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MAINE: Sen. Snowe Calls for More Funds for Fish Stock Assessments |
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Maine Senator Olympia Snowe says she is concerned about the Obama administration's spending priorities when it comes to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's budget.
The President is proposing a nearly 16 percent increase for the agency, but Snowe says nearly all of that is for weather satellites. She says programs that directly help fishermen should be a higher priority. Read the complete story from The Maine Public Broadcasting Network.
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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."
