Can America Save Its Fisheries?

Many U. S. fisheries - from coast to coast and in the Great Lakes - are facing historic lows. Will new gear restrictions, limited entry or other management tools be able to turn the tide? Have our fisheries, a public trust resource, become another casualty of the "commons"?

On September 11, 1995, at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., the national network of Sea Grant pro-grams will sponsor a public issues forum entitled, "Can America Save Its Fisheries?"

Panelists will include Michael Sissenwine, chief scientist for the National Marine Fisheries Service; Bart Eaton, president of Trident Seafoods; Suzanne Iudicello, vice president of the Center for Marine Conservation; Billy Frank, chair of the Northwest Indian Fisheries Commission; William Amaru, a Northeast ground fisherman; Wilma Anderson, executive director of the Texas Shrimp Association; John Magnuson, University of Wisconsin; and many others.

For more information, call Ben Sherman at Sea Grant's National Media Relations Office (202-662-7095 or sherman@nasw.org).

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