- In the latest example of blatant Federal negligence (coverup),
the valiant and ever vigilant FDA and EPA have determined they will not
be testing ANY fish from the Gulf Of Alaska. This is another egregious
(not that they give a rat's tail) abandonment of their obligation to watch
over the public health and welfare. In this case, the Feds have chosen
to protect the Alaskan fishing industry...the public's right to know and
to be kept safe and informed be damned.
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- The Feds are already protecting the Dairy and Beef and
Big Ag industries, so why not the Alaska fisheries, too.
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- A simple look at the maps below tells the tale of exactly
why the Feds SHOULD be monitoring ALL Pacific caught seafood.
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- First off, the Kuroshio Current (also named the Black
Current) flowing northbound just off the East Coast of Japan meets up with
the Oyashio Current, flowing southbound next to Japan's east coast. The
two then run off together and head due EAST and become the North Pacific
Current.
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- The venerable North Pacific, as you will see below, jaunts
straight across the Pacific and then SPLITS...with half going directly
north into the Gulf of Alaska where it swirls and swirls in a sweeping
counter-clockwise vortex.
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- The southern portion of the split heads straight for
the West Coast where it becomes the California Current as it flows south
and down the West Coast into Baja California before eventually fading into
the North Equatorial Current and a return trip back to Asia.
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- Kuroshio And Oyashio Currents Zone
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- (KR/OY Mix And Become North Pacific Current)
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- Pronounced (koorosheo)
- Also called Japan Current or BLACK CURRENT.
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- The Kuroshio Current (in red arrow) runs off the coast
of Japan. It is a strong and very large warm surface oceanic current traveling
40 to 121 km/day at 1.6 to 4.8 km/h. At about lat. 35°N it divides
to form an eastern branch flowing nearly to the Hawaiian Islands and a
northern branch that skirts the coast of Asia and merges with the waters
of the cold Oyashio Current to form the North Pacific Current. Dense fogs
develop along the boundary between the Japan and Oyashio currents. Air
moving over the warm Japan Current becomes more temperate and acts to moderate
the climate of Taiwan and Japan.
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- The Oyashio Current (in green arrow) is a cold subarctic
current that flows south and circulates counterclockwise along the western
North Pacific Ocean. The two currents collide near eastern shores of Japan
forming the North Pacific Current.
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- The North Pacific Current
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- The North Pacific Current (sometimes referred to as the
North Pacific Drift) is a slow warm water current that flows west-to-east
between 40 and 50 degrees north in the Pacific Ocean. The current forms
the southern part of the North Pacific Subpolar Gyre. The North Pacific
Current is formed by the collision of theKuroshio Current, running northward
off the coast of Japan, and the Oyashio Current, which is a cold subarctic
current that flows south and circulates counterclockwise along the western
North Pacific Ocean. The North Pacific Current forms the northern part
of the North Pacific Subtropical Gyre. In the eastern North Pacific, it
splits into the southward California Current and the northward Alaska Current.
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- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Pacific_Current
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