June 30, 2014 — Thanks to the American fisheries law, the Magnuson-Stevens Act, many American fish populations, including summer flounder and black sea bass, have recovered from depletion and are being managed sustainably for the first time in more than a generation.
Since 2000, 34 commercially important fish populations have recovered; overfishing has been cut in half over the last eight years; and commercial catch and revenues in 2011 were the highest in 14 years. Yet this success is threatened by shortsighted efforts in Congress to weaken these safeguards. Fortunately, many fishermen and others citizens are resisting these rollbacks, advocating that the future of American seafood depends on a strong fisheries law.
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