Our Policy Work

Amending The Multispecies Fisheries Management Plan

Comment from John D. Crawford, PhD, Science and Policy Manager for the Pew New England Fisheries Campaign, on the Northeast Multispecies Amendment16 FEIS (PDF) - December 22, 2009

Draft of Amendment 16 to the Northeast Multispecies Fishery Management Plan (PDF) - April 15, 2009

Catch Shares Task Force

Design Matters — Making Catch Shares Work (PDF)

Annual Catch Limits, Accountability Measures and National Standard 1 Guidance

Letter from Earth Justice to New England Fishery Management Council re: Amendment 16 Annual Catch Limit and Accountability Measures (PDF) - February 6, 2009

New England Fisheries Science Comes Up Clean

Memo to NOAA from Inspector General, U.S. Department of Commerce re: Northeast Fisheries Science Center (PDF) - February 26, 2009

Letter from Inspector General, U.S. Department of Commerce to Senator Kennedy re: Northeast Fisheries Science Center (PDF) - February 26, 2009

Letter from scientists to the Inspector General, U.S. Department of Commerce re: scientific assessment of New England fish stocks (PDF) - October 31, 2008

Fishing in Closed Areas

Letter from Earth Justice/Herring Alliance to New England Fishery Management Council re: groundfish closed areas (PDF) - April 1, 2009

Letter from Earth Justice/Herring Alliance to New England Fishery Management Council re: groundfish closed areas (PDF) - December 5, 2008

Letter from New England Fishery Management Council to NOAA re: Review of Herring Midwater Trawl Access to Closed Area I (PDF) - December 4, 2008

Latest News

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

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

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

Paper: Design Matters — Making Catch Shares Work (PDF) - Pew Environment Group- November 3, 2009

Video: Finding Ways to Save an Ancient Industry - CBS Evening News - August 1, 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

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

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