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Bering Island

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Bering Island , Rus. Beringa, largest of the Komandorski Islands , c.55 mi (90 km) long and up to c.15 mi (20 km) wide, off Kamchatka peninsula, E Russian Far East, in the Bering Sea. It is low and treeless and is subject to severe windstorms. Nikolskoye is the chief town. Vitus Bering , sailing in the St. Peter, was shipwrecked and died there. Author not available, BERING ISLAND. , The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition 2007 ... Read more
Vitus Bering
Encyclopedia of World Biography ... what is now Kayak Island; but physically ... contrary winds, Bering turned back toward ... the Komandorskie Islands was sighted. With ... and many sick men, Bering decided to winter on the island. Though he grew ... the Komandorskie Islands was entered on the ... interesting work on ... Read more
Bering
The Oxford Companion to Ships and the Sea Bering or Behring, Vitus (1681 ... America were joined together. Bering crossed Siberia to Kamchatka ... Big and Little Diomede Islands, St Lawrence Island, and the Bering Sea. However, he was not ... discover what became the Bering Strait, as another Russian ... archive until 1736. In 1730 ... Read more

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The Birds of St. Matthew Island, Bering Sea.(Author Abstract)
Wilson Bulletin; 12/1/2002; Winker, Kevin Gibson, Daniel D. Sowls, Arthur L. Lawhead, Brian E. Martin, Philip D. Hoberg, Eric P. Causey, Douglas; 787 words ; ... north (St. Lawrence Island and Bering Strait), south (Pribilof and Aleutian islands), east (the Alaska ... of a once larger Beringia. These islands were an unglaciated ... al. 1987). The islands have been protected since the Bering Sea Bird Reservation ... Read more
Leaving St. Paul Island: Modern life might accomplish what the fierce bering sea never could--break up the culture of alaska's aleuts. (USA).(Brief Article)
Junior Scholastic; 11/12/2001; McCollum, Sean; 787 words ; In the middle of the stormy Bering Sea, 770 miles west of Anchorage ... America. It's called St. Paul Island. It's a tough little rock, battered ... constant waves and wind. On this island is the tough little town of ... changes and look forward to off island careers. But these changes may ... Read more
41 SAILORS RESCUED ON BERING SEA ISLAND
The Boston Globe; 5/8/1989; AP; 115 words ; ... rescued 41 sailors stranded on a Bering Sea island for two days after their skiff capsized ... shuttle the sailors from St. Matthew Island to their crab processing ship after ... Coastal Star, was anchored off the island about 425 miles north of the Aleutian ... Read more
NMFS determined 2007 and 2008 final harvest specifications and prohibited species catch allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area.(IN THE NEWS ...)(National Marine Fisheries Service)(Brief article)
The Food Institute Report; 3/5/2007; 128 words ; ... groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This ... for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area. The ... groundfish resources in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area in accordance ... Read more
NMFS announced final 2008 and 2009 harvest specifications and prohibited species catch allowances for the groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area.(IN THE NEWS ...)(National Marine Fisheries Service)(Brief article)
The Food Institute Report; 3/3/2008; 179 words ; ... groundfish fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. This ... for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area. The ... groundfish resources in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands in accordance with the ... Read more
Fishery Management Plan--NMFS implemented Amendment 85 to the Fishery Management Plan for ground-fish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area as partially approved by NMFS and implemented recent changes to the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.(IN THE NEWS ...)(National Marine Fisheries Service)(Brief article)
The Food Institute Report; 9/10/2007; 298 words ; ... for ground-fish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area as partially ... current allocations of Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area Pacific ... the percentage of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area Pacific ... Read more
NMFS implemented a groundfish retention standard program in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island.(IN THE NEWS...)
The Food Institute Report; 4/10/2006; 38 words ; NMFS implemented a groundfish retention standard program in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Island management area for trawl catcher/processor vessels that are 125 ft. in length overall or greater and that are not listed in the American Fisheries Act. Read more
NMFS proposed rule that would implement Amendment 89 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area to establish Bering Sea habitat conservation measures.(IN THE NEWS ...)(Brief article)
The Food Institute Report; 3/10/2008; 168 words ; ... Plan for Groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area to establish Bering Sea habitat conservation ... in certain waters of the Bering Sea subarea to protect bottom ... would establish the Northern Bering Sea Research Area for studying ... Read more
NMFS closed directed fishing for Pacific cod by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area.(IN THE NEWS ...)(Brief article)
The Food Institute Report; 6/19/2006; 62 words ; ... for Pacific cod by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. NMFS closed directed fishing for species ... for yellowfin sole by vessels using trawl gear in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. Read more
Yellowfin sole in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.(National Marine Fisheries Service, regulation)(Brief article)
The Food Institute Report; 8/14/2006; 17 words ; NMFS is prohibiting directed fishing for yellowfin sole in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area. Read more

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