Lawmakers demand fishing enforcement report
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NEW BEDFORD — Two congressmen from Massachusetts have joined the state's two senators in giving Commerce Secretary Gary Locke three days to make public the preliminary report of the special master appointed to review law enforcement abuses in the Northeast fishery.
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Massachusetts Lawmakers Call for Release of Swartwood Report on Fishery Enforcement Abuses
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A bipartisan group of Massachusetts lawmakers have written to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke asking that he release Special Master Charles B. Swartwood's report on enforcement abuses against northeast fishermen. The letter, circulated by Senator Scott Brown was also signed by Senator John Kerry together with Congressmen Barney Frank and John Tierney.
The letter asks the Secretary to release the Special Master report to the public on May 15, 2011 regardless of whether or not he considers his review complete.
The text of the letter follows:
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Senator Kerry, fisheries groups oppose Dockside monitor mandate likely to increase insurance and liability costs
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A new federal requirement that dockside monitors board fishing boats and enter the holds of vessels after the unload to root out any unreported fish has come under fire from U.S. Sen John Kerry, the Northeast Seafood Coalition — and even the New England text-Fishery Management Council, which wrote in the requirement last November.
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New Jersey defends $300 to $3,000 fines for saltwater anglers who fish without registering
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GALLOWAY TOWNSHIP - May 6, 2011 - New Jersey is defending hefty fines that can be imposed against saltwater anglers who do not register to fish.
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Second largest seizure of poached rockfish this year pulled from bay
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NRP officers say they found 3.3 tons of dead, decaying striped bass near Tilghman Island
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