U.S. Arctic May Close to Fishing
Thursday, February 5, 2009 - 20:14
in Earth & Climate
All U.S. waters north of the Bering Strait may soon be closed to commercial fishing. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council--the government body charged with administering Alaskan waters--voted unanimously in Seattle today to close 196,000 square miles (150,000 square nautical miles) of ocean to any fishing. [More]