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New Bedford Mayor Lang dissatisfied with feds' relaxation of skate limits |
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NEW BEDFORD — The New England Fishery Management Council voted this week to relax the restrictions on skate but stopped well short of approving a catch limit proposed by Mayor Scott W. Lang. In its proposal, which still needs approval from the National Marine Fisheries Service, the per-trip landing limit will be raised from 500 pounds to 2,600 from May 1 to Aug. 31. It would then rise to 4,100 pounds starting Sept. 1.
Beyond that date, when a "trigger" of 85 percent of the total allowable landings is reached, the possession limit would drop to 1,250. Read the complete story from The South Coast Today.
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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."
