JACKIE ODELL: 'Interim catch levels' would address cod issues
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The Gulf of Maine cod situation represents a flaw in fishery policy that places
demands on science that exceed its capacity to predict nature. Science
cannot sufficiently or reliably predict six, eight, much less 10 years
into the future.
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GLOUCESTER TIMES: Fishery council can't set cod limits based on shaky study
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When the New England Fishery Management Council begins weighing its
options today regarding how to set a 2013 fishing year limit on Gulf of
Maine cod, it will have a number of issues to consider.
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What Obama’s Government Reform Proposal Means for Our Oceans
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On January 13, President Barack Obama announced his plan to implement a
sweeping reorganization of the Department of Commerce by consolidating
six agencies involved in trade and economic competitiveness. One
unintended consequence of this reshuffling is that by redesigning the
Commerce Department, we now must find a home for the agency that
comprised more than 60 percent of its budget—NOAA.
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PEW ENVIRONMENT: An Inconvenient Truth About Gulf of Main Cod
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On January 13, 2012, Jud Crawford, science and policy manager of the Pew Environment Group's Northeast Fisheries Program, wrote about the recent Gulf of Maine cod stock assessment. He asserts that "In terms of science, nothing went wrong in 2011," but many scientists, council members, and industry members have, in fact, pointed out serious issues with the 2011 stock assessment.
In an analysis below, Saving Seafood examined the assertions made by Dr. Crawford and looked at important, relevant issues that were omitted in his assessment.
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NEW YORK TIMES: A Milestone in Fisheries Management
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January 19, 2012 -- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is about to reach a historic achievement. By May, the agency will have set annual catch limits for every federally managed fish species, more than 500 in all. What’s more, this vital task has been accomplished in a genuinely bipartisan manner.
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