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    Pew Will Push Shark Conservation at World Fisheries Meeting
    The Pew Environment Group on Wednesday called for stronger shark conservation measures worldwide as a new report by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) classifies 35 out of 64 known pelagic shark and related ray species around the world as threatened or near threatened with extinction.
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    Portland joins in fishing gear disposal program
    Portland has become the first fishing port in Maine to join in a regional program that enables fishermen to dispose of unwanted gear which is then recycled or converted into energy.
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    Ted Danson Hopes Jellyfish Burgers Aren't On 'The End Of The Line'
    Ted Danson narrates a new documentary that reveals an 'Inconvenient Truth' about our love affair with seafood: if unsustainable fishing practices continue, we could see the collapse of the world's fisheries as early as 2048.
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    Whaling talks target compromise
    The annual meeting of the International Whaling Commission (IWC) has opened, with compromise talks between pro- and anti-whaling bloc delicately poised.
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    Cape Cod firm’s net timer could save endangered sea turtles from drowning in fishing nets
    Fishery managers trying to protect rare sea turtles from dying in fishing nets have tapped a Cape Cod company to build a device they think can help balance turtle protection with profitable fishing.
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STEVE SCHEIBLAUER: California's “Forage” Fish Protection Strongest in the World, Yet Extremists Still Want to Ban Fishing

Monterey Bay's historic "wetfish" industry is under attack by extremist groups who claim overfishing is occurring. Touting studies with faulty calculations, activists are lobbying federal regulators to massively limit fishing, if not ban these fisheries outright.  Apparently the facts don’t matter to groups with an anti-fishing agenda