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RHODE ISLAND: Fishermen reeling from federal catch limits |
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Rhode Island fishermen decried new fishing
regulations, which they say are driving them to ruin, in a meeting
with federal commercial fishing officials Monday.
"Just because nobody's here, don't assume everything's peachy rosy and everyone's happy," said Joel Hovanesian, a Galilee fisherman. "It's quite the opposite. People are pissed." The Wakefield resident said the system implemented May 1 is putting fishermen out of work. "This isn't humane. This is a death sentence for a lot of people," Hovanesian told representatives from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and National Marine Fisheries Service gathered at the University of Rhode Island's Coastal Institute. Read the complete story at The Westerly Sun.
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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."