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End Overfishing
In New England

New England News

Press Releases, Statements, and Media Advisories

Pew Statement on Increase in Annual Catch Limits for Pollock - Pew Environment Group - June 16, 2010

Pew Urges Thoughtful Approach to Catch Shares in Light of New Report on West Coast Trawl Fishery Proposal - Pew Environment Group - June 8, 2010

Pew calls for halt on new oil drilling until better standards are in place - Pew Environment Group - May 11, 2010

Pew Statement on Drilling in Georges Bank - Pew Environment Group - March 31, 2010

Pew Comment on Inspector General's Review of NOAA's Fisheries Enforcement Programs - Pew Environment Group - January 25, 2010

Pew applauds NOAA for its conservation-minded catch shares policy - Pew Environment Group - December 10, 2009

Pew to Host Briefing on Catch Shares - Pew Environment Group - October 30, 2009

Pew Applauds New Sector Management to Rebuild Cod and Flounder Populations - Pew Environment Group - June 25, 2009

Poll Shows Strong Support for a New Management System for Groundfish - Pew Environment Group - June 8, 2009

Pew Report Finds New Management Plan Would Increase Economic Value of Groundfish Industry - Pew Environment Group - May 6, 2009

Pew Statement on the National Marine Fisheries Service Final Interim Rule for Groundfish Management During the 2009 Fishing Year - Pew Environment Group - April 6, 2009

Statement of Peter Baker, Pew Environment Group, on the National Marine Fisheries Service Interim Groundfish Management Rule for the 2009 Fishing Year - January 14, 2009

Statement of Peter Baker, Pew Environment Group on the latest stock assessment of New England groundfish populations - Pew Environment Group - September 4, 2008

Media Coverage

Editorial: Rules could boost fish stocks - Worcester Telegram & Gazette - May 7, 2010

Editorial: New system could aid fishermen, fish stocks - Bangor Daily News - May 3, 2010

Editorial: Good for fish, good for fishermen - Cape Cod Times - May 3, 2010

Editorial: Our View: New fishing rules need time to work - The Portland Press Herald - May 2, 2010

Editorial: Region's new fish story - The Providence Journal - April 29, 2010

Editorial: Don't delay new fishing rules - The Boston Globe - April 25, 2010

Editorial: Protect the resource - Cape Cod Times - April 1, 2010

Audio: The Saving Seafood Hour - Featuring Jud Crawford, PhD, Pew's New England Fisheries Campaign Policy Manager - April 2010

Article: New Strategies for rebuilding fish stocks - Guest Column by Peter Baker, ABC-CLIO United States Geography Database - January 2010

Article: Sectors: It's time to do things differently (PDF) - Guest Column by Glen Libby, Commercial Fisheries News - June 2009

Article: Move to Redefine New England Fishing - New York Times - May 30, 2009

Article: Fish for our Future: There is Hope on the Table - Public News Service - May 18, 2009

Audio: WBCN interview of Peter Baker, Manager of Pew's New England Fisheries Campaign, and fisherman Glen Libby, of Midcoast (Maine) Fishermen's Association - Boston Sunday Review - May 17, 2009

Editorial: A better fishing system - The Boston Globe - May 18, 2009

Article: Fishermen see hope in dividing quotas - Cape Cod Times - May 7, 2009

Article: Environmental group advocates for new approach to fishing regulations - The Patriot Ledger - May 7, 2009

Article: Cape Cod Fishermen are Among First to Share and Better Manage Limits on Their Catch on Cod - Boston Globe - February 21, 2009

Opinion Editorial: New England Fisheries at Critical Crossroads - Portsmith Herald - February 8, 2009

Editorial: Days at Sea Failure - Bangor Daily News - January 16, 2009

Opinion Editorial: Council's Change Offers Hope to Region's Fishermen - Bangor Daily News - November 3, 2008

Opinion Editorial: Sectors Could Be Last Chance to Save Fishery - New Bedford Standard-Times - October 6, 2008

 


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