May 19, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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Overfishing has reduced fish populations and biodiversity across much of the world’s oceans. In response, fisheries are increasingly reliant on a handful of highly valuable shellfish. However, new research shows this approach to be extremely risky. Continue reading
March 13, 2013
by Brad Sewell
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Brad Sewell, Senior Attorney, New York
A decade and a half after a fisheries crisis led the U.S. Congress to enact landmark requirements for the rebuilding of fish stocks, two-thirds of the stocks subjected to the requirements have been… Continue reading
February 4, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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Both fish populations and commercial and recreational anglers have benefited from “no-take” protections in the Tortugas Ecological Reserve in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, a new report shows. Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 30, 2013
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Lake Mead National Recreation Area’s water quality is good, the sport fish populations are sufficient, and the lakes provide important habitat for an increasing number of birds. This positive trend is documented in a new report that leads to a better u… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJanuary 14, 2013
by MoreRecycling
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Environmental mood swings determine the sustainable yield of most fish populations. Continue reading
Share on FacebookJuly 19, 2012
by David Newman
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David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York
Imagine if your state legislature passed a law, called the “Academic Performance Improvement Act,” that exempted students from having to meet reading standards because they had… Continue reading
May 7, 2012
by David Newman
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David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York
Whole Foods recently became the first major North American retailer to stop selling unsustainable, or red-listed, seafood. The red listing, as determined by the Monterey Bay Aquarium… Continue reading
March 22, 2012
by Sarah Chasis
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Sarah Chasis, Senior Attorney and Director, Ocean Initiative, New York
Today the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs is holding a hearing entitled “Empty Hooks: The Nationa… Continue reading
August 13, 2011
by David Newman
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David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York Last week, I reported that the South Atlantic Fishery Management Council (SAFMC) was on the verge of removing more than three dozen fish species from protective management. Ironically, this short-si… Continue reading
Share on FacebookAugust 12, 2011
by Amanda Maxwell
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Amanda Maxwell, Latin America Advocate, Washington, DC Scientists from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography at UC San Diego released a new study demonstrating that the coral reef and marine ecosystem at Cabo Pulmo National Marine Park, in Baja Ca… Continue reading
Share on FacebookAugust 3, 2011
by David Newman
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David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York What if, after a string of overloaded passenger elevator failures, a new law was passed requiring stricter weight limits and regulators responded by exempting elevators from all safety requirements, inclu… Continue reading
Share on FacebookJuly 8, 2011
by Regan Nelson
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Regan Nelson, Senior Oceans Advocate, Washington, DC Yesterday, House Republicans passed an appropriations bill through subcommittee that, if signed into law, would severely retard efforts to protect our oceans, coasts and communities.
Rather tha… Continue reading
May 17, 2011
by David Newman
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David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York Fisheries managers in the South Atlantic (Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas) are on the cusp of adopting annual catch limits intended to end decades of chronic overfishing. Seven of the most common… Continue reading
Share on FacebookApril 18, 2011
by David Newman
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David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York Dr. Ray Hilborn, a veteran stock assessment scientist, published an Op-Ed in last week’s NY Times entitled “Let Us Eat Fish.” The piece contains some misleading assertions and conc… Continue reading
Share on FacebookDecember 28, 2010
by David Newman
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As I gaze across the local fishmonger’s display, I’m always amazed at the abundance of seafood. A mound of chipped ice covered in shimmering fillets of salmon, cod, haddock, fluke, swordfish, and tuna. It seems like a menag… Continue reading
Share on FacebookDecember 22, 2010
by Noah Garrison
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Stormwater runoff from our cities and towns remains a leading cause of pollution in rivers, streams, lakes and beaches across the country, but a West Virginia Circuit Court decision has given that state at least a fighting chance to clean up some of it… Continue reading
Share on FacebookDecember 14, 2010
by Karen Garrison
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Sportfisherman Jim Donlan and his friends had fished California’s Channel Islands since the 1950s. The steep declines in fish populations they witnessed prompted them to propose marine reserves around the islands in 1999. Abundance of… Continue reading
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