NMFS agrees to re-propose rule against bycatch dumping
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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