News Management & Regulation
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Snowe joins push to reform laws governing fishing |
| The fishing industry and a group of New England lawmakers are trying toease the tight catch limits saddling American boats by bolstering alongstanding but now tenuous Georges Bank fishing agreement between theUnited States and Canada. | |||
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New regulations putting the squeeze on scallopers |
| There may still be scads of scallops out in the deep blue sea but new regulations could chop the numbers of fishermen and the days they can chase them. | |||
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Council Ups Herring TAC 15 Percent |
| The New England Fisheries Management Council (NEFMC) voted November 17 to increase the herring Total Allowable Catch (TAC) by 15 percent from the drastic reduction made at the September NEFMC meeting. | |||
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Cape fishermen file FOIA request and lawsuit against National Marine Fisheries Service |
| Recreational and commercial fishermen have filed separate actions against the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) seeking to obtain materials and close loopholes in the way it monitors the industrial Atlantic herring midwater trawl fleet. | |||
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Feds hope strategy boosts Gulf fishing |
| The federal government will push for the expansion of a controversial concept that gives commercial fishermen a guaranteed share of the overall catch as a tool for restoring depleted stocks in the Gulf of Mexico and other fisheries. | |||
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HASTINGS: Time to improve the Endangered Species Act
May 18, 2012 - When the Endangered Species Act (ESA) was signed into law in 1973 by President Nixon, he spoke about the importance of preserving “the rich array of animal life with which our country has been blessed.” I believe that goal is as important today as it was back then. However, after nearly 40 years, it’s time to take a fresh, honest look at the law and consider whether there are ways it could be improved to do a better job of protecting and recovering species.
