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 Stories About: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration AND fishing AND oceans
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Who's watching the watchdog?
Harassment reports against fishing observers double |
Andrew Sharpless |
07 Sep 2007 |
Gristmill |
| In just one year, attacks have doubled on government observers contracted to collect catch and bycatch information from commercial fishing fleets. Observers are the only independent source of data we have for tracking catches, monitoring quotas and recording harmful activity. They're contracted under NOAA, an agency within the Department of Commerce that conducts environmental research. But the agency has ceased collecting data on reports of harassment or int ... |
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| Topics: fishing, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, oceans (all these topics) |
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