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The mayors of Gloucester and New Bedford on Wednesday sent letters to all 100 U.S. senators to drum up support for the House-passed budget amendment that would cut off the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's spending on new catch share programs in the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico.
Seeking to halt the spread of catch shares, a system that is "crippling the lives of groundfishermen in the South Atlantic, Mid-Atlantic, New England and Gulf of Mexico," Mayors Carolyn Kirk and Scott Lang wrote that the Senate could strike a blow for the owner-operator, small-business model against investor influences and the corporatization of the fisheries. Read the complete story from The Gloucester Times. See also: Mayors of New Bedford and Gloucester ask all 100 Senators to support Jones Amendment. View a PDF with images of all 100 letters
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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."
