Oceana hails catch monitoring lawsuit victory

Conservation organization Oceana has announced a “major litigation victory” that it says will require stronger accountability through catch monitoring for the New England groundfish fishery. The agreement reached on Jan. 30, with the federal government will require “accurate monitoring to enforce scientifically-based catch limits and help preserve healthy and sustainable ocean ecosystems,” according to Oceana. Read more

One Response to Oceana hails catch monitoring lawsuit victory

  1. freefish7 says:

    Every fisherman needs to know that West Marine donates big bucks to Oceana. Please let your local West Marine manager know you will not spend another dollar with their corporation until they stop funding Oceana. Thank you!

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