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Chafee nominates 3 to New England fisheries panel |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- Governor Chafee has submitted three Rhode Islanders -- Theodore A. Platz, Seth S. Macinko, and Jason D. Jarvis -- for nomination to the New England Fisheries Management Council.
Chafee made the announcement in a Wednesday news release. The names were submitted for consideration, said Eric Schwaab, assistant administrator for fisheries at the National Marine Fisheries Service. Read the complete story from The Providence Journal.
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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."
