News Summary April 27, 2015
Today's Main Story: New England Dealers Expect Lean Year For Locally Caught Seafood As Cod Shutdown Looms
Catch limits set to take effect May 1 will take a bite out of an industry that dates back to America's colonial past: New England cod. The stricter quota on cod taken from the Gulf of Maine — a 75 percent cut from the current year — will also affect the catch of other similar fish, meaning New England fishermen and seafood dealers expect a year of meager supply and high prices for several popular fish.
In other news, the Coastal Conservation Association filed suit last week to block a Department of Commerce plan to grant special red-snapper-fishing privileges to the Gulf of Mexico charter-fishing fleet. Under the plan, called Amendment 40, federal fisheries managers would pull the charter take of red snapper from the...
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