February 21st 05, 06:06 PM
U.S. move signals hope for saving marine habitats
Seeking to protect deep-sea coral beds and other sensitive fish
habitat, a U.S. federal fishing council banned bottom trawling this
month over more than 370,000 square miles off Alaska's Aleutian
Islands, the largest such action taken anywhere in the world.
at http://www.washtimes.com/world/20050220-100703-7802r.htm
Seeking to protect deep-sea coral beds and other sensitive fish
habitat, a U.S. federal fishing council banned bottom trawling this
month over more than 370,000 square miles off Alaska's Aleutian
Islands, the largest such action taken anywhere in the world.
at http://www.washtimes.com/world/20050220-100703-7802r.htm