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Alaska's panel challenges feds on shutting fishery over sea lions |
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A state-sponsored review panel has challenged the federal science used to justify the shutdown of a high-value Aleutian Island fishery to protect endangered Steller sea lions.
The harvest closure, which took effect in January, is estimated to cost some $44 million to $61 million in lost revenue this year to the largely Seattle-based fleets that fish for Atka mackerel and Pacific cod in the western Aleutians, according to a lawsuit filed by seafood companies that seeks to reopen the fishing ground. Read the complete story from The Seattle Times.
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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
