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US GAO study: Fish Stock Assessments vary in number, frequency

nmfs_logoA bipartisan group of senators, led by Florida Republican Marco Rubio, asked the GAO last year to examine how fish are counted. They want to know how the federal , a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, determines which stocks are healthy and which ones need protection. Read the rest here 08:07