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Entries by Lee Crockett from 09/2012

New Study: Overfishing Costs Southeast and Gulf Regions Millions Per Year

| Posted 09.05.2012 | Green
Read More: Pew Environment Group, Green News, Conservation, Jobs, Fishing, South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, Overfishing, Ecotrust, Green News

Conserving our ocean fish populations is a prudent economic investment. The converse is also true: Overfishing is bad economic policy.

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The Bottom Line: A Creative Solution to a Persistent Problem

| Posted 09.24.2012 | Green
Read More: Pew Environment Group, Fishing, Gulf of Mexico, Longlining, Bluefin Tuna, Fishing-Gear-Bycatch, Green News

For 30 years, fisheries experts at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have tried to protect western Atlantic bluefin tuna from surface longlines in the Gulf of Mexico, the severely depleted fish's only known spawning area.

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