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Shocking Report Warns Of Mass Extinction From Current Rate Of Marine Distress
By djkimmel on Jun 22, 2011 | In Conservation, Environment, Species related, Pollution, Global Warming, Fisheries Management, Fishing
From Huffington Post
State Of The Ocean
If the current actions contributing to a multifaceted degradation of the world's oceans aren't curbed, a mass extinction unlike anything human history has ever seen is coming, an expert panel of scientists warns in an alarming new report.
Has overfishing ended? Top US scientist says yes
By djkimmel on Jan 8, 2011 | In Conservation, Threatened Species, Species related, Fisheries Management
From WLNS.com
By JAY LINDSAY, Associated Press
BOSTON (AP) - For the first time in at least a century, U.S. fishermen won't take too much of any species from the sea, one of the nation's top fishery scientists says.
The projected end of overfishing comes during a turbulent fishing year that's seen New England fishermen switch to a radically new management system. But scientist Steve Murawski said that for the first time in written fishing history, which goes back to 1900, "As far as we know, we've hit the right levels, which is a milestone." Read entire story on WLNS.com
