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California Bycatch Campaign

Oceana's California campaign works to reduce unwanted catch and entanglement through fisheries management and gear-policy reform. The organisation reports legislative progress and an ongoing focus on halibut trawl bycatch.

Problem
Bycatch
Place
California, United States
Organisations
Oceana
Review state
SOURCE-CHECKED

What the sources establish

  1. Oceana's official California Bycatch page reports policy victories including a planned 2027 phaseout of large-mesh drift gillnets and continuing work on California halibut trawl bycatch.

    source checked · source reported · reported not independently verified — Oceana — California Bycatch Campaign

    Limitation: Legislative milestones and future phaseout dates are not proof of realised reductions in bycatch or population recovery.

What this record does not establish

4PLANET has not reviewed this project under its own method. No 4PLANET partnership, funding or verified ecological outcome is recorded.

Sources

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Official programme information: usa.oceana.org. This is an information link, not a 4PLANET contribution or partnership.

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