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    Will catch shares do the trick? by Lisa Duchene
    I support catch-shares in principal, and I support ending overfishing and bringing fisheries into balance.

    But will this latest regulatory overhaul and the catch-share system help rebuild New England’s traditional fisheries? I don’t know, but I certainly hope ― and pray ― it will.

    Hopefully, when the stocks return, there will still be New England fishermen around to catch them.
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    OPINION: Fishing families need Barney Frank in Congress by Deb Shrader
    Congressman Barney Frank has been by our side for more than 10 years, bringing focus to the fact that the 10-year rebuilding schedule demanded by National Marine Fisheries Service was one arbitrarily chosen, and that it will unnecessarily cause suffering to our working fishermen.
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    EDITORIAL: Fire Dale Jones, reimburse fishermen
    Jane Lubchenco made one very important public commitment — on the record and under oath.  She noted that the problems in enforcement of fishery regulations, documented in a blistering report by U.S. Commerce Department Inspector General Todd Zinser, had predated her tenure. But she added, "I own them, and I intend to fix them."
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    Trip to Washington by Matt Barr
    About a week ago I got a call from my friend John Edens the fisherman. He told me about a rally in Washington, DC, protesting the Magnuson-Stevens Act. A bus was going to take fishermen from Hampstead, N.C., up to the capital. After all the years I filmed in Sneads Ferry making Wild Caught, I had to film it—so I called and got the last seat on the bus.
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    "If fisheries float your boat, speak up now" by Laine Welch, Anchorage (Alaska) Daily News
    Many of the big decisions that affect our fishing industry are made by people who are far away and have never set foot in Alaska. The following are a few that fishing-dependent families and communities should have on their radars.
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