http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/a-mystery-in-alaska/additional-web-and-print-resources/890/ The premier natural history series Thu, 03 Dec 2009 04:57:21 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/a-mystery-in-alaska/additional-web-and-print-resources/890/comment-page-1/#comment-4733 Aaron Thompson Sun, 28 Dec 2008 21:37:00 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/07/02/resources-/#comment-4733 Has there been a discussion in alaska in easing the polluck fishing restrictions in exchange for reducing the herring take? Has there been a discussion in alaska in easing the polluck fishing restrictions in exchange for reducing the herring take?

]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/a-mystery-in-alaska/additional-web-and-print-resources/890/comment-page-1/#comment-1201 Mike Colasurdo Mon, 08 Sep 2008 02:41:06 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/07/02/resources-/#comment-1201 I would agree with Elizabeth... I would agree with Elizabeth…

]]> http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/episodes/a-mystery-in-alaska/additional-web-and-print-resources/890/comment-page-1/#comment-1104 Elizabeth Neill Fri, 29 Aug 2008 07:20:40 +0000 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/2008/07/02/resources-/#comment-1104 I think the show would be an even more effective educational tool if a five-minute epilogue updating current research could be aired. It seemed important to me to address the question of whether restricting the fishing of pollock (sp?) fish was having any effect at all on declining sea lion populations, not least because of its adverse effect on Alaska fishermen. Aside from that, I'd like to say that the show was beautiful, moving, did a good job of exploring multiple factors possibly affecting sea lion decline and did a good job of demonstrating the web of predator/prey relationships that can be adversely affected. Indirectly, of course, it reinforced the message that global warming is rapidly changing our world is ways so complex it is hard to document and understand. I think the show would be an even more effective educational tool if a five-minute epilogue updating current research could be aired. It seemed important to me to address the question of whether restricting the fishing of pollock (sp?) fish was having any effect at all on declining sea lion populations, not least because of its adverse effect on Alaska fishermen.
Aside from that, I’d like to say that the show was beautiful, moving, did a good job of exploring multiple factors possibly affecting sea lion decline and did a good job of demonstrating the web of predator/prey relationships that can be adversely affected. Indirectly, of course, it reinforced the message that global warming is rapidly changing our world is ways so complex it is hard to document and understand.

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