D.B. Pleschner Says Forage Fish Findings Support Management Based on Best Available Science
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Santa Cruz Sentinel] Opinion by D.B. Pleschner - April 11, 2017
D.B. Pleschner is executive director of the California Wetfish Producers Association, a nonprofit dedicated to research and to promote sustainable Wetfish resources
On April 9-10, the Pacific Fishery Management Council is meeting in Sacramento to deliberate on anchovy management and decide on 2017 harvest limits for sardine, two prominent west coast forage fish.
Extreme environmental groups like Oceana and Pew have plastered social media with allegations that the anchovy population has crashed, sardines are being overfished and fisheries should be curtailed, despite ample evidence to the contrary...
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