This brings nutrient-rich cold water to the surface, increasing fishing stocks.
Many species in this family are important food fishes and some have been introduced outside their native ranges to provide fishing stocks.
He said the priorities would include water quality and fishing stocks.
In 1940 sardines were the most valuable fishing stock in the state.
Tourism has become an important industry to the town as fishing stocks dwindled.
And as the fishing stock in the bay was depleted, fishermen had to move farther offshore.
It has not maintained the fishing stocks or fishermen's jobs.
What we need is to protect and enhance fishing stocks.
Today's vote should be a wake-up call to all those who are concerned about the conservation of vulnerable fishing stocks.
The results are there: the common fisheries policy has been a failure when it comes to conserving fishing stocks.