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Eat up! These bottom fish make a dramatic recovery on West Coast

Septmeber 2nd, 2014 By Craig Welch, The Seattle Times Marine scientists at the Monterey Bay Aquarium said Tuesday that government regulators and fishermen had made such strides in how they manage and...

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Talking Fish: “Known is a drop. Unknown is an ocean.”

September 8th, 2014 By Peter Shelley, TalkingFish.org That still-true ancient line, penned by Tamil poet Avvaiyar some two thousand years ago, reminds us all that while it is worth paying attention to...

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The Law That’s Saving American Fisheries

The Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act: It’s a Keeper This in-depth and comprehensive look at our nation’s most important fisheries management law was the result of the combined...

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The Alaska Fisheries Miracle

A video made by Brad Matsen (one of our board members) and Mark Brinster to illustrate the value of documenting the past history of successful fisheries management. It includes interviews with...

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Simple rules can help fishery managers cope with ecological complexity

Schooling herring, one of the fisheries studied in this analysis .Jacob Bøtter/Flickr To successfully manage fisheries, factors in the environment that affect fish — like food sources, predators and...

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Climate Change May Be Creating A Seafood Trade War, Too

June 15th, 2018, Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com One of the grand challenges that I find as a climate scientist is conveying to the public the “here and now” of climate change. For many people, it is...

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Mining power: EPA’s Pruitt aims to short-circuit Clean Water Act

By Jessica Hathaway  June 28, 2018, NationalFisherman.com Three days before the deadline for public comments on the proposed Pebble Mine project  in Alaska’s Bristol Bay, Environmental Protection...

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Japan’s fish catch sinks for 4th straight year to all-time low

By TETSUSHI YAMAMURA, April 27th, 2018, The Asahi Shinbun A plunging fish catch in 2017 for the fourth consecutive year has the agriculture ministry considering drastic revisions to its fisheries...

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A Tribute to NFCC’s Founding Chairman, Dr Dayton (Lee) Alverson

Farewell to Lee Alverson Remembering a great mentor in marine science, policy, and life By Brad Warren When I started out as a rookie correspondent for National Fisherman, I had no idea how fortunate...

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Overfishing and the Replacement of Demersal Finfish by Shellfish: An Example...

Note: this research, and other similar findings, illustrate the fact that fish stocks do not exist in isolation, thus emphasizing the importance of an ecosystem approach to fisheries management. July...

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