New monitoring rules for Northeast fishermen

Changes to U.S. rules about the monitoring of Northeast commercial fishing activities are going into effect this month with a goal of providing more accurate information about some of the nation’s oldest fisheries. The U.S. mandates observers to work onboard fishing boats to collect data and make sure fishermen adhere to rules and quotas. The National Marine Fisheries Service has adopted new monitoring rules for Northeast fishermen of groundfish, like haddock and flounder, to try to improve the accuracy of the data. >click to read< 11:57

One Response to New monitoring rules for Northeast fishermen

  1. Rocky Novello says:

    MONITOR POLLUTION OF OUR OCEANS,FISH STOCKS ARE LEAVING OUR WATERS BECAUSE POLLUTION
    MOST FISHERMEN ARE GONE BECAUSE OF DRACONIAN RULES FOR THE LAST 20 YEARS

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