• A CASE WHERE CARTELS WORK -- Regulation Magazine (Added: 20-Apr-2005 Hits: 0 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Bottomed Out -- New regulations to protect rockfish along West Coast mean fishermen may be out of work (Added: 15-May-2003 Hits: 518 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Commission calls for new ocean ethic and sweeping changes in ocean policy -- This timely report summarizes the state of the US oceans and puts forward bold and sweeping recommendations calling for a new ocean governance framework powered by an ocean ethic that embraces the ocean as a public trust, recognizes our dependence on healthy ocean ecosystems, and practices precaution as we manage ocean resources. (Added: 29-Oct-2003 Hits: 268 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Commission On Ocean Policy Unbalanced -- (2001) The Center for Marine Conservation along with nine other national environmental groups are disappointed that not one representative from a national environmental organization was named to the Commission on Ocean Policy. Environmental groups have been hoping that the Bush Administration would carry out the will of the Oceans Act and nominate a balanced commission. Today, it is clear, that is not the case. (Added: 28-May-2003 Hits: 358 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Conservation Cartels -- Regulation Magazine (Added: 24-Jan-2005 Hits: 0 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Federal Fish Management Should Be Overhauled, Conservationists Say -- Current federal ocean fish management is in dire need of reform, finds a new report released today by a coalition of more than 150 national and regional environmental organizations, commercial and recreational fishing groups, aquariums, and marine science groups. (Added: 29-Aug-2003 Hits: 307 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Federal Fishery Managers Expose Sensitive Marine Habitats -- Ignoring advice from fishery scientists and environmental organizations, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) gave approval to a measure allowing scallop fishing vessels to drag heavy metal dredges through environmentally-sensitive marine habitats off New England and the Mid-Atlantic. (Added: 15-May-2003 Hits: 202 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Federal Government Can't Stop "Tragedy of the Commons" In U.S. Fisheries -- Since the 1970s, the United States government has controlled marine waters 12 to 200 miles from its shores by placing a morass of fishing regulations on fishers. Yet, at least a third of our fisheries are known to be overfished. Moreover, the regulations have resulted in hazardous fishing, the loss of millions of tons of fish due to poor handling and lost gear, and wasteful fishing investments. (Added: 15-May-2003 Hits: 393 Rating: 8.00 Votes: 2) Rate It

• Federal limits have trawlers dumping tons of excess fish -- West Coast trawl fishermen dump 44 percent of their catch overboard, according to a federally funded sampling that offers the most detailed look yet at waste in the 250-vessel fleet. (Added: 15-May-2003 Hits: 255 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1) Rate It

• Fisheries Subsidies, Overfishing, and Trade -- Argues that reducing fisheries subsidies would help to accomplish both trade liberalization and environmental protection. (Added: 15-May-2003 Hits: 307 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Fishermen Conservationists Agree Some Fishing Gears Harm Environment -- There may be more than one way to catch a fish, but not all are environmentally friendly. Some fishing gears widely used in U.S. ocean waters severely damage seafloor habitats and kill far more than the species they target, according to a first-of-its-kind report released today by Marine Conservation Biology Institute (MCBI). (Added: 29-Aug-2003 Hits: 160 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Fishers say proposed restrictions mean death for industry -- New England fishers say newly proposed restrictions on fishing will severely harm the industry, resulting in the loss of thousands of jobs and millions in revenue. (Added: 29-Aug-2003 Hits: 412 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Magnuson Act: Conflict of Interest -- The fisheries management council system has come under fire for self-dealing and conflict of interest. This is not surprising given that most councils are comprised of fishermen. The Magnuson Act exempts members from federal conflict of interest laws. In other areas of the government regulatory agencies are independent from the industries they regulate. But not the fisheries system... (Added: 28-May-2003 Hits: 207 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

• Magnuson Act: Conflicting Mandates & Doesn't Prevent Overfishing -- "Twenty years after its inception, there is little question that the council management system has failed to live up to key goals of the Magnuson Act. In part, the reason is due to conflicting mandates. On one hand, the councils are required to prevent overfishing, on the other they are charged with regulating fish stocks for full domestic use and "maximum net benefit to the nation..." (Added: 28-May-2003 Hits: 348 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1) Rate It

• Marine Ecosystem Mismanagement -- "The Magnuson Act requires regional councils to use the best available science in managing fisheries, but current management models are premised on single-species regulation of selected fish stocks for commercial use, with little or no regard for the wider ecosystem effects that large-scale extraction may precipitate. This is not good science, ecologically speaking, much less the best available science." (Added: 28-May-2003 Hits: 192 Rating: 0 Votes: 0) Rate It

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