date:Apr 11, 2013
ment, managing for a single species, and how to maximize catches are over, said Ben Enticknapp of the conservation group Oceana.
As recently as 2002, the groundfish fishery, which includes popular species like lingcod and rockfish, was in trouble. A fisheries disaster was declared after a decade of declining catches.
Since then, managers have gone beyond just cutting back catch quotas to buying out half the groundfish fleet, protecting marine habitats and taking steps to minimize unwanted fish