WashingtonA US ocean agency favors fishing over conservation.
Its stock limits are why several American fisheries recovered from collapse.
Quotas work only while scientific stock assessments stay insulated from the industry they constrain.
The agency is reviewing four national standards, including limits on overfishing.
How each outlet framed it
- Ars Technica leans critical
- documents Trump admin expansion of commercial fishing in 1.1M-sq-mi protected ocean habitats (Mariana, Papahānaumokuākea), redefines ESA 'harm'
Sources: Ars Technica