New England's Deep Canyons Win Protection

Score one for Oceana and the New England Fisheries Management Council. Actually, score them fifteen. The two groups recently announced they have laid the foundations for designating 15 deep-sea canyons off the coast of New England as Habitat Areas of Particular Concern in an effort to build a more sustainable groundfish fishery. Press release follows below from BYM Environment News. The New England Fishery Management Council had laid the foundation to protect unique marine habitat by designating a series of canyons and seamounts from Maine to the Chesapeake Bay as Habitats of Particular Concern (HAPC). The Council is also considering Oceana's revised proposal to designate parts of the Great South Channel as HAPC because it provides critical juvenile cod habitat...