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    World’s largest wild scallop fishery enters MSC full assessment process
    The U.S. Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) dredge fishery is entering full assessment in the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification programme.
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    Hilborn says eliminating global fishing would mean plowing world's rainforests 22 times over
    Replacing the global fish supply would cost 22 times the world's rainforests. If we replaced the protein we got from fish with land based agriculture, we'd need extra grazing land equal to the entire world's rainforest 22 times over.
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    Atlantic scallop fishery enters Marine Stewardship Council full assessment process
    The U.S. Atlantic sea scallop (Placopecten magellanicus) dredge fishery operating in the exclusive economic zone of the United States of America offshore from Maine to Cape Hatteras, North Carolina is entering full assessment in the Marine Stewardship Council’s (MSC) certification program for sustainable and well-managed fisheries. The fishery will be assessed against the MSC Standard and, if successful, its products will be eligible to bear the MSC ecolabel recognizing products from well-managed and sustainable sources.
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    Senator John Kerry Introduces Legislation to Protect Whales
    Further demonstrating his commitment towards environmental conservation, Senator John Kerry (D-MA) today introduced legislation aimed at protecting whales.  The International Whale Conservation and Protection Act of 2010 addresses major threats to whales including commercial whaling, ship strikes, entanglement in fishing gear, ocean noise, and climate change and reasserts the U.S. as a leader in whale conservation.
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    Alaska legislators blast Endangered Species Act
    Members of Alaska’s congressional delegation met with two top Obama administration environmental officials Friday to discuss several issues that could have wide-ranging impacts on the state.
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