HELP STOP OVERFISHING
Fishing is one of America's oldest industries, and it remains an important part of life in many communities. But without health fish populations, those ecosystems, and jobs are in jeopardy.
Tell Congress to save our nations fishing legacy and ecosystems>> http://go.care2.com/e/l4X/NJ/Erx6
Of the myriad threats to our oceans, one of the most serious is rampant overfishing. Before the passage of the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (MSA) the vast wealth our fisheries were open to anyone that wanted to harvest them. And overfishing ran rampant. Passage of the MSA has prevented many species of fish being over harvested.
The Senate has recently approved changes to the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act aimed at strengthening the act, and rebuilding fish stocks while protecting jobs in the commercial fishing industry. Now Rep. Richard Pombo is pushing a bill that would roll back many of the provisions of current law that prevent overfishing. Pombo's bill would restrict public and scientific debate on fisheries management plans, let the fishing industry off the hook for exceeding annual catch limits, and add more extensions to the 10 year deadline to rebuild diminished fish stocks.
Tell your member of Congress to save our nation's fishing legacy by opposing the bill offered by Richard Pombo>> http://go.care2.com/e/l4X/NJ/Erx6
Thanks for taking action today,
Michael Lawley,Care2 and ThePetitionSite team
Thank you for signing up to receive Animals & Environment Alerts via ThePetitionSite or Care2 website! Your email address has not been bought from other sources. If you learned something interesting from this newsletter, please forward it to your friends, family and colleagues.
Fishing is one of America's oldest industries, and it remains an important part of life in many communities. But without health fish populations, those ecosystems, and jobs are in jeopardy.
Tell Congress to save our nations fishing legacy and ecosystems>> http://go.care2.com/e/l4X/NJ/Erx6
Of the myriad threats to our oceans, one of the most serious is rampant overfishing. Before the passage of the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act of 1976 (MSA) the vast wealth our fisheries were open to anyone that wanted to harvest them. And overfishing ran rampant. Passage of the MSA has prevented many species of fish being over harvested.
The Senate has recently approved changes to the Magnuson-Stevens Fisheries Conservation and Management Act aimed at strengthening the act, and rebuilding fish stocks while protecting jobs in the commercial fishing industry. Now Rep. Richard Pombo is pushing a bill that would roll back many of the provisions of current law that prevent overfishing. Pombo's bill would restrict public and scientific debate on fisheries management plans, let the fishing industry off the hook for exceeding annual catch limits, and add more extensions to the 10 year deadline to rebuild diminished fish stocks.
Tell your member of Congress to save our nation's fishing legacy by opposing the bill offered by Richard Pombo>> http://go.care2.com/e/l4X/NJ/Erx6
Thanks for taking action today,
Michael Lawley,Care2 and ThePetitionSite team
Thank you for signing up to receive Animals & Environment Alerts via ThePetitionSite or Care2 website! Your email address has not been bought from other sources. If you learned something interesting from this newsletter, please forward it to your friends, family and colleagues.
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