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2A THE DAILY ASTORIAN • MONDAY, MAY 8, 2017 Researchers seek better ways to farm popular Pacifi c fi sh fi sh genetics and investigat- ing ways to make it easier and more effi cient to commercially grow the fi sh. It is part of a larger effort by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to support marine aquaculture as a solution to feed a growing demand worldwide for seafood. People are consuming more fi sh than in previous decades, with average worldwide per capita consumption hitting 43 pounds a year, according to the Food and Agriculture Organi- zation of the United Nations. Fish consumption is expected to grow even more in coming years. NOAA says aquaculture can relieve pressure on fi shing populations and promote eco- nomic growth. Aquaculture can relieve some pressure By PHUONG LE Associated Press PORT ORCHARD, Wash. — The dark gray fi sh prized for its buttery fl avor live deep in the ocean, so researchers keep their lab cold and dark to simulate ideal conditions for sablefi sh larvae. A biologist shines his dim red headlamp and uses an ultrasound to scan the belly of an anesthetized sablefi sh about the length of his forearm to tell if it’s female and has eggs to collect. He gently squeezes out hundreds of tiny, translucent eggs into a glass beaker. After the eggs are fertil- ized externally, they’ll grow in large indoor tanks and some in fl oating net pens in Washing- ton state’s Puget Sound to be used for research. At this federal marine research station near Seattle, scientists are studying sable- Black cod or butterfi sh Fishermen along the U.S. West Coast, mostly in Alaska, catch millions of pounds of wild sablefi sh each year but no commercial sablefi sh net-pen farming exists in the U.S. Sablefi sh, also known as black cod or butterfi sh, are AP Photo/Ted S. Warren Bill Fairgrieve, a fisheries research biologist with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, holds a sablefish in March at a research facility in Manchester, Wash. long-lived species that is native to the northeast Pacifi c Ocean and highly valued in Asia for its benefi cial nutrients and delicate fl avor. The fi sh are grilled, smoked, poached, roasted or served as sushi. Michael Rubino, who directs the NOAA aquaculture program, noted that practices FIVE-DAY FORECAST FOR ASTORIA TONIGHT TUESDAY WEDNESDAY 62 46 44 A moonlit sky Tillamook 41/63 Salem 44/75 Newport 43/59 Last New May 18 Coos Bay 44/62 First May 25 Source: Jim Todd, OMSI TOMORROW'S TIDES Astoria / Port Docks Time 7:36 a.m. 7:30 p.m. Low -0.1 ft. 1.6 ft. Hi 78 55 57 73 85 57 86 61 85 62 85 79 72 83 87 78 82 59 87 62 82 69 70 65 62 Burns 34/73 Klamath Falls 35/75 Lakeview 36/74 Ashland 43/79 REGIONAL CITIES City Baker City Bend Brookings Eugene Ilwaco Klamath Falls Medford Newberg Newport North Bend Hi 65 68 63 71 57 70 76 71 57 60 Today Lo 32 38 49 42 46 35 45 44 43 45 W s s s s pc s s s pc s Hi 71 73 64 75 58 75 81 74 59 62 Tues. Lo 35 43 48 43 48 40 51 46 45 47 W s s s s s s s s s s City Olympia Pendleton Portland Roseburg Salem Seaside Spokane Springfi eld Vancouver Yakima Hi 67 68 70 73 72 59 65 72 69 75 Today Lo 39 43 46 44 44 45 43 42 45 44 W s s s s s pc pc s s s Hi 70 73 74 78 75 60 70 75 73 78 W s pc s t t s s pc sh s pc pc pc s s pc s pc s pc pc c s s pc Hi 86 53 53 66 82 60 78 63 85 67 85 75 69 86 87 87 82 61 80 63 86 74 71 69 67 Tues. Lo 63 42 42 45 57 42 53 43 74 53 64 57 59 63 70 63 62 48 63 44 66 55 52 48 50 fi sh caught in the United States is exported, with a majority going to Japan. “Our fear is that science isn’t going to stay in the U.S., and it will be exported to a Third World country where people work for a few bucks a day,” Alverson said. “They’ll raise it with low-valued labor and use our science to under- cut our commercial fi shery and coastal communities.” Alaska law prohibits fi nfi sh farming. Complement each other Rubino and others say wild harvests and aquaculture can complement each other, par- ticularly during months when there are lower catch limits for wild sablefi sh. “You always have this yin- yang