The chairman of the council that advises federal managers on New England fishing regulations has called for a review of the rule-making bureaucracy, calling it “antiquated and ineffective.’’ John Pappalardo of the New England Fishery Management Council made the comment in a letter to US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke.
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Scallop industry wants limit to be eased
More than 1,000 members of the East Coast scallop industry have asked the nation’s chief fisheries regulator to restore 6 million pounds to the recent cut in the scallop catch. The industry called the cuts “rapid and unnecessary’’ in a letter delivered Saturday to Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.