NE Fishery Management Council Votes to Keep Cashes Ledge in Gulf of Maine Mostly Closed
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Press Herald] By Patrick Whittle - April 24, 2015 -
Federal fishery regulators say they will keep much-debated protections for Cashes Ledge in the Gulf of Maine in place as part of a broad effort to alter the scope of New England’s fishing grounds.
The decision to preserve Cashes Ledge came as the New England Fishery Management Council debated changes to habitat protections in the Gulf of Maine, Georges Bank, southern New England waters and other key fishing areas.
The council met Wednesday and Thursday to approve pieces of the long-awaited habitat plan. The changes will affect the way fishermen harvest key food species in federal waters from Maine to Rhode Island.
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