Timeline
- 2006: The U.S. National Coalition for Marine Conservation asks U.S. fishery managers to put "Forage First!". Their campaign was launched with the publication of their report, Taking the Bait: Are America’s Fisheries Out-competing Predators for their Prey?, available at cost to the U. S. fishing industry, encouraging fishery managers to protect predator-prey relationships as a first step toward an ecosystem based approach to fishery management.
- 2009: The international Lenfest Forage Fish Task Force is established to develop workable management plans for tackling the depletion of forage fish.
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