News Regulations NOAA Fisheries Service institutes voluntary vessel speed restriction zone in vicinity of Jeffreys Ledge through February 18 |
NOAA Fisheries Service institutes voluntary vessel speed restriction zone in vicinity of Jeffreys Ledge through February 18 |
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NOAA Fisheries Service announces that a voluntary vessel speed restriction zone (Dynamic Management Area - DMA) has been established in the vicinity of Jeffreys Ledge to protect an aggregation of 12 right whales sighted in this area on February 3, 2012. This DMA is in effect immediately through February 18, 2012. Mariners are requested to route around this area or transit through it at 10 knots or less.
Jeffreys Ledge DMA -- active through February 18, 2012
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MELISSA WOOD, NATIONAL FISHERMEN: Meting out the meager
May 22, 2012 - Listening to the New England Council's Groundfish Advisory Panel talk about how that industry is going to pay for monitoring costs is kind of like trying to figure out how to pay your bills when you've just lost your job. Though monitoring is important keeping costs down is critical. As Panel Member Gary Libby pointed out, "If we had 100 percent monitoring we probably wouldn't have an industry."
