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.
Georges Bank Yellowtail Flounder Working Group Meeting with Fishing Industry
May 16, 2012
In April NOAA Fisheries Service and the NEFMC established a joint working group to look at mitigating the impacts of reduced Georges Bank yellowtail flounder catch limits on U.S. Fishermen in 2012. The following was released by NOAA and the NEFMC this morning:
- MASS. LT. GOV. TIMOTHY MURRAY: Massachusetts invests in its port communities
- JESSICA HATHAWAY: 'National Fisherman' editor says New York Times misrepresented catch share support
- FORBES: Will U.S. Sovereignty Be LOST At Sea? Obama Supports U.N. Treaty That Redistributes Drilling Revenues
- STEVE SCHEIBLAUER: California's “Forage” Fish Protection Strongest in the World, Yet Extremists Still Want to Ban Fishing
- Failure of CFP Reform is too High a Cost
- World Trade Organization rules against dolphin safe labeling
- Vietnam protests China's S. China Sea fishing ban
- Fisheries Congress attracts more than 1,300 delegates from 65 countries
- Scientists debate seafood certification systems
- States Schedule Public Hearings on Atlantic Striped Bass Addendum III
- Massachusetts and Rhode Island Schedule Hearings on American Lobster Draft Addendum XVIII
- ACCSP Releases Atlantic Coast Fisheries Data Collection Standards
- ASMFC River Herring Benchmark Assessment Indicates Stock is Depleted
- ASMFC Spiny Dogfish Board Increases 2012/2103 Quota to 35.6 Million Pounds and Approves Draft Addendum IV for Public Comment
