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Press Releases, Statements, and Media Advisories
STATEMENT: Fishery Conservation Transition Act weakens key federal fishery law - Pew Environment Group - Jul. 15, 2010
STATEMENT: Pew applauds Senator Snowe, nine of her colleagues for introducing Coastal Jobs Creation Act - Pew Environment Group - Jun. 28, 2010
STATEMENT: Pew urges thoughtful approach to catch shares in light of new report on west coast trawl fishery proposal - Pew Environment Group - June 8, 2010
STATEMENT: Pew calls for halt on new oil drilling until better standards are in place - Pew Environment Group - May 11, 2010
STATEMENT: Pew statement on drilling in Georges Bank - Pew Environment Group - March 31, 2010
STATEMENT: Pew applauds NOAA for its conservation-minded catch shares policy - Pew Environment Group - December 10, 2009
MEDIA ADVISORY: Pew to Host Briefing on Catch Shares - Pew Environment Group - October 30, 2009
PRESS RELEASE: Pew Urges National Marine Fisheries Service to Protect Bluefin Tuna, Ban Long-line Fishing in the Gulf of Mexico - Pew Environment Group - September 1, 2009
PRESS RELEASE: Rebuilding Depleted Mid-Atlantic Fish Populations Can Generate Billions of Dollars for Coastal Communities - Pew Environment Group - July 23, 2009
PRESS RELEASE: Pew Environment Group to Host Press Call on Study that Shows Rebuilding Fish Populations in the Mid-Atlantic Would Generate Billions of Dollars - Pew Environment Group - July 21, 2009
PRESS RELEASE: Pew Supports Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council’s Efforts to End Overfishing - Pew Environment Group - June 1, 2009
PRESS RELEASE: Pew Environment Group, Ocean Conservation Coalition Urge Members of Congress to Oppose Misguided Fisheries Legislation - Pew Environment Group - April 7, 2009
PRESS RELEASE: Pew Environment Group Urges Strong Enforcement in Mid-Atlantic of New Rules on Overfishing - Pew Environment Group - March 9, 2009
STATEMENT: on Red Snapper Fishing Moratorium in the South Atlantic - Pew Environment Group - March 5, 2009
STATEMENT: on the Bush administration finalizing the National Marine Fisheries Service's annual catch limit rule - Pew Environment Group - January 15, 2009
PRESS RELEASE: Bush Administration to Withdraw Controversial Environmental Review Proposal - Pew Environment Group - December 19, 2008
PRESS RELEASE: Groups Urge Office of Management and Budget to Stop Last Minute Rush to Finalize Environmental Rules - Pew Environment Group - December 10, 2008
PRESS BRIEFING: Groups Express Concern Regarding Office of Management and Budget Procedural Determination That Allows More Time for Environmental Rollbacks - Pew Environment Group - December 10, 2008
STATEMENT: On the close of the comment period for the National Marine Fisheries Service's annual catch limit proposed rule - Pew Environment Group - September 22, 2008
STATEMENT: On the Latest Stock Assessment of New England Groundfish Populations - Pew Environment Group - September 4, 2008
PRESS RELEASE: Administration Receives Roughly 200,000 Comments Opposing Its Fisheries Proposal - Pew Environment Group - 12 August 2008
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EXPERT VOICES: New Rules Could Save Our Fish - Read the story by Lee Crockett in this month's issue of This is Fly magazine.
STATEMENT: National Marine Fisheries Service's Annual Catch Limit Proposed Rule - Pew Environment Group - July 10, 2008
STATEMENT: National Marine Fisheries Service's Environmental Review Proposal - Pew Environment Group - May 14, 2008
AUDIO: Listen to a recording of the May 14th fisheries press briefing - Pew Environment Group - May 14, 2008
MEDIA ADVISORY: National Marine Fisheries Service's (NMFS) New Environmental Review Proposal Significantly Limits Public’s Ability to Hold Government Managers Accountable - Pew Environment Group - May 14, 2008
Opportunity for Bush Administration to Enhance its Ocean Legacy Threatened by Shortsighted Interests - Pew Environment Group - April 10, 2008
Panel to Urge Bush Administration to Enhance Its Ocean Legacy, Stand Up to Fishing Interests Within Fishery Management Councils - Pew Environment Group - April 10, 2008
Media Coverage
ARTICLE: Trawling for a Fishing Solution - Living on Earth - February 26, 2010
BLOG: Study Finds Sticking to Fishing Limits Can Pay Off - The Baltimore Sun - July 28, 2009
ARTICLE: Economic impact of fish limits studied - Delaware Online - July 28, 2009
ARTICLE: Fluke quotas set to increase in 2010 - Asbury Park Press - July 24, 2009
ARTICLE: Rebuilt stocks worth economic pain - Greenwire - July 24, 2009 (Subscription Required)
ARTICLE: Pew finds that 94% of economic benefit to rebuilding 4 Mid-Atlantic fish stocks goes to recreation - SeafoodNews.com - July 24, 2009 (Subscription Required)
ARTICLE: Report: big money in rebuilding Mid-Atlantic stocks - IntraFish - July 24, 2009 (Subscription Required)
RADIO: A Fish Story: “Hundreds of Millions” For the Taking in the Sea - Public News Service - July 24, 2009
RADIO: Study Makes Case to Rebuild Fisheries - National Public Radio - July 23, 2009
BLOG: Pew Report on Overfishing Released Today - La Vida Locavore - July 23, 2009
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