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Posted Thu Feb 2 2012: from OnEarth:
A Safer Fish: NOAA Lists Atlantic Sturgeon as Endangered http://apocadocs.com/s.pl?1328214586
After years of disagreement, NOAA's Fisheries Service has decided to list the Atlantic sturgeon as an endangered species. The listing will include five distinct populations of the fish -- four are endangered, and one will be listed as threatened. The action comes in response to an NRDC listing petition filed in 2009. Since 1998, the government has banned fishing for these ancient creatures -- they haven't changed much in 85 million years -- but recent studies have suggested the ban hasn't effectively protected them. Some scientists and advocates say the endangerment listing will be the extra push the fish need to rebound. Sturgeon were overfished for years for their roe.
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