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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