NMFS agrees to re-propose rule against bycatch dumping

2010-07-28T11:37:00

Federal regulators re-opened areas to midwater trawlers in 1998 after they claimed their gear would not catch groundfish.

US commercial fishermen have reached an agreement with the NMFS regarding a change in a final rule for the Atlantic herring fishery issued in November 2009. The rule outlined new protocols that herring midwater trawl ships must follow in order to fish in an ocean area closed to nearly all ...

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