Taken from http://www.oceanlegacy.org
In a proposed rule issued June 22nd, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced its plans to open the nation's oceans to overfishing with impunity.
If this rule becomes law, the overfishing standard, a fundamental conservation measure, will be stripped of its ability to protect the nation's fish populations and the ocean ecosystems of which they are a part.
Act Now to Help!
Find out more — Read our press release http://www.oceanlegacy.org/press/release_05-06-22.html on the proposed rule and a factsheet http://www.oceanlegacy.org/pdfs/overfishingstandard2.pdf on the overfishing standard.
Go to the National Environmental Trust's website http://actionnetwork.org/campaign/overfishing to tell NOAA to keep the overfishing standards and help preserve our fish and ocean ecosystems!
