Dr. Holm believes that moratoria on fisheries are effective ways to help fish stocks recover.

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And the report they agreed to did address moratoria: It recommended a six-month ban on new deepwater permits.

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After the Deepwater Horizon disaster, Secretary of Interior Ken Salazar had imposed two successive moratoria on deepwater drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.

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If they are successful in listing even ten percent of these species, the piling up of time delays, studies, moratoria on drilling and other remediation requirements that come with every listing will inevitably result in the halting of oil and gas projects, wind farms, major solar installations, highway projects, industrial projects, housing developments and any other form of human progress that results in turning dirt.

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