News Summary December 12, 2017
Today's Main Story: West Coast’s Pacific Ocean Perch Stock Declared Rebuilt, Will Lead to Higher Groundfish Catches
Today's lead item reports that the National Marine Fisheries Service formally approved Pacific Ocean perch rockfish as rebuilt, giving West Coast shoreside and at-sea groundfish fleets a little breathing room for what has been a constraining species. Oregon Trawl Commission Director Brad Pettinger said that there will now be “quite a bit more fish available ...
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