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Promote Responsible Fishing

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Bottom Trawling: News & Reports

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Blog Posts

  • Arctic Protections Finalized
    November 5, 2009

Reports

Deep-sea Trawl Fisheries of the Southeast and Gulf of Mexico
Deep-sea Life: On the Edge of the Abyss
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Press Releases

  • Kate Walsh Wants You to Help Save Sea Turtles
    November 9, 2009
  • Despite Overfishing and Crashing Hake Population Marine Stewardship Council Awards ‘Sustainability’ Certification for Pacific Hake (Whiting) Trawl Fishery
    October 2, 2009
  • South Atlantic Council Approves Plan to Save More Than 23,000 Square Miles of Rare Corals
    September 18, 2009

In the News

  • Trawl areas seem nuked
    Source: Juneau Empire
    March 16, 2005
  • Bottom trawling ban off Alaska to widen
    Source: MSNBC
    February 18, 2005
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