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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 Great South Channel to protect an aggregation of 8 right whales sighted in this area on February 16, 2012. This DMA is in effect immediately through March 2, 2012. Mariners are requested to route around this area or transit through it at 10 knots or less.
Great South Channel DMA -- active through March 2, 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."
