Overfishing
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Overfishing causing genetic changes: study
Evolution has been used in part as an excuse for why cod and other species have not recovered from overfishing
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Striper Overfishing Meeting
Captain Chris Dollar The Atlantic striped bass (rockfish) population is in trouble. Avid Bay anglers have noticed the warning signs of smaller and fewer fish over the last few seasons, and the trouble was confirmed in November when fisheries biologists and analysts reported that the population has fallen below the sustainable threshold and overfishing has been occurring, perhaps for nearly a decade, which makes Thursday’s Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) meeting so important. Representatives from 15 coastal states will discuss and vote on a course of action to mitigate overfishing and chart a course to rebuild the stock.
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