{"id":1881,"date":"2012-04-03T10:16:32","date_gmt":"2012-04-03T17:16:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/?p=1881"},"modified":"2012-04-03T10:16:32","modified_gmt":"2012-04-03T17:16:32","slug":"task-force-calls-for-forage-fish-harvest-cuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.blogs.oregonstate.edu\/breakingwaves\/2012\/04\/03\/task-force-calls-for-forage-fish-harvest-cuts\/","title":{"rendered":"Task force calls for forage fish harvest cuts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Sardines at the Monterey Bay Aquarium by Todd Dwyer, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ret0dd\/4899511415\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" style=\"margin: 5px\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4121\/4899511415_64870e0441_n.jpg\" alt=\"Sardines at the Monterey Bay Aquarium\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" \/><\/a>CORVALLIS, Ore. \u2013 A task force that conducted one of the most  comprehensive analyses of global \u201cforage fish\u201d populations is strongly recommending that world governments tighten catch limits on sardines, anchovies and other crucial prey species.<\/p>\n<p>The Lenfest Forage Fish Task Force calls for restricting harvest of such forage fish so that they can continue to  serve as critical prey for larger species, including salmon, cod and  tuna, as well as for dolphins, whales, penguins and seabirds.<\/p>\n<p>The report concludes that the fish are \u201ctwice as valuable in the water as in a net.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cForage fish are essential components of marine ecosystems,\u201d said <a href=\"http:\/\/fw.oregonstate.edu\/About%20Us\/personnel\/faculty\/heppellse.htm\">Selina Heppell<\/a>,  an Oregon State University fisheries ecologist and one of the authors  on the report.\u00a0 \u201cThe status and importance of each species can be  difficult to evaluate because many of them migrate long distances and  they can fluctuate dramatically in abundance.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere also are regional differences in how the fisheries are managed  and the relative health of the population,\u201d added Heppell, an  associate professor in OSU\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/fw.oregonstate.edu\/\">Department of Fisheries and Wildlife<\/a> and past recipient of Oregon Sea Grant research support. \u201cThe West Coast sardine fishery, for example, is carefully monitored.  They have a \u2018harvest control rule\u2019 that sets the harvest at about 10  percent of the overall stock, and when the population gets below a  certain level, they stop fishing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/oregonstate.edu\/ua\/ncs\/archives\/2012\/apr\/task-force-recommends-reducing-global-harvest-%E2%80%9Cforage-fish%E2%80%9D\">Read the complete news release from OSU News &amp; Communications<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CORVALLIS, Ore. \u2013 A task force that conducted one of the most comprehensive analyses of global \u201cforage fish\u201d populations is strongly recommending that world governments tighten catch limits on sardines, anchovies and other crucial prey species. 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