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The nonprofit Massachusetts Fishing Partnership — the group that has worked for more than 15 years to extend health-care benefits to New England's fishermen and others who work within the industry — is shifting its focus to provide more overall social outreach and steer fishermen to the best coverage plans for which they're eligible.
But the partnership is also shifting away from providing its own coverage plans, working instead toward steering fishermen and other waterfront workers into health-care coverage that works best for them, as well as provide other outreach services for the industry, partnership president JJ Bartlett says. Read the complete story from The Gloucester Times.
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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.
