New regulations to expand protections for seafloor habitats, reopen fishing grounds off US West Coast

Mongabay
Dec 4, 2019, 3:31 pm806 ptsInteresting
New regulations for essential fish habitat off the West Coast of the United States that go into effect in 2020 will extend protections for deep-sea habitats and corals while reopening fishing grounds where fish populations have rebounded. The new rules were finalized by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric…

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