Conservation & Environment
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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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- Right whales return off Cape for feeding season
- Alaska lawmakers meet with NOAA chief to discuss endangered status for whales
- Pew Applauds the Obama Administration for Backing Global Trade Prohibition of Atlantic Bluefin Tuna, Urges International Support
- BIODIVERSITY: Lucrative Shark Trade Under Scrutiny
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Lubchenco has one easy way to help local fishermen by Hoff Stauffer
At a meeting with local fishermen last week, NOAA administrator Jane Lubchenco said: "We have a lot of work to do ... We can make it better."
She has at least one option for making it better right away. She can increase the 2010 annual catch limits by 33 percent, simply by redressing the balance on the National Oceanic and Administration's treatment of uncertainty.
