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… This week brought a big victory for the fish. In a unanimous vote, the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission adopted a promising new approach in the management of Atlantic menhaden, a …
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… pandemic. This follows confirmation from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and National Marine
Fisheries Service that the EPA failed to contact the wildlife agencies to discuss how the policy …
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… discharges of toxic pollution into water bodies which will contaminate drinking water supplies,
fisheries, recreational waters, and harm people, wildlife and animals exposed to this pollution. …
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… to healthy rivers and protection in the open ocean, where they are being decimated by commercial
fisheries intent on other species. Riverkeeper is advocating for these fishes in many ways, but we …
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… moratorium on fishing them from Virginia waters, upholding a finding by the Atlantic States Marine
Fisheries Commission that Virginia had not implemented a Chesapeake Bay harvest cap. Fostered clean …
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… for protecting human health and life found in our rivers, lakes and oceans. The National Marine
Fisheries Service in 2017 reported that adult and juvenile Atlantic sturgeon, which are listed as …
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… economies of our states depend on healthy ecosystems to support recreational and commercial
fisheries that are worth tens of billions of dollars and responsible for hundreds of thousands of …
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… Management Board met in May 2019 and proposes measures for both the commercial and recreational
fisheries to reduce total mortality by 18 percent to achieve a desired level in 2020. Member states …
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… Commission (ASMFC), the regulatory body representing the coastal Atlantic states to manage our
fisheries across multiple jurisdictions, and all of us who have a collective interest in these …
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… may have significant adverse impacts on wildlife and human health. The National Marine
Fisheries Service in 2017 reported that adult and juvenile Atlantic sturgeon, which are endangered, …
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