Hook, Line, and Sinking: The Crisis in Marine Fisheries |
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abundance aquaculture areas assessments Bering Sea bigeye biomass boats bycatch California caught coastal commercial catch communities conservation crab decline depletion discarded economic ecosystems estuaries factory trawlers federal fish habitat fish populations fishermen Fishery Management Fishery Management Council Fishery Management Plan Fishery Resources fishing fleet Florida Florida Bay Fully exploited Minor gear groundfish Gulf of Alaska Gulf of Mexico halibut harvest highly migratory impacts Islands juvenile Landings large pelagic levels Living Oceans 1995 lobster longline Low Overexploited Magnuson Act marine fish Marine Fisheries Service Medium Fully exploited ment million National Marine Fisheries NMFS North Pacific overfishing Pacific Coast Pacific Fishery Management pelagic percent pollock pollution programs protect quota recreational fishing red drum red porgy River seagrass sharks shellfish shrimp fishery South Atlantic spawning species squid Status stocks Sustainable Fisheries Act swordfish tion trawl trawlers treaty turtles United vessels waters Western Pacific wetlands yellowfin