Feds consider opening New England Closed fishing areas. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration would still have to approve.
BOSTON (AP) — There are five zones off the New England coast drawn in varying angles and shapes, all rich with fish, or at least they were at one time. It’s why regulators looking to preserve valuable species closed these areas to certain kinds of fishing year-round, beginning in the 1990s. Two decades later, a fishing industry in crisis wants to get back in. http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20121215-NEWS-121219828
More for Maggie, to Hell with everyone else!
If the small guys were going to benefit, I would say yes. But they won’t
Maybe trade off some areas and restrict inshore opportunity’s for small boats and keep the big boys outside.
ABOLISH CATCH SHARES NOW!