Topic: Commercial Fishing
Mass. weighs commercial striped bass fishing ban
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Massachusetts considers commercial striped bass fishing ban, limiting recreational anglers tooThe feisty and enormously popular striped bass would be off limits to all commercial fishermen in Massachusetts under a proposal being considered by state lawmakers. The bill would ban the commercial catch of striped bass in state waters and limit ...
NOAA to move faster to reform commercial fishing
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NOAA promises ramped up efforts to lessen cutthroat competition in commercial fishingThe federal agency in charge of protecting the nation's oceans announced Thursday it is ramping up efforts to expand new rules aimed at lessening the cutthroat competition among fishermen that has threatened dozens of ocean species. At the ...
Fishing Catch Shares
AP News
This Sept. 2, 2009 photo shows fishing trawlers at the dock in Brookings-Harbor, Ore. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday it is ramping up efforts to help fisheries managers adopt a system known as catch share, which is designed to end the race for fish that has resulted ...
Hawaii on course to avoid year-end tuna shortage
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What luck! Fishing fleet likely to deliver tuna to Hawaii through year's end after allA feared year-end tuna shortage in Hawaii likely will be averted, meaning residents can eat their good-luck tuna at New Year's as usual. Officials earlier estimated the Hawaii-based longline fishing fleet would hit its ...
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