ASMFC Votes Down New Rules for Southern New England Lobster
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [SF Gate] By Associated Press - August 2, 2017
PORTLAND, Maine — An interstate panel that manages fisheries voted on Tuesday against a plan to try to preserve the declining southern New England lobster population with new fishing restrictions.
The New England lobster fishery is based largely in Maine, where the catch has soared to new heights in recent years. But the population has collapsed off Connecticut, Rhode Island, southern Massachusetts and New York's Long Island as waters have warmed in those areas...
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