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 Stories About: marine life AND New England
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Delay O' Fish
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05 Dec 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Delay O' Fish In welcome news for commercial fishing operations in New England, a federal judge has ordered an eight-month delay in implementing drastic cutbacks in fishing levels while scientists review federal estimates of the region's fish population. In September, government scientists acknowledged that the accuracy of fish-count studies on which the original cutbacks were based might have been compromised by a ... |
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| Topics: Maine, marine life, New England, oceans (all these topics) |
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Teach a Man to Fish and He'll Have No Job Security
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29 Apr 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Teach a Man to Fish and He'll Have No Job Security New England's fishing industry will be substantially scaled back under new federal rules announced Friday. The regulations, which reduce the number of days fishers can work, close key fishing areas, and limit the size of fish that may be caught, were met with dismay by the industry. After more than 400 years of large-scale fishing, the region's fish stocks bottomed out in 1994, pro ... |
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| Topics: marine life, New England (all these topics) |
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Running a Groundfish
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04 Jan 2002 |
Daily Grist |
| Running a Groundfish The U.S. National Marine Fisheries Service is breaking the law by failing to sufficiently protect groundfish in New England, a federal judge ruled last Friday. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler said she would issue an order with specific directions for how the agency should stop overfishing, because the NMFS can't be trusted to enforce the ... |
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| Topics: environmental justice, marine life, National Marine Fisheries Service, New England, politics (all these topics) |
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