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Pirate fishing targeted in Congress – new laws likely passed this year!

Congress is set to act on a measure aimed at stopping fish pirates from dumping millions of tons of illegally caught fish and shellfish in world markets. For decades, no fishery has been pinched harder than Bering Sea king crab,  which last year alone went up against 100 million pounds of pirated crab from Russia. Listen, Read the rest here. 17:11

Pirate fishing poses unnecessary threat to US fishers (it’s fishermen)

WWF – “While our nation’s fisheries managers focus on many issues this week, they urgently need to figure out how to get illegal fish products out of the US seafood supply. (Like these guy’s care about you, right?) continued