Pew Environment Group
End Overfishing
in the Southeast

Gulf of Mexico


Policy Work

The Pew Environment Group is leading efforts to work with the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council and the National Marine Fisheries Service to establish science-based annual catch limits by 2010 for species undergoing overfishing and by 2011 for all other species.

The campaign works to bring scientific expertise to bear on fishery management plans and seeks common ground with fishermen to find solutions that balance human and environmental needs and raise awareness about overfishing and potential remedies.

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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

FACT SHEET: The Compromise to Save Red Snapper - Pew Environment Group - Jun. 18, 2010 (PDF)

ARTICLE: Dire warnings fail to stop fishing ban - Orlando Sentinel - Jun. 10, 20100

OP-ED: Plan would save fish, give fishermen jobs - Orlando Sentinel, 4 June 2010

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