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Sardine Fishing Banned in Pacific Northwest as Stocks Hit Historic Low
2016-04-12 21:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Regulators from the U.S. Pacific Fishery Management Council have banned sardine fishing off California, Oregon and Washington to allow the struggling species to recover. This is the second year in a row that the West coast fishing regulatory body was forced to take this action. Ominously, as The Oregonion pointed out, the council might have to continue the ban for years to come since there are less than 65,000 metric tons of adult sardines in the ocean this year, according to federal estimates....
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