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MAINE: Dennis Damon offers long-time perspective on fisheries management |
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Damon, who lives in Trenton, is a former state senate chairman of the
Legislature’s Marine Resources Committee and was one of Maine’s three
commissioners to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission in
Washington, D.C.
Damon’s remarks came during a class he is offering through the Acadia Senior College. His five-session series, "The Maine Fisherman," began on Jan. 24 and will run through Feb. 28. It will cover topics such as the progression over time of the fishing mindset; the development of various types of fishing gear and fishing methods; conservation and the environment and what they meant to the future of the fishery and fishermen; and the many regulations proposed or now in place. Read the complete story in The Bar Harbor Times Soup
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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."
