News State and Local MAINE: Down East petition to open scallop fishing areas likely won’t sway closure decision |
MAINE: Down East petition to open scallop fishing areas likely won’t sway closure decision |
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EASTPORT, Maine — A petition that surfaced this week throughout Washington County asking the Maine Department of Marine Resources to reconsider last week’s decision to immediately close much of Cobscook Bay to scallop fishing is an exercise in futility, according to DMR Acting Commissioner Pat Keliher.
“It’s not going to happen,” Keliher said Thursday. “I met with the governor earlier this week, and he continues to be supportive of this emergency closure, looking at it from a long-term perspective.” Read the complete story from The Bangor Daily News.
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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."
