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A Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council and commercial fishing boat owner defends crew (subcontractors)

“They absolutely will remain the subcontractors on my boat,” said Martin Fisher, the chairman of two advisory panels with the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council — the Reef Fish Advisory Panel and the Coastal Migratory Pelagics panel. “They’re positions are no way in jeopardy.” The men were fishing in a no-take, protected area just north of the Dry Tortugas National Park. “They were basically fishing in a zoo,” Hubicki said. Read [email protected] 06:34