Scallop Fleet Responds to NMFS Criticism of NEFMC Habitat Recommendations
Last week, NOAA Fisheries Regional Administrator John Bullard submitted a nine-page letter to the (NEFMC) critical of recommendations made to the full Council by the Council’s Habitat Committee on Omnibus Habitat Amendment 2 (OHA2) . OHA2 is a decade-in-the-making overhaul of the habitat closures off the coast of New England, reflecting the best scientific understanding of the Northwest Atlantic seafloor. Read the rest here Read Administrator Bullard’s letter in full here Read the FSF rebuttal to Administrator Bullard’s letter in full here. 11:57
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