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, Spring 2008, volume 121:  (view PDF version)

• The Lions, Tigers And Wolves of the Sea
• Forage First! Regional Work
• Pacific Council Okays Longline Application for Public Review
• Bordallo Takes Action to Strengthen U.S. Shark Finning Ban
• Support the Shark Conservation Act of 2008
• NCMC Holds 35th Annual Meeting
  

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  OCEAN VIEW -- Hidden Subsidies

To view past issues of Marine Bulletin, visit our Newsletter and Fact Sheet page. 

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

"Hidden Subsidies " April 2008

NEWS

2/08  Gulf of California Sardine Fishery Considered for Sustainability Label

2/08  Drift Gillnetters Denied Access to Leatherback Conservation Area off California and Oregon.

2/08  Weak Gulf of Mexico Aquaculture Amendment Blocked

1/08  NMFS Approves Longline Research in Closed Areas off South Carolina and Florida

12/07  Marine Scientists Call on Feds to Preserve Forage Fish

11/07  New England Council Votes to Overhaul Herring Fishery in 2008

11/07  NCMC Briefs Congress on Bluefin Tuna Crisis

10/07  Save the Stripers -- Atlantic Menhaden Update: Research is Slow, Bay Catch is Low

5/07  On May 9, 2007 NMFS announced the Circle Hook Rule Will Take Effect in 2008 for Atlantic billfish tournaments

4/07  NCMC launches campaign to ban the sale of Pacific billfish

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Learn more about our Save the Stripers campaign, and what we're doing to protect the stripers' food supply, menhaden.

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