The National Marine Fisheries Service issued the first fifty commercial fishing permits using deep-set buoy gear this week. Recent state and federal laws began a phase out of large-mesh drift gill-nets that often entangle, injure, and kill whales, sea turtles, dolphins and other marine life. 

For more, Liz Saint-John spoke with Geoff Shester, California Campaign Director and Senior Scientist for Oceana

<p>The National Marine Fisheries Service issued the first fifty commercial fishing permits using deep-set buoy gear this week. Recent state and federal laws began a phase out of large-mesh drift gill-nets that often entangle, injure, and kill whales, sea turtles, dolphins and other marine life. </p>
<p>For more, Liz Saint-John spoke with Geoff Shester, California Campaign Director and Senior Scientist for Oceana</p>

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