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Article: U.S. URGED TO BEAR DOWN TO IMPROVE BERING SEA INTERIOR DEPARTMENT EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR DIVERSE ECOSYSTEM.(News/National/International)
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- Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)
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- September 21, 1997
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Byline: Steve Rinehart Anchorage Daily News Scripps-McClatchy Western Service
ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The Bering Sea, an immensely diverse and hugely productive ecosystem, is showing signs of stress if not outright sickness from natural and man-made causes, according to a new report from the Interior Department.
The draft report, ``The Bering Sea Ecosystem - A Call to Action,'' argues for a concerted effort to make the North Pacific a national cause, find and fill research gaps and impose holistic instead of piecemeal resource management.
The Bering is too valuable, as a source of life and income, to allow its degradation, said Deborah Williams, ...