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May 9, 2017 — U.S. commercial and recreational fishing generated $208 billion in sales, contributed $97 billion to the gross domestic product and supported 1.6 million full-
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We’ve probably all experienced the following scenario. An idea surfaces during lengthy discussion in a meeting that could move a group forward. Several meeting participants
Daniel Pauly, Ph.D. is a French researcher who became a professor at the Fisheries Centre of the University of British Columbia in 1994, of which he
Many fisheries students and professionals in the United States don’t realize the significance of gasoline to fisheries conservation and management. They may be aware that
Paul Scheerer is a project leader with the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife (ODFW)–Native Fish Investigations Program. He has worked with ODFW for