Fishy Business

Are fisheries in recovery? New science shows that ten years of rebuilding plans implemented to restore struggling fish populations in the US have a mixed record of success.

Fish stocks crashed in the U.S. in the late 80’s, prompting the government to require rebuilding plans for all overfished species. Host Steve Curwood turns to Professor Andy Rosenberg, of the University of New Hampshire, who has just completed a ten-year assessment of fish population rebuilding efforts in the U.S., to find out how the recovery’s going.