Tag Archives: U.S. Fisheries Management

Embracing the Success of Responsible U.S Fisheries Management

March 30, 2015   National

sbharborSeafood choices used to be simple, as they should be. But over the last twenty years or so we have been bombarded with more information and advice about seafood than ever before and all of a sudden seafood choices started to get very complicated. What used to be a simple choice now requires research on our part, and for some folks the confusion and guilt associated with seafood choices is enough to ruin their appetite, but not me.  Read the rest here 14:05

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Noted Fishery Economist Releases Ten Commandments of Magnuson-Stevens

March 14, 2014   National

GSI-LogoThe Ten Commandments on Magnuson-Stevens Reauthorization was written by John Ward to serve as guidelines for politicians and their staffs working on the new legislation to oversee U.S. fisheries Management. Ward is an economist appointed to the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council’s Standing Science and Statistical Committee, as well as its Social and Economic Science and Statistical Committee Read more here Gulf Seafood News 13:30

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MSA Reauth: Changes Proposed for U.S. Fisheries Management: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

February 9, 2014   National

This past Tuesday, the draft bill to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act was released by the U.S. House.  The Magnuson-Stevens Act is a big deal because this is the law that lays out how fisheries management works in the United States.  This time, a number of changes have been proposed by Representative Doc Hastings, some of which could fundamentally change fisheries management and fisheries science in U.S. waters.  The proposed changes immediately became controversial, garnering overwhelming support from witnesses to the House Natural Resources Committee hearing of the bill (witnesses included representatives from the recreational and commercial fishing industries as well as the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council) while Pew Environment strongly opposed the bill, calling it the “Empty Oceans Act” (translated into GIFs by Upwell for your viewing pleasure). Read more@southernfriedscience  22:01

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