NCMC's newsletter, Marine Bulletin, is widely recognized as one of the most informative and authoritative marine conservation newsletters available.  A subscription is just one of the benefits of NCMC membership. Here are the contents of the latest issue, Fall 2011, volume 134:  (view PDF version)

• A Brand New Day for Menhaden
• River Herring Bycatch Amendments Move Forward. . . But in Different Directions
• MSC Strengthens Forage Fishery Standards
• A Bill to Save Billfish, the Lions and Tigers of the Sea
• Mid-Atlantic Council Needs to Hear from NCMC's Friends and Supporters
  
  
• PLUS. . .

OCEAN VIEW -- Winning Requires Playing the Whole Game

 

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"Ocean View," a marine conservation column written by NCMC President Ken Hinman, provides regular commentary on current, and usually controversial, events.

Winning Requires Playing the Whole Game December 2011

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1/12  NOAA Unveils New Northeast Forage Fish Policy

11/11  Take the Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council survey

11/11  Ocean conservationist and former NCMC board member Seth Brown dies

11/11  Menhaden Victory Benefits All

8/11  Billfish Conservation Act of 2011 introduced

7/11  New York Times article, "Blue Marlin and Tuna at Grave Risk, Group Warns"

6/11  NCMC's Pam Gromen talks about Atlantic herring on Rob Moir's Environmental Dialogues.

2/11  NMFS issues proposal to reduce bycatch of breeding bluefin tuna

1/11  Obama Signs Shark Conservation Act Into Law

12/10  ICCAT Outcome "Predictable" -- results of the 2010 meeting

7/10  NCMC President writes to NOAA chief for help with gulf oil spill

6/10  Pacific Council Takes a Step Closer to Ecosystem-Based Management for Forage Fish

6/10  Mid Atlantic Council addresses river herring and shad bycatch

5/10  NCMC Challenges Use of Chemical Dispersants on Gulf Oil Spill

3/10  Trade ban rejected for Atlantic bluefin tuna; conservation measures also rejected for 8 shark species

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