pacific Ocean. This paper, by Fisheries and Oceans scientist Dr. John Smith, documents the first and only systematic study of its kind validating ocean circulation models while tracking the eastward movement of radioactive isotopes.

On March 11, 2011, a massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake triggered a tsunami off the coast of Japan, severely damaging the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plants resulting in the discharge of a radioactive plume into the atmosphere and ocean. The radioactive material that entered the ocean moved eastward towards North America via the Kuroshio and North Pacific current systems.

Above: Figure 1. Map showing the location of the site of the Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident in Japan. Stations are indicated at which seawater samples were collected in 2011-2014 on Line P and in 2012 in the Beaufort Sea. Box B represents the model domain for which Fukushima-derived Cs-137 time-series concentrations were estimated by Behrens et al. (6). Station R is the cross shelf regime for which the Rossi et al. (7,8) model results apply. Inset shows sampling station locations along Line P. Dashed curves are time-averaged streamlines representing the mean dynamic height field for 2002-2012 indicating the northward geostrophic transport of the Alaska Current across Line P. PLEASE CLICK HERE to read more on the latest Fukushima developments on our website now…

Difference Between Storm Surge and Storm Tide Article courtesy: oceanservice.noaa.gov Storm surge is the rise in seawater level caused solely by a storm; storm tide is the observed seawater level during a storm.

Above: This example illustrates water level differences for storm surge, storm tide, and a normal (predicted) high tide as compared to sea level. Storm surge is the rise in seawater level caused solely by a storm. Storm tide is the total observed seawater level during a storm, which is the combination of storm surge and normal high tide.