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NEFMC Meeting - Addition to Herring Agenda Item |
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Addition to Council meeting Agenda, April 27-29, 2010, Hilton
Mystic Hotel, Mystic, CT
Please note the Council will add another item of business under its Herring Committee Report, scheduled to begin at 11:00 a.m. on Tuesday, April 27. Following the issues listed already, the Council will discuss measures proposed in Draft Addendum III to ASMFC’s Interstate Fishery Management Plan for Atlantic Herring. The action includes measures to address days out of the fishery and landing limits for small mesh bottom trawl vessels operating in the Gulf of Maine.
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HASTINGS: Time to improve the Endangered Species Act
May 18, 2012 - When the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into law in 1973 by President Nixon, he spoke about the importance of preserving “the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.” I believe that goal is as important today as it was back then. However, after nearly 40 years, it’s time to take a fresh, honest look at the law and consider whether there are ways it could be improved to do a better job of protecting and recovering species.
