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PORTLAND, Maine—Rep. Chellie Pingree of Maine says the House has adopted a bill to exempt smaller fishing boats from EPA rules regulating discharges.
Pingree says the bill is good news for operators of fishing boats under 79 feet in length because it spares them from extensive permits. Without the legislation, vessels of any size with so-called "gray water" discharges would soon have to be permitted under the Clean Water Act. Read the complete story by The AP at The Boston Globe.
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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."
