Overfishing lures legislative reforms

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Reauthorization of the Magnuson Fishery Conservation and Management Act is needed to control overfishing by shifting the focus from short-term economic goals to long-term sustainable goals. The Magnuson Act with its short-sighted single species approach has achieved little success in curbing overfishing in American waters. The Marine Fish Conservation Network has outlined suggestions for reversing overfishing through scientific measures aimed at conserving marine ecology. Most of the proposals have been adopted by the House of Representatives and await the Senate's approval.

Research, Fishery policy, Fishery resources

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Overfishing threatens sea's bounty

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Increasing pressure on fisheries due to growing human population continues to deplete fish stocks at an alarming rate. Adoption of comprehensive and scientific ecosystem management policies will resurrect dwindling fish populations and ensure their biological well being. Depletion of fish stocks such as the Peruvian anchovy fishery is altering the delicate balance of the marine ecosystem. Government policies worldwide have supported exploitative fishing interests leading to unregulated fishing on the high seas.

Management, Fish populations, Marine ecology, Marine resources conservation

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Saving salmon in the Northwest

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Comprehensive measures, such as increasing water flows, in the watershed areas of the Pacific Northwest can restore the dwindling salmon populations. Abuse of salmon habitat and damming of the Columbia River are prime reasons for the decline of salmon. Restoring healthy, harvestable salmon runs should be the focus of all commercial activities that have recast land designs and river flows around the Northwest. The salmon runs of the Columbia Basin have nurtured the economic prosperity of the region.

Fish industry, Columbia River, Water levels, Salmon fisheries

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