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Public input period for federal fishery strategy has ended |
| The Obama administration has ended public input for a federal strategy that could prohibit U.S. citizens from fishing some of the nation's oceans, coastal areas, Great Lakes, and even inland waters. | |||
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Lobster prices too low for harvesters' taste |
| Maine's lobstermen are working harder for less, as demand drops for their expanding harvest. | |||
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The FishingLine: Fishermen rally in DC |
| On Wednesday, Feb. 24, fisher men, women and children, held a rally in Washington, D.C. to demonstrate against the negative effects of the Magnuson-Stevens Act and show their dismay about fisheries management in general. One local captain details the experience in words and pictures. | |||
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BLOG: Random acts of kindness along the road to D.C. |
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What a trip it was to Washington, D.C., with the bus of fishermen. It was 18 hours up and 17 hours back — all for a three-hour United We Fish march on the Capitol. |
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Port of New Bedford shipping business quietly taking off |
| It was just a few years ago that not a single freighter tied up to a New Bedford pier. Today, by comparison, it is almost a traffic jam. About 28 freighters, most of them offloading produce from northern Africa, are scheduled to dock in the harbor this year, and the future is looking bright. | |||
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Will catch shares do the trick? by Lisa Duchene
I support catch-shares in principal, and I support ending overfishing and bringing fisheries into balance.
But will this latest regulatory overhaul and the catch-share system help rebuild New England’s traditional fisheries? I don’t know, but I certainly hope ― and pray ― it will.
Hopefully, when the stocks return, there will still be New England fishermen around to catch them.
