"A Feeling of Relief": Lobster Gear Allowed in Maine's Deep Sea Coral Areas
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [The Free Press] Opinion by Melissa Waterman - April 27, 2017
Rockland, ME -- Well, they did it. At its April 17 meeting in Connecticut the New England Fisheries Management Council reaffirmed the economically vital place that lobster fishing has in this state by exempting lobstermen from restrictions that may flow from the council’s Omnibus Deep Sea Coral Amendment.
The decision qualifies as a Big Deal. The council has been considering ways to protect deep-sea corals...
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