WWF Promoting Five-Point Plan to Rebuild Chile's Pacific Hake Stocks
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] September 28, 2016
WWF Chile has launched a five-point plan to help rebuild Chile’s depleted commercial hake stock.
First, the plan proposes to set a minimum harvest of 37 cm for hake so that younger fish have an opportunity to reproduce.
Next, the WWF wants trawling banned in certain zones that identified as key feeding and spawning areas for the fishery.
Fishing quotas would be set at their lowest possible threshold based on scientific stock assessment reports...
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