Anonymous said…Comments on Deckboss’s “You knew this was coming” expanded fishery observer program thread. Lovin’ it!

December 11, 2012 North Pacific

Anonymous said…Once upon a time there was an Observer, on a boat in the North Pacific…
Once upon a time, the National Marine Fisheries Service also needed an observer…
Senator Lisa Murkowski?
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall, who’s short 1 Observer most of all!
National Public Radio… http://deckboss.blogspot.com/2012/12/you-knew-this-was-coming.html

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December 11, 2012 at 10:20 pm

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It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

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