Conservation Law Foundation » Fisheries Investment and Regulatory Relief Act http://www.clf.org For a thriving New England Wed, 18 Sep 2013 14:45:33 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 This Week on TalkingFish.org – March 12-16 http://www.clf.org/blog/ocean-conservation/this-week-on-talkingfish-org-march-12-16/ http://www.clf.org/blog/ocean-conservation/this-week-on-talkingfish-org-march-12-16/#comments Fri, 16 Mar 2012 18:06:14 +0000 Samantha Caravello http://www.clf.org/?p=8419 This week's stories on TalkingFish.org: an opinion piece from the Pew Environment Group on the Fisheries Investment and Regulatory Relief Act; thoguhts on the Boston Seafood Show; and a weekly roundup of fish-related news stories.

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  • The International Boston Seafood Show

    March 14: “How Investing in Our Fisheries Pays Off” – Lee Crockett of the Pew Environment Group explains how the Fisheries Investment and Regulatory Relief Act (FIRRA) of 2012 would provide financial support to fishermen and improve management of our oceans.

  • March 15: “Some Thoughts from the Boston Seafood Show” - CLF Program Assistant Samantha Caravello writes about the Boston Seafood Show, U.S. reliance on seafood imports, and how important it is to try to support local fishermen instead.

  • March 16: “Fish Talk in the News – Friday, March 16″ – This week’s roundup of interesting fish stories: a stop-motion video of where your sushi is coming from; fish is high on the list of disease-causing imported foods; a federal district court judge rules to protect river herring; and groundfish populations may have been overestimated in the 2008 stock assessments.

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