News Summary May 2, 2016
Today's Main Story: NOAA to Cut Monitoring for New England’s Struggling Groundfish
In a victory for groundfishermen, NOAA will significantly reduce at-sea monitoring coverage for northeast multispecies groundfish vessels in the season that begins Sunday. NOAA, according to the final rule filed Friday in the Federal Register, will cut monitoring to 14 percent of all vessel trips in 2016, down from about 24 percent in 2015.
In other news, the unprecedented impasse on salmon fishing seasons has now lead to upcoming fishing closures in all Puget Sound marine areas, and some popular lakes and lower river areas, announced by state Fish and Wildlife on Friday. There are five lakes and many lower river sections that feed into Puget Sound that will close to all fishing on Sunday (May 1) when salmon and steelhead fishing
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