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USDA Panel Approves First Rules For Labeling Farmed Fish 'Organic'
Source: Washington Post, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008

For the first time, a federal advisory board has approved criteria that clear the way for farmed fish to be labeled "organic," a move that pleased aquaculture producers even as it angered environmentalists and consumer advocates.

Changes to Species Act Are Said to Be Near
Source: Washington Post, Thursday, Nov. 20, 2008

The Bush administration is "close" to finalizing a regulatory overhaul of the Endangered Species Act to allow federal agencies to decide whether protected species would be harmed by agency projects, according to the Interior Department.

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Cayden Carle, Sebastian Bowker, Mitch Tannehill, David Edenshaw and John Carle aboard the Pacific Lady, of Hydaburg, Alaska

 

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