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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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TESTIMONY: Testimony before the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council on Reef Fish Total Allowable Catch - Pew Environment Group - Feb 3, 2010 (PDF)

LETTER: Letter to Chairman Robert Shipp, Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council - Pew Environment Group - Jan. 28, 2010 (PDF)

EDITORIAL: Long term should guide red snapper regulations - Beaufort Gazette - Jan. 5, 2010

ARTICLE: Fisheries managers pick area for bottom-fishing closure - Tideline Magazine - Jan. 5, 2010

STATEMENT: Fishery Managers Approve Plan to Save Nine Species, Move Closer to Final Plan for Red Snapper - Pew Environment Group - Dec. 11, 2009

PAPER: Design Matters — Making Catch Shares Work (PDF) - Pew Environment Group- Nov. 3, 2009

OP-ED: Imperiled fish need help to recover - Guest Column by Holly Binns - New Bern Sun Journal - Oct. 24, 2009

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