The Truth About the Magnuson-Stevens Act

The Truth About the Magnuson-Stevens Act

This article was originally published on March 27, 2026 on the Conservation Law Foundation’s (CLF) blog and is reprinted with permission. Top photo: Historic fishing communities are part of the lifeblood of New England. Credit: EcoPhotography. Fifty Years Later, We Look at the Complicated Legacy of this Groundbreaking Fishing Law By the 1970s, the U.S. […]

Safeguarding Forage: New Action Underway in New England to Protect Critical Forage Fish Species

Safeguarding Forage: New Action Underway in New England to Protect Critical Forage Fish Species

This article is reprinted with permission from the latest edition of the Wild Oceans Horizon newsletter. For the past year, Wild Oceans and a core group of partners built a coalition of more than thirty recreational fishing, watershed, and environmental organizations to bring about a new action to develop near-shore protections for Atlantic herring, river […]