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Environmental Defense Fund
Cabinet Secretaries, Members of Congress, Scientists Create Roadmap to End Overfishing Crisis, Grow Fishing Economy
November 29th, 2008
The economic and environmental disaster of overfishing can be stopped with a straightforward update of fishing regulations, according to Oceans of Abundance, a new report released by a bipartisan working group of two dozen economic and environmental leaders and scientists. The full report is available at www.OceansOfAbundance.org. "President-Elect Obama faces depleted fisheries that have caused painful job loss and a ticking litigation clock if legal deadlines to end overfishing by 2011 aren't met," said Bruce Babbitt, co-chair of the working group and former Secretary of the Interior and Arizona governor. "The good news is that new science clearly points the way to...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2008-11-29)
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