Fisheries regulators OK menhaden limits
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States from Maine to Florida voted Wednesday to set new, strict limits
on catching menhaden from coastal waters and the Chesapeake Bay,
handing environmentalists and sports fishermen a major victory in how
this important little fish is managed.
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FLORIDA: Angry Brevard anglers blast federal fish restrictions
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TITUSVILLE — Commercial fishing interests gathered at a seafood joint Tuesday to cast doubt on federal fisheries data and spell out the ripple effects a red-snapper ban and other fishing closures are having on the local economy.
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NOAA to Study Proposal to Protect Alewives and Blueback Herring
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), a federal agency that oversees saltwater fisheries, has agreed to spend a year collecting information on alewives and blueback river herring to see if they require federal protection under the Endangered Species Act.
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NOAA Says Gulf of Maine Cod Stocks in Trouble
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Federal regulators say it appeared that cod stocks were rebuilding, but new data indicates that the stock is being overfished again.
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2012 fluke recommendations to be reconsidered
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Like a fish flip-flopping on a dock, the Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management
Council may change its mind about summer flounder recommendations for
2012.
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