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VIDEO: Shrimp regulation meeting |
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Shrimp processors and fishermen are urging the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's panel to increase this
year's quota of 4.4 million pounds, which is a barely a third of last
year's catch.
View the Video from WGME 13, a CBS affiliate
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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."