Sea Save Foundation
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The NOAA's fisheries division announced Monday that it will toss out a pending rule that proposed limits on the number of endangered whales, dolphins, and sea turtles that are killed or injured from swordfishing gill nets off the West Coast.
“The fishery has been under pressure for years to reduce its impact, and it has been very successful doing that,” said Michael Milstein, a NOAA fisheries spokesman. “The cap would have imposed a cost on the industry to solve a problem that has already been addressed.”
Catherine Kilduff, a senior attorney for the environmental group Center for Biological Diversity, said that protections are still necessary because rare species, such as leatherback turtles, humpback whales and sperm whales, are still being killed and injured in gill nets.
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What do you think? Are existing protections sufficient?
“The fishery has been under pressure for years to reduce its impact, and it has been very successful doing that,” said Michael Milstein, a NOAA fisheries spokesman. “The cap would have imposed a cost on the industry to solve a problem that has already been addressed.”
Catherine Kilduff, a senior attorney for the environmental group Center for Biological Diversity, said that protections are still necessary because rare species, such as leatherback turtles, humpback whales and sperm whales, are still being killed and injured in gill nets.
Read more here.
What do you think? Are existing protections sufficient?
