BOSTON—More than a dozen members of Congress from Northeast fishing states met Wednesday with the U.S. Commerce Secretary to ask for emergency increases in fish catch limits, but he didn't commit to any immediate ones.
The meeting in Washington with Secretary Gary Locke came at the request of 23 members of Congress, who wrote to Locke last month before a May 1 switch to a new fishing system.
Under the change, fishermen working in groups called "sectors" may catch a certain amount of each species of groundfish annually, such as cod and flounder. But if the sectors exceed their limit on any species, they must stop fishing for all species.
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