Senators Begich and Cantwell preparing legislation to address the urgent threat of ocean acidification
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Olympian] - August 15, 2014 -
U.S. senators Maria Cantwell, D-Wash., and Mark Begich, D-Alaska, are preparing legislation calling for a national strategy to combat ocean acidification.
The legislation would make ocean acidification monitoring a national priority.
There are fears in Alaska that the more than $100 million king crab fishery could collapse as baby crab can’t pull enough carbonate ions out of the water to build their exoskeletons.
In Washington State, much of the $270 million shellfish industry is at risk.
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