problem between fi sh- eries and aquaculture,” Rick Goetz, who leads the marine fi sh and shellfi sh biology program at the Manchester ON THE RECORD Ontario 46/78 Tues. Lo 42 47 49 48 45 47 47 45 48 46 W s s s s s s pc s s s TOMORROW'S NATIONAL WEATHER NATIONAL CITIES City Atlanta Boston Chicago Denver Des Moines Detroit El Paso Fairbanks Honolulu Indianapolis Kansas City Las Vegas Los Angeles Memphis Miami Nashville New Orleans New York Oklahoma City Philadelphia St. Louis Salt Lake City San Francisco Seattle Washington, DC Baker 32/71 Forecasts and graphics provided by AccuWeather, Inc. ©2017 Tonight's Sky: Cor Caroli, the brightest star of Canes Venatici the Hunting Dogs, will not be far inside the curve of the Big Dipper's handle. Today Lo 59 40 40 47 65 35 57 43 73 49 62 61 56 62 69 60 61 46 60 43 64 52 51 46 44 La Grande 38/72 Roseburg 44/78 Brookings 48/67 June 1 John Day 38/74 Bend 38/73 Medford 45/81 UNDER THE SKY High 8.8 ft. 7.6 ft. Prineville 36/75 Lebanon 41/75 Eugene 42/75 Sunset tonight ........................... 8:33 p.m. Sunrise Tuesday .......................... 5:50 a.m. Moonrise today .......................... 6:28 p.m. Moonset today ............................ 5:15 a.m. Pendleton 43/73 The Dalles 48/79 Portland 46/74 SUN AND MOON Time 12:59 a.m. 1:43 p.m. Occasional rain and drizzle Rain at times Shown is tomorrow's weather. Temperatures are tonight's lows and tomorrow's highs. ASTORIA 44/62 Precipitation Sunday ............................................. 0.00" Month to date ................................... 1.16" Normal month to date ....................... 0.88" Year to date .................................... 42.40" Normal year to date ........................ 30.92" May 10 54 44 REGIONAL WEATHER Astoria through Sunday. Temperatures High/low ....................................... 59°/43° Normal high/low ........................... 59°/44° Record high ............................ 83° in 1987 Record low ............................. 33° in 1985 Full FRIDAY 55 44 Intervals of clouds and sunshine Mostly sunny ALMANAC THURSDAY 60 49 for farming fi sh in the U.S. meet very strict environmental regulations. But some critics worry large-scale farms could harm wild fi sh stocks and ocean health, and some commercial fi shermen worry about poten- tial competition. “This would be a big threat for us,” said Robert Alverson, executive director of the Fish- ing Vessel Owners’ Associ- ation, a Seattle-based group that represents about 95 com- mercial fi shermen in Alaska, Oregon, Washington state and California. In 2015, fi shermen har- vested about 35 million pounds of sablefi sh worth $113 mil- lion in the United States, all along the U.S. West Coast. Of that, nearly two-thirds, or about 23 million pounds, were caught in Alaska, with smaller amounts in Oregon, Washington state and Califor- nia. Nearly half of the sable- Shown are noon positions of weather systems and precipitation. Temperature bands are highs for the day. W pc pc sh t c pc t c pc t s t pc s s pc s pc pc pc pc pc pc s pc Harassment • At 2:13 p.m. Thursday, Paul Richard Shoop, 46, of Ilwaco, Washington, was arrested by the Astoria Police Department at 750 Commer- cial St. for harassment and second-degree criminal mis- chief. Shoop allegedly broke a window at the p ost o ffi ce the day before. He then allegedly hit a post offi ce employee who followed him LOTTERIES away from the scene. Shoop was seen walking near the post offi ce the next day and was arrested soon after. DUII • At 1:23 a.m. Monday, Devon Robert George Camp- bell, 28, of Wilsonville, was arrested by the Clatsop County Sheriff’s Offi ce on U.S. High- way 101 near Ninth Avenue in Seaside for driving under the infl uence of intoxicants. BIRTH April 20, 2017 TATE, Krista and Randy, of Hillsboro, a girl, Taylor Nicole, born at Providence St. Vincent in Portland. Grand- parents are Becky and Bill Varner of Astoria and Karen and Bill Tate of Portland. Great-grandparent is Char- maine Campbell of Svensen. DEATH May 2, 2017 PRAUS, Linda Alison, 70, of Astoria, died in Asto- ria. Caldwell’s Luce-Lay- ton Mortuary of Astoria is in charge of the arrangements. PUBLIC MEETINGS Weather (W): s-sunny, pc-partly cloudy, c-cloudy, sh-showers, t-thunderstorms, r-rain, sf-snow fl urries, sn-snow, i-ice. SMILE Better • LOOK Better • SLEEP Better TUESDAY Clatsop County Budget Committee, 9 a.m., Judge Guy Boyington Building, 857 Commercial St., Astoria Seaside Budget Commit- tee, 3:30 p.m., City Hall, 989 Broadway. 