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Related: About this forumFull-On Collapse (91%) In CA Sardine Fishery Finally Prompts 2016 Closure, Pending 15 Closure
The sardine population along the West Coast has collapsed due to changing ocean conditions and other factors, including allegations of overfishing, prompting regulators Monday to cancel fishing next season and schedule a vote this week on an immediate emergency ban.
The Pacific Fishery Management Council agreed to close the fishery from Mexico to the Canadian border starting July 1, when the 2015 season begins, after federal scientists documented a 91 percent decline in sardine numbers along the West Coast since 2007.
The council, a 19-member policymaking organization made up of fishery representatives from California, Oregon, Washington and Idaho, scheduled a vote Wednesday on whether to take the bigger step of immediately halting sardine fishing. The current season would go until June 30 or until between 3,000 and 4,000 metric tons of the schooling fish are hauled out of the water, fulfilling this seasons quota.
This is a huge step, said Geoffrey Shester, the California campaign director for Oceana, an international conservation organization that has been fighting for eight years to lower the annual sardine take and implement stricter regulations. This is one of the most lucrative fisheries in California, so to completely shut it down is a huge deal.
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Full-On Collapse (91%) In CA Sardine Fishery Finally Prompts 2016 Closure, Pending 15 Closure (Original Post)
hatrack
Apr 2015
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valerief
(53,235 posts)1. Is this a metaphor that we small fish are dying?
Yes, we know we are.
BlueJazz
(25,348 posts)2. Excellent point.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)3. kick, kick, kick....
all these 'small' stories and 'small' facts are not small.
If you're not scared, you're not paying attention.
truebrit71
(20,805 posts)4. Indeed...
... this does not bode well....