Protecting Our Atlantic Legacy Reports

Testing The Waters: A Guide to Water Quality at Vacation Beaches	2006-08-03
In 2005 there were more beach closings and advisories than at any other time in the 16 years the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has been tracking them.
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Turning a Blind Eye: The â€˜See No Evilâ€™ Approach to Wasteful Fishing	2006-07-06
Every year, the vast ï¬‚eet of trawlers, seiners, longliners, charter and private sportï¬shing boats, and other vessels that catch ï¬sh in our nationâ€™s waters discard a large proportion of their catch, often dead or dying. Virtually all ï¬sheries, no matter how selective the equipment used or area ï¬shed, catch and subsequently discard signiï¬cant numbers of non-targeted species, referred to in ï¬sheries jargon as â€œbycatch.â€
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Shell Game: How The Federal Government Is Hiding The Mismanagement Of Our Nationâ€™s Fisheries	2006-04-12
Ocean fish are the last wild creatures that humans hunt for food on a large scale. The oceans once supplied a seemingly unending bounty of seafood, with codfish so plentiful off the coast of New England, fishermen merely needed to dip baskets into the water to catch them.
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