Dr. Elena Marsh on what stock assessments can and can't tell us, and the danger of false precision.
A commercial captain turned reporter, Paul has covered fisheries policy and the working waterfront for two decades. He writes the weekly commentary and leads the platform's investigations.
More from this author →The in-season closure framework is queued for the Federal Register next quarter.
A draft framework would link Gulf reef-fish closures to live catch data, drawing concern from for-hire operators.
Scientists say a wider sampling footprint, not a population boom, explains the upward revision in the latest assessment.
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