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A potential tweak to a federal guestworker program has thrown a big
scare at Middle Peninsula seafood processors who count on hiring workers
from outside the United States to deliver oysters, clams, crabs and
other Chesapeake Bay products to tables and grocery shelves across the
country.
The H-2B program run by the federal government allows employers to hire foreign workers, many from Mexico, to temporarily come to the United States and work in nonagricultural services such as seafood processing. Implementation of the rule has been delayed, which is fine with seafood processors such as Ron Sopko, owner of Mathews-based Sea Farms. Read the complete story from The Daily Press
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JESSICA HATHAWAY: 'National Fisherman' editor says New York Times misrepresented catch share support
May 18, 2012 - The New York Times heralds catch shares for saving summer flounder and Northeast haddock, which is like crediting a freshman class for the seniors' high college placement rate. By the same token, we could blame catch shares for the demise of Northeast cod stocks. But we don't.
