MARYLAND: Millions in seafood harvested near Ocean City; scallops, flounder and sea bass most profitable
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WEST OCEAN CITY, Md. — It’s unlikely you’ll just stumble upon the Maryland coastline’s only commercial fishing harbor.
But it’s there, and it’s moving millions of pounds of seafood. In 2010, more than 8 million pounds of catch, valued at more than $8 million, was harvested by commercial vessels that dock there.
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New Jersey bans the catch and sale of river herring after failing to provide adequate data
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New Jersey has shut down its river herring fishery partly
because it does not have the personnel or the funding to collect
the data it needs.
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Redrawn district complicates Keating’s bid for reelection
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PLYMOUTH - US Representative William R. Keating says he couldn’t be
happier with his new congressional district, which in last year’s
redistricting lost Quincy and six surrounding towns. The 9th Congressional District of Massachusetts now includes New
Bedford, America's most profitable fishing port, and eight other south coast communities.
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NORTH CAROLINA: Are the numbers sufficient to decide whether certain fish species are endangered?
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There is a vociferous debate going on in North
Carolina right now between commercial fishermen and sports fishermen.
Due to a highly funded lobbying campaign the sports fishermen are
winning. They are the ones who fish as a hobby. Commercial fishermen
are the traditional mainstay of the industry that provides seafood for
fish markets. The current issue is explained in a recent article posted here on House Bill 353.
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Search under way for new harbor development chief in New Bedford
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NEW BEDFORD — Mayor Jon Mitchell has appointed a search committee to find a replacement for Kristin Decas, the outgoing director of the Harbor Development Commission.
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