Congressmen Push Use of Corporate Science in Fishery Management
Nine members of Congress — five Republicans and four Democrats — have urged the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) to consider corporate-funded research in assessing Atlantic menhaden,...
View ArticlePTP Releases Investigative Feature in the Washington Monthly
PTP Director Alison Fairbrother has released an investigative feature article in the Washington Monthly about the mismanagement of Atlantic menhaden by the regulatory agency charged with overseeing...
View ArticleDid Industry Consultants Hijack the Stock Assessment Process for Atlantic...
At a meeting this week in North Carolina, government scientists were largely silent on the question of how the Atlantic menhaden population should be assessed in 2012. Fishing industry consultants, on...
View ArticleAtlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Makes Important Changes to its...
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) is taking steps to ensure greater transparency in its scientific committee meetings after industry consultants tried to dominate a subcommittee...
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Omega Protein’s Private Communications Reveal Attempts to Influence Science
Emails unearthed in a Freedom of Information Act request indicate that representatives of Omega Protein sought to influence the official government science that determines how many Atlantic menhaden...
View ArticleAtlantic Menhaden Meeting Live Blog
9:45:34 AM: Menhaden meeting at the ASMFC getting underway here in Alexandria, Virginia. 9:47:32 AM: There will be a high volume of tweets coming down the pike about little stinky fish! Live from...
View ArticleAtlantic Menhaden Technical Committee Meeting Minutes
[Editor's Note: The recommendations of fisheries scientists play a critical role in determining fishing regulations. But unlike regulatory meetings of the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission,...
View ArticleScience for Hire: What Industry’s Deep Pockets Are Doing to Our Fisheries
[Editor's note: This article was cross-posted on Alternet under the title "Science for Hire: Why Industry's Deep Pockets May Be Depleting the Last of Our Fisheries."] It’s sunset in Woods Hole,...
View ArticleHas the Atlantic Fisheries Commission Industry-Proofed its Scientific...
Scientists in charge of determining how many menhaden are in the Atlantic Ocean will convene this week under a fresh set of public participation guidelines. The new rules outline clear procedures for...
View ArticleThe Fish at the Heart of the Food System
By Alison Fairbrother and David Schleifer You have never seen a menhaden, but you have eaten one. Although no one sits down to a plate of these silvery, bug-eyed, foot-long fish at a seafood...
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