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That's Trawl, Folks
Bottom-trawling ban proposed for sensitive Alaskan waters |
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14 Feb 2005 |
Daily Grist |
| That's Trawl, Folks Bottom-trawling ban proposed for sensitive Alaskan waters Paving the way for the largest fishing ban of its kind, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted unanimously last Thursday to ban bottom trawling on more than half a million square miles of ocean near Alaska's Aleutian Islands -- an area more than twice the size of California. Bottom trawling involves dragging weighted nets along the ... |
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