Published: Thursday, December 10, 2020
Seamounts Marine National Monument collage. Credits: Claudine Hellmuth/E&E News(illustration & map); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service(photos); U.S. Supreme Court(text)
Commercial fishing groups have been fighting the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument since it was first proposed by the Obama administration. The Supreme Court may be their last hope. Claudine Hellmuth/E&E News(illustration & map); U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service(photos); U.S. Supreme Court(text)
When Grant Moore first started lobstering, he thought of the ocean as a vast expanse with an endless supply of marine life ripe for the catching.
Further 23% drop in US Atlantic scallop landings predicted for 2021
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Dec. 10, 2020 21:19 GMT The New England Fishery Management Council (NEFMC) has predicted 40 million pounds (18,144 metric tons) of scallops will be caught in 2021, a 23% drop from the 51.6m lbs expected to be caught in 2020 and a 33% drop from the 60.5m lbs caught in 2019. [.]
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