Turtle Island Restoration Network: Fishery's Expansion Threatens Endangered Leatherback Habitat Off California
May 18, 2024
May 18, 2024
FOREST KNOLLS, California, May 18 -- The Turtle Island Restoration Network issued the following news release:
In an inexplicable move, the National Marine Fisheries Service has allowed a little known fishery that targets bottom-dwelling sablefish -- also known as black cod or butterfish to expand into federally designated critical habitat for critically endangered Pacific leatherback turtles.
The West Coast sablefish pot fishery places its fish trap pots placed on the b . . .
In an inexplicable move, the National Marine Fisheries Service has allowed a little known fishery that targets bottom-dwelling sablefish -- also known as black cod or butterfish to expand into federally designated critical habitat for critically endangered Pacific leatherback turtles.
The West Coast sablefish pot fishery places its fish trap pots placed on the b . . .