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Seeded on Sat May 12, 2012 12:57 PM EDT ()

This was an advertisement. Pure doublespeak. Ratifying the Law of the Sea Treaty is bad for America. PLEASE read and do NOT believe this will benefit Americans.

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SavingSeaFood - ENVIRONMENTAL FORUM: Jane Lubchenco, Mike Leonard, Michael Hirshfield and Congressman Edward Markey on the success or failure of the 2006 Magnuson-Stevens Act

Seeded on Mon May 7, 2012 8:30 PM EDT ()

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Putting the CON in conservation.

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Activist Post: Panetta: Climate Change is Compromising National Security

Seeded on Mon May 7, 2012 8:24 PM EDT ()

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His solution is ratifying the UN LOST (Law of the Sea Treaty). Cause a crisis, then offer the solution. Giving away America's sovereignty.

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New fishing hurdles loom amid 'disaster' aid brushoff »"We're all scratching our heads," said Brian Rothschild, academic scientist at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.

Seeded on Fri Apr 27, 2012 6:52 PM EDT ()

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By Richard Gaines It has been more than five months since Gov. Deval Patrick, backed by Sen. John Kerry and the state's heavily Democratic congressional delegation, approached the Obama administration to get a federal fisheries disaster declaration. Notwithstanding NOAA Adminis …

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Senate panel takes $119M in NOAA budget for fish research »

Seeded on Thu Apr 26, 2012 2:34 PM EDT ()

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By Richard Gaines A U.S. Senate appropriations subcommittee has directed the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to use its revenue stream from seafood import duties — an estimated $119 million next year — on fisheries research, as the 1954 Saltonstall-Ke …

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EDF, Wal-Mart, Walton ties get major media brush- In the four years through 2010, EDF had been granted more than $27 million

Seeded on Sat Apr 21, 2012 7:04 PM EDT ()

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A week ago, The New York Times published a story on how an altrustic Environmental Defense Fund, encouraged by Wal-Mart, has been nudging the world's largest retailer toward more enlightened and sustainable opeations. The report in last Saturday's edition described a scene in wh …

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Catch share debate divides fishing community | Future fish Lords hire P R firm Rawle Murdy

Seeded on Wed Apr 18, 2012 4:05 PM EDT (Charleston City Paper)

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by Stratton Lawrence A limited impact Mark Marhefka, owner of Abundant Seafood and founder of the first community supported fishery (CSF) program in Charleston, is among the Lowcountry's most respected fishermen. (CSFs operate in much of the same way as community supported agri …

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Editorial: Fishermen's trawls would give credibility to NOAA's science »

Seeded on Mon Apr 16, 2012 2:20 PM EDT ()

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There are still a lot of questions and skepticism regarding the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's plan to carry out a new cod assessment aimed at setting the limits for a fishing year that is still more than a year away, starting May 1, 2013. And no one will know …

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Panel chairman moves to block 'ocean zoning' money- EDF began this with Bush, the "Blue President"!

Seeded on Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:07 AM EDT ()

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Marine spatial planning is one of a handful of concepts — including marine protected areas — developed by NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco and her former colleagues at Environmental Defense Fund and other nonprofits fueled by philanthropic and industrial foundation f …

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Hi there, Fishermen! I'm Johanna Thomas from EDF, and we're here to help you!! Thanks but, no thanks

Fri Apr 13, 2012 4:22 PM EDT

By bore-head007

Representatives of a green group, regarded with suspicion by many in the fishing industry, came to New Bedford Friday with an offer of support for commercial fishermen still struggling to adapt to the quota system of fishery management. An offer of support? Yeah. Ok. …

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