CLF back in court to end overfishing: Georges Bank cod still in danger.

• Position: New England; Conservation Law Foundation - Brief Article

THE FISH THAT YOU EAT are in danger of disappearing, threatening the livelihoods of fishermen and coastal economies. For centuries, Georges Bank cod and other groundfish have sustained New England's coastal fishing communities. But decades of overfishing have devastated groundfish populations. Today, Georges Bank cod show almost no signs of recovery from record low numbers of the mid-1990s. Codfish stocks are at less than 15% of healthy and sustainable levels.

CLF and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) have asked a federal judge to end overfishing of Georges Bank cod and four other severely depleted groundfish species. CLF's landmark December 2001 lawsuit forced the New England...