A troubling number of U.S. fish stocks are floundering (ahem), and a bipartisan duo of senators is hoping to stem the tide. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) and Daniel Inouye (D-Hawaii)—both, as it happens, supporters of drilling in the Arctic Refuge, and neither known for eco-consciousness – are pushing for updates to fisheries law that could better protect fish populations and their marine habitat. Enviros want more, but say the Stevens-Inouye plan isn’t bad. Some industry players, meanwhile, would prefer to see the current draft of the legislation sleeping with the fishes. Grist takes a peek at the bill being crafted by this unlikely pair of ecosystem crusaders.

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