Conservation Law Foundation » Tony Austin 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 18-22 http://www.clf.org/blog/ocean-conservation/this-week-on-talkingfish-org-march-18-22/ http://www.clf.org/blog/ocean-conservation/this-week-on-talkingfish-org-march-18-22/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:48:58 +0000 Leah Fine http://www.clf.org/?p=14512 This week on Talking Fish, commercial fisherman Tony Austin explains why the implementation of the Magnuson-Stevens Act isn't working to rebuild stocks; Fish Talk in the News sees NOAA release a draft rule to open areas currently closed to groundfishing and right whale populations beginning to rebuild.

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]]> March 18 – The Broken System - The present politically based implementation of the Magnuson Act guarantees the death of commercial fishing on the east coast of the U.S. Allowing fishermen a major voice in the councils has led to the current scarcity of cod and haddock in New England.  Every single piece of stock assessment data indicates that stocks of these two species are in dire straits, yet fishermen complain that NMFS is destroying their living  by not letting them catch more of these fish.

March 22 – Fish Talk in the News – Friday, March 22 - In this week’s Fish Talk in the News, NOAA releases the proposed rule for Framework 48, right whales make a comeback, Maine lobstermen seek to unionize, minimum catch size limits may be forcing fish to mature at a smaller size, Senator Cowan raises concerns over use of Saltonstall-Kennedy funds; Maine legislators debate alewife bills.

 

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