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All eyes on Halifax: Will fishery managers follow scientific recommendations to protect the thorny skate?

Posted on September 19, 2011September 19, 2011 By David Shiffman
Conservation, Science

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Later today, the annual meeting of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO) begins in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The marine conservation world should pay close attention. NAFO  made history in 2004 by becoming the first regional fisheries management organization to set a shared quota for a shark, skate, or ray fishery, but the future of that legacy is in question.

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