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CLICK HERE TO HELP BLUEFIN TUNA:
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We need your voice to remind the National Marine Fisheries Service that it's not just a good idea to set rules that will help fish like bluefin tuna survive, it's the law. Take action now .
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Sharks are the most powerful predators in the ocean, but millions of years of evolution did not prepare them for the increasing number of hooks and nets that are killing them. Take action now.
ISSUES
OVERFISHING

Even if we only catch the species we eat, we need to stop killing more fish than can naturally be replaced. Unsustainable fishing has devastated global fish populations. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), in 2002 about 60% of the commercially important stocks in U.S. ocean territory were "overfished," yet fishing is allowed to continue.
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HABITAT DESTRUCTION

Fish and other wildlife are losing their habitat. One example of this problem is the devastation created by bottom trawlers which drag nets the size of football fields across the ocean floor to capture bottom dwelling creatures like shrimp, cod, flounder, and rockfishes. A single pass from a bottom trawler can destroy miles of fish habitat. What's left behind is a dead zone, like a forest after being clearcut, except that it takes centuries rather than decades to grow back.
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BYCATCH

Fishing technology is tragically inefficient. Every year, commercial fishing fleets discard millions of pounds of "non-commercially valuable" marine life known as bycatch. These billions of creatures are the collateral damage of fishing technologies like hooks and nets that empty vast areas of the ocean. Every year, casualties include birds, turtles, seals, dolphins, and whales.
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FACT SHEETS
The Bush Ocean Legacy (PDF)
During its final year, the Bush Administration must ensure strong regulations for ending overfishing and promote thorough environmental reviews.
National Environmental Policy Act (PDF)
On May 14, 2008, NMFS proposed a new environmental review process for MSA activities. This fact sheet outlines our main concerns with the proposed NEPA rulemaking.
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LATEST NEWS
STATEMENT:
National Marine Fisheries Service's Environmental Review Proposal
May 14, 2008
AUDIO:
Listen to a recording of the May 14th fisheries press briefing (MP3)
May 14, 2008
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