MAINE: Dennis Damon offers long-time perspective on fisheries management
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Damon, who lives in Trenton, is a former state senate chairman of the
Legislature’s Marine Resources Committee and was one of Maine’s three
commissioners to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission in
Washington, D.C.
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New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell presses for 'realistic catch limits'
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NEW BEDFORD — Mayor Jon Mitchell has added his voice to a chorus of
disapproval greeting the results of a 2011 survey that concluded cod
stocks were teetering on the verge of collapse.
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Maine lobster catch tops 100M pounds for 1st time
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HALLOWELL — Maine lobstermen last year caught more than 100 million pounds of lobster, the first time the lobster catch has topped the 100 million-pound mark, the state's top fisheries official said today.
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Mass. sets up $1M loan fund for fishermen
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BOSTON—Massachusetts announced Tuesday that it has set up a
$1 million loan fund to help the dwindling number of fishermen with
smaller businesses buy the rights to catch more fish.
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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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