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Other Activities => Fishing => Topic started by: JimmyHoffa on April 05, 2016, 10:27:54 AM

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Title: NOAA Bans New Commercial Forage Fisheries
Post by: JimmyHoffa on April 05, 2016, 10:27:54 AM

http://www.opb.org/news/article/noaa-fisheries-commercial-fishing-forage-fish/ (http://www.opb.org/news/article/noaa-fisheries-commercial-fishing-forage-fish/)
Banning the commercial fishing for forage fish before a commercial industry can form and target these fish.  I've read before that 1/3 of all the fish caught commercially go to things like pet food, farm feeds and fertilizers.