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Gower St. Warrenton City Commission, 6 p.m., City Hall, 225 S. Main Ave. Warrenton-Hammond School Board, 6 p.m. budget meeting, 7 p.m. regular meet- ing, Warrenton High School library, 1700 S. Main Ave. Clatsop Community College Board, 6:30 p.m., Columbia Hall Room 219, 1651 Lexington Ave. Lewis & Clark Fire Depart- ment Board, 7 p.m., main fi re station, 34571 Highway 101 Business. Dr. Dennis Klemp, DMD, FAGD 1006 West Marine Dr., Astoria • (503) 468-0116 klempfamilydentistry.com OREGON Sunday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 9-2-8-5 4 p.m.: 3-1-4-7 7 p.m.: 1-1-8-8 10 p.m.: 2-4-3-9 Saturday’s Megabucks: 6-14- 23-35-40-45 Estimated jackpot: $5.6 million Saturday’s Powerball: 11-21- 31-41-59, Powerball: 21 Estimated jackpot: $165 million Saturday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 8-5-6-7 4 p.m.: 0-5-6-5 7 p.m.: 9-1-4-8 10 p.m.: 9-5-7-7 Friday’s Pick 4: 1 p.m.: 8-5-5-1 4 p.m.: 0-8-1-1 7 p.m.: 9-4-4-0 10 p.m.: 0-1-8-4 Friday’s Mega Millions: 4-23- 33-47-53, Mega Ball: 7 Estimated jackpot: $25 million WASHINGTON Sunday’s Daily Game: 9-9-5 Sunday’s Keno: 08-10-11-14- 25-27-30-36-38-41-45-51-52- 54-67-70-71-74-76-77 Sunday’s Match 4: 10-13-16-24 Saturday’s Daily Game: 7-2-9 Saturday’s Hit 5: 02-06-15- 27-37 Estimated jackpot: $170,000 Saturday’s Keno: 01-02-05-09- 10-16-17-18-27-28-29-30-40- 42-43-47-53-65-66-73 Saturday’s Lotto: 01-02-21-27- 29-32 Estimated jackpot: $6.1 million Saturday’s Match 4: 04-12- 13-18 Friday’s Daily Game: 7-3-7 Friday’s Keno: 03-10-14-17-20- 24-33-34-35-44-45-51-52-53- 54-57-63-72-77-79 Friday’s Match 4: 05-07-08-24 OBITUARY POLICY The Daily Astorian publishes paid obituaries. 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POSTMASTER: Send address changes to The Daily Astorian, PO Box 210, Astoria, OR 97103-0210 www.dailyastorian.com KLEMP FAMILY DENTISTRY Research Station, across Puget Sound from Seattle. “The big problem is allaying the fears of people that you can have both. You can have both of those things working, particularly because this fi sh is such a high- value product.” In recent years, NOAA Fish- eries scientists have worked to reduce potential barriers to sablefi sh aquaculture. They have developed techniques to produce all-female stocks of sablefi sh that grow faster and much bigger than males in about 24 months. Ideal market size is roughly 5½ pounds. They’ve also studied differ- ent ways to reduce the costs of feeding juvenile fi sh, increase larvae survival rates and decrease deformities. One research project is replacing more expensive algae with clay that is used to help sablefi sh larvae better fi nd their prey. Another looked at fi nding the optimal tempera- ture to increase larval growth. Wild fi sh are caught off the Washington coast and used to develop captive brood stocks, or mature fi sh that are used for breeding. At the facility, the fertilized eggs grow in silos in dark, cold rooms before being moved to other indoor tanks where they’re fed a steady diet of brined shrimp and other food. Large circular tanks hold fi sh in different growth stages. The facility produces about 10,000 all-female fi ngerlings, or juveniles about an inch long, each year. It has sent some fi sh to a Texas company that uses land-based recirculation tanks to grow fi sh, as well as oth- ers interested in sablefi sh aquaculture. MEMBER OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Associated Press is entitled exclusively to the use for republication of all the local news printed in this newspaper. SUBSCRIBER TO THE NEW YORK TIMES NEWS SERVICE MEMBER CERTIFIED AUDIT OF CIRCULATIONS, INC. 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