The IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group
Shark News 12: November 1998
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Spiny Dogfish Management Proposed in US Atlantic Waters
The Northwest Atlantic US population of spiny dogfish Squalus
acanthias was declared 'overfished' by the National Marine Fisheries
Service in 1998. A draft fishery management plan for the spiny dogfish
fishery in US waters has recently been released for public comment
through to 23 November 1998. The final management proposal can
be obtained through the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Mangement Council
(302-674-2331) by January 1999. Look for an article on dogfish
management in the Atlantic in the next issue of Shark News, and see
page 12 of this issue for Canadian initiatives.
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