Recreational red snapper management system "stinks and punishes everyone"
As the Gulf of Mexico red snapper allocation becomes a hot topic for both recreational and commercial fishermen, I wrote to Saving Seafood to set the record straight about Environmental Defense Fund’s...
View ArticleEuropean Maritime Fisheries Fund: Why Investing in Allocation Matters
Given scarce resources in the EU and UK, it’s especially important that fishing privileges are allocated in a way that best serves national sustainability interests—and now is the time to invest. This...
View ArticleSustainable European fisheries depend upon sustainable investment mechanisms
After years of deliberation, the European Union has finalized proposals to reform the Common Fisheries Policy (CFP), the EU’s framework for fisheries management. The new policy promises a better future...
View ArticleLawsuits and lasting solutions for the Gulf’s red snapper fishery
For media inquiries please contact: Matt Smelser, msmelser@edf.org, (512) 731-3023 EDF takes another step today in our decades-long pursuit of vibrant, productive fisheries in the Gulf of Mexico when...
View Article‘Doing it for the Halibut: How a discard ban saved my fishery’
By: Wes Erikson Fisherman Wes Erikson shares his experiences fishing under strict Canadian discard legislation to demonstrate how the Common Fisheries Policy landing obligation can result in...
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