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BOSTON — State officials are asking the federal government to cut in half the possible leasing area for offshore wind energy projects in a large swath of ocean south of Martha's Vineyard and Nantucket.
The move was hailed Tuesday by fishing interests as a positive step to protect sensitive fish spawning grounds and Nantucket Shoals, a productive fishing area southeast of the island. 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."
