Each week on WBSM in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Bob Vanasse of Saving Seafood joins host Phil Paleologos to discuss issues related to the fisheries with news-making guests.
Drew Minkiewicz of the Fishery Survival Fund describes the industry's rational self-interest in conserving the very resource it depends on. By detailing the industry's support for specific harvesting restrictions and area closures in conjunction with NOAA, this claim is revealed to be no mere talking point. In the second segment, beginning at 16:20, Steve Weiner of the American Bluefin Tuna Association expresses his industry's positive reaction to NOAA's recent decision to not list Atlantic bluefin tuna as threatened or endangered under the U.S. Endangered Species Act.
[listen to this latest episode at Saving Seafood Radio]