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NOAA expanding dolphin-safe tuna certification requirements |
| April 6, 2013 -- When the World Trade Organization found last year that U.S. labeling requirements for dolphin-safe tuna put Mexican tuna fishermen at a trade disadvantage, marine advocates worried that the federal government would weaken its dolphin-safe standards. | |||
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VIDEO: CLF's Peter Shelley calls for shutdown of cod fishery; opposes opening of closed areas |
| April 3, 2013 -- In a video, CLF’s Peter Shelley explains the dramatic decline of cod stocks in New England. CLF is calling for a closure of the directed cod fishery. They also oppose proposals to open certain closed areas to commercial fishing. | |||
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Draft Goals for Northeast Regional Ocean Planning |
| April 3, 2013 -- The following was released on behalf of the Northeast Regional Planning Body by the Meridian Institute | |||
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PRESS RELEASE: Pew Partners for Magnuson Fight; RFA Warns Of Environmental Duplicity In New Bluefin Ploy |
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March 26, 2013 -- After 6-1/2 years of heavy political pressure, a pair of national rallies, and promises by more than a dozen respected members of Congress, U.S. saltwater anglers are perplexed at the lack of legislative movement to protect sensible access to coastal fisheries. Sadly, since the reauthorization of the Magnuson Stevens Act in late 2006, a number of debilitating fisheries facts have come to reality: - Since switching over from traditional days-at-sea limits to sector management in 2010, New England's cod fishery has collapsed with legislation recently introduced to help defray the cost of a $150 million fisheries disaster. - After implementing the individual fishing quota plan for the Gulf of Mexico in 2007, recreational anglers have also watched their number of available fishing days for Gulf red snapper drop by over 80%. New legislation has been introduced to allow Gulf States to expand territorial waters to make up for federal issues. - Anglers in the South Atlantic have been able to fish for red snapper a total of six days ever since the federal government extended a ban on red snapper fishing in federal waters off North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and the Atlantic coast of Florida in 2010. - Despite its healthy, rebuilt status since the reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act in late 2006, recreational harvest of black sea bass in federal waters in January and February was officially shut down in 2009. Available fishing days for black sea bass have been on average 50% less in the days since black sea bass was rebuilt as compared to seasons prior. |
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PRESS RELEASE: ABTA, Pew and IGFA work together on bluefin tuna management on Amendment 7 |
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SALEM, New Hampshire -- March 27, 2013 -- The American Bluefin Tuna Association and the Pew Charitable Trust have not always seen eye to eye in the past on issues regarding bluefin tuna. In fact, no fishery organization has a longer history of fighting for its survival against the environmental establishment, and for good reason: no fishery issue within the environmental community has received more attention than has bluefin. What has recently changed that has led ABTA to consider working with Pew? Two important things: 1/ For the first time, Pew has openly acknowledged something that the fishermen have been saying for a very long time; that US bluefin tuna handgear fishermen do fish sustainably, using selective gear, and, 2/ Pew and ABTA find that they are largely in agreement on a comprehensive approach to a recent and critically important regulatory initiative, Amendment 7. This marks the first time that both organizations agree on the same approach to an important bluefin issue. |
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- Forecast for Cape seals: Lots of gray
- Debate grows over what to do about seal resurgence
- Too many seals?: Researchers and fishing community explore the "problem" during Outer Cape Seal Symposium in Chatham
- American Bluefin Tuna Association joins with Pew Environment and the International Game Fish Association in opposition to surface longlines
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MICHAEL CONATHAN: Ocean Warming Means A New Paradigm For The World’s Fisheries
May 20, 2013 -- Fishing is a profession often passed down from one generation to the next. Many lobstermen in Maine fish the same bottom their fathers and grandfathers fished, and the same holds true of fishermen father offshore as well. Yet increasingly, anecdotal evidence has suggested that the old faithful fishing spots are no longer quite so reliable.
