Dean Emeritus Brian Rothschild of the UMass School for Marine Science and Fisheries (SMAST), and Director Paul Diodati of the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF), co-chairs of the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute, the organization that produced the Economic and Scientific report submitted by Mass. Giov. Deval Patrick to Commerce Sec'y Gary Locke, discuss the Governor's request and the report.
The report was prepared by Steve Cadrin, Dan Georgianna, Kevin Stokesbury, Emily Keiley, & Cate O’Keefe of SMAST, and David Pierce, Melanie Griffin, Micah Dean & Story Reed of DMF.
Each week on WBSM in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Bob Vanasse of Saving Seafood joins host Phil Paleologos to discuss issues related to the fisheries with news-making guests.