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Day two of David Pecker testimony wraps in NY Trump trial; Supreme Court hears arguments on Idaho's near-total abortion ban; ND sees a flurry of campaigning among Native candidates; and NH lags behind other states in restricting firearms at polling sites.

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The Senate moves forward with a foreign aid package. A North Carolina judge overturns an aged law penalizing released felons. And child protection groups call a Texas immigration policy traumatic for kids.

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Wyoming needs more educators who can teach kids trade skills, a proposal to open 40-thousand acres of an Ohio forest to fracking has environmental advocates alarmed and rural communities lure bicyclists with state-of-the-art bike trail systems.

Hoping to Land a Big Fish Tale out of CA Oceans

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Friday, September 21, 2007   

Monterey, CA - California is trying to reel in the state's declining fishing industry. A network of marine protected areas along the central coast goes into effect today, in hopes it will lead to more fish, and bigger fish. Leon Panetta is the co-chair of the Joint Oceans Initiative, a group that studied at the dwindling fishing industry coast-to-coast and made recommendations.

"We've lost 90 percent of the big fish in the ocean, fisheries that are being destroyed on the East Coast, the Gulf Coast, or the West Coast."

Panetta says some species of fish are being caught so quickly they don't have the time to mature and reproduce, and marine protected areas give them a fighting chance to survive. The new protection zones are required by the state's "Marine Life Protection Act."

Panetta uses his hometown of Monterey as an example of the problem; he explains it used to be the "sardine capital of the world," but over-fishing gutted the industry. He says other coastal towns also need the economic boost that would result from restored fisheries.

"The only way we're going to do it is by developing a sustainable fishery, one that can not only be there for our generation, but for future generations as well."


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