Feds Flunk First Test of New Fish Law
U.S. Newswire, November, 2007
To: NATIONAL EDITORS
Contact: Dave Bard of the National Environmental Trust, 1-202- 486-4426, or Jo Knight of the Pew Charitable Trusts, 1-202-552- 2070
Fishery managers ignore own scientists, fail to follow mandate to end overfishing of summer flounder
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), ignoring scientific advice and a mandate from Congress and President Bush to end overfishing, has recommended a quota of 15.77 million pounds for the 2008 summer flounder fishing season, endangering the recovery of this depleted population. Because the agency proposed an annual catch limit that exceeded scientists recommendations, the federal government failed its first true test for complying with new conservation...
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