June 5-9 I had the heady experience of participating at the United Nations Oceans Conference at UN Headquarters and participate in discussions on shark conservation, MPAs and IUU fishing including dynamite […]

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Ban Longline Fishing

For decades, California fishers have targeted swordfish, mako, and thresher sharks as market catch using drift gill nets, or drift nets. To a lesser degree, white sea bass have been …

Trump Proposes to Open Marine National Monuments to Fishing

In an Executive Order last month President Trump commented on how to improve the competitiveness of American industry by removing “unnecessary” regulatory burdens in our US marine protected areas. After opening up the North Atlantic Marine …