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PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Gov. Paul LePage denies saying he wouldn't work in the best interests of fishermen in Maine's largest city, with a spokesman on Thursday describing as "absurd" a claim made by a former Cabinet member that the Republican governor was disgruntled over of lack of support in the strongly Democratic city.
Former Marine Resources Commissioner Norman Olsen issued a statement after resigning that spelled out his grievances with the governor, and made the jolting claim that LePage wasn't interested in helping Portland fishermen because the governor didn't enjoy political support in the city. Read the complete article by the AP at Beaumont Enterprise.
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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."
