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“Someone who is familiar with the fish, you’re definitely going to taste a lot of difference”, says Doug Johnson, owner and operator of California Harpoon Swordfish Association in Dana Point. Johnson has been selling swordfish for 15 years, and helped make the market viable for this new gear.
Sportfishing industry resumes work to phase out destructive gear in California Alexandria, VA – September 15, 2021 – Yesterday, the U.S.
Feb 11, 2021 For decades, Americans have understood there is a great deal of work to do to both clean up and make our oceans safer for marine creatures. A great deal of progress has been made, but some industries have clung to outdated methods. It is encouraging, then, that Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-W.Va., has teamed up with Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., to rid the West Coast of one such method. The two have reintroduced the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act, which would phase out the use of large mesh driftnets off the coast of California. Driftnets are for catching swor...
Trump Announces Veto of Driftnet Fishing Bill President Donald Trump on Friday announced he was vetoing a driftnet fishing bill that recently passed with support from both parties. S. 906, or the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act, would expand the definition of large-scale driftnet fishing to bar the use of gillnets with a mesh size of 14 inches or greater. Trump said in a veto message to the Senate that, in passing the bill, “Congress has ignored the fact that the regional fishery management process has had strong, bipartisan support since its creation.” “By forcing the ...
ADVERTISEMENT “The recreational fishing and boating community has long advocated for transitioning away from large-mesh drift gillnets which needlessly kill non-target species including sportfish,” Jeff Angers, president of the Center for Sportfishing Policy, said in a statement at the time. “Today marks a significant victory for marine conservation, and we are grateful for the bipartisan effort to get the Driftnet Modernization and Bycatch Reduction Act across the finish line.” Proponents of the measure will have to wait until the new Congress because there is no time left in this s...