West Coast Commercial Sardine Fishery Closed for Third Consecutive Year - Oceana USA

Victory | April 10, 2017

West Coast Commercial Sardine Fishery Closed for Third Consecutive Year

Today, federal fishery managers voted to keep the U.S. West Coast Pacific sardine fishery closed for the upcoming commercial season. With an estimated 86,586 metric tons (mt) of sardine remaining, and 150,000 mt necessary for fishing to occur, this will be the third year in a row there are not enough sardines to support a fishery.