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NARRAGANSETT – July 22, 2011 - The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has approved a study that inventoried the waters off Rhode Island with an eye toward facilitating development of offshore wind farms.
On Friday, NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco joined Gov. Lincoln D. Chafee at a ceremony at the University of Rhode Island’s Narragansett campus. They signed the ocean Special Area Management Plan drafted by URI researchers and the R.I. Coastal Resources Management Council. Read the complete story from Providence Business 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."
