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    BP Agrees To $9M Grant For Testing, Marketing Gulf Seafood
    MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — BP has agreed to support a $9 million grant to pay for quality testing and marketing of seafood coming out of Alabama's gulf with hopes of reassuring consumers that the state's products are safe to eat.
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    Oyster farmers crack open a hungry market
    SCARBOROUGH - Standing on his pontoon workstation, Nate Perry scooped young inch-and-a-half-long oysters into plastic mesh bags. Good weather meant an opportunity to deploy some floating bags and get the shellfish on the way to market size.
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    Fishermen to lose health insurance
    May 27, 2011 - NEW BEDFORD — With an aging membership driving premiums higher every year, fishing families in Massachusetts will now have to look elsewhere for their health insurance, the Massachusetts Fishermen's Partnership announced Thursday.
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    Judge won't guard fish farm from Grand Coulee flow
    PORTLAND, Ore.—A federal judge on Friday refused to order a cut in flows from the Grand Coulee Dam that threaten millions of fish raised in pens downstream in the Columbia River.
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    Mississippi flooding to have impact on Gulf seafood industry
    A rare combination of freshwater flooding from the Mississippi River and a deep springtime drought will be good and bad for the bottom lines of regional seafood catchers and processors, regulators and industry leaders said last week.
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33 Fishing Community Members Say Permit Bank, Giacalone are pluses for Gloucester

This permit bank is a true local treasure for our fishing community and related businesses. Its existence has been one of the only positive things to come to this fishing community in decades.