July 19, 2012
by David Newman
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Undermining Fisheries Science, Claiming the Opposite

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

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August 17, 2011
by David Newman
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Setting the Record Straight on Bluefin Tuna

David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York Last week, I received a comment on a recent blog accusing me of posting a “factually flawed” and “extremely misleading” report of a new study by the International Union for the Con… Continue reading

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June 28, 2011
by David Newman
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Bill Would Gut Nation’s Fisheries Law

David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York In 2006, after years of chronic overfishing (see my recent blog on the history of overfishing in the South Atlantic), Congress amended the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) to… Continue reading

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June 28, 2011
by David Newman
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Bill Would Gut Nation’s Fisheries Law

David Newman, Oceans Program Attorney, New York In 2006, after years of chronic overfishing (see my recent blog on the history of overfishing in the South Atlantic), Congress amended the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA) to… Continue reading

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