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Five years ago, Congress and President George W. Bush decided it was time to address the problems by revising the nation’s primary fishing law—the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA).
The updated rules required regional fishery managers—which establish fishing policies in eight areas of U.S. waters—to set limits on all species they oversee by the end of 2011. (Scroll a timeline of America’s fishing regulations.)
The managers set rules on species that are most commonly caught, such as mahimahi in the South Atlantic and New England pollock. The limits differ from region to region, depending upon the condition of the local fish populations and the biological characteristics of the species. The plans don’t cover every species that swims in the seas. Some fish closer to shore can be regulated by states, and others may not be regulated at all, generally because they are not caught in great numbers.
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But the quotas cover the important species that form the backbone of our commercial and recreational fishing industries, which put seafood dinners on our plates and provide hours of fun on the water. This proactive approach should ensure abundant fish populations to support jobs, recreation and tourism. Rebuilding our nation’s fisheries is expected to add $31 billion to the U.S. economy and 500,000 U.S. jobs.
Yet this promise of robust fish populations is overlooked by some fishing groups that complain about the revised rules. These opponents are pushing to weaken the smart policies that have been shepherded by Congress, Presidents Bush and Obama and hundreds of the nation’s best fishery scientists and managers.
The new limits are based on sound science and are critical to ending an overfishing epidemic that has plagued the United States for decades. Overfishing threatens the health of our ocean ecosystem and our economy. Let’s not take a step backward after making so much progress.
ANALYSIS: Bart's Blinky? Three-eyed Fish Raises Nuke Fears
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