North Atlantic right whales are on the brink of extinction. Fewer than 370 remain, including just 70 breeding females. In recent years, numerous right whales have been killed or severely injured as a result of...
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By Todd Steiner When the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) allowed the sablefish fishery to expand into designated critical habitat for leatherback sea turtles, Turtle Island and Center for Biological…
Traditional pot fishery gear used for catching lobsters, crabs and some finfish like sablefish, consists of a baited trap set on the bottom floor with a long rope connected…
In an inexplicable move, the National Marine Fisheries Service has allowed a little known fishery that targets bottom-dwelling sablefish — also known as black cod or butterfish to expand into...
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