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I was just at a presentation given by NMFS in Seattle a couple of weeks ago and they said that their goal is to move to a total ecosystem based management system of fisheries management. Unfortunately he said you are more likely to see this in the Northwest, where fisheries manangement is less political than it is in the Northeast.
The guy basicaly said in so many words that fisheries management in the Northeast is basically a joke and is based on nothing but politics. THIS CAME DIRECTLY OUT OF THE MOUTH OF A HIGH RANKING NOAA OFFICER.
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