10-6-09
The New England Marine Fishery Management Council will be holding a two-day workshop in a couple of weeks on the highly controversial new regulatory regime for commercial fishing.
Good luck to the parties most affected in finding a seat.
The workshop will be open to the public, sort of. There will even be a public comment period. But, according to the council, it is "not intended for the public."
Indeed, the council seems to be doing what it can to make a public meeting as nonpublic as possible, by making it difficult for those affected by catch shares, the new method of privatizing fish stocks and granting harvesting rights, to attend.
Read the complete editorial from the Gloucester Daily Times.