NOAA's Says 91% of Stocks Not Subject to Overfishing, Did Record Number of Assessments in 2017
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SeafoodNews] - May 17, 2018
Chris Oliver, Asst Administrator for NOAA Fisheries, announced the release of the agencies 'Status of the Stocks' report to Congress. It measures the progress the US has made in ending overfishing and rebuilding stocks. Status of the Stocks provides a “snapshot in time” of the status of our nation’s fisheries last year.
At the end of 2017, the overfishing list included 30 stocks and the overfished list dropped to 35 stocks. 91 percent of the stocks we manage are ...
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