SMAST issues scallop industry yellowtail bycatch advisory, warns industry approaching quota
WASHINGTON (Saving Seafood) Sept. 20, 2012 – To avoid reaching the yellowtail limit prematurely, the Fisheries Survival Fund, an industry group that includes the majority of full-time,
limited-access scallop permit holders, urged scallopers to avoid yellowtail by-catch by utilizing SMAST’s by-catch avoidance program. To view SMAST’s yellowtail advisory,
which contains a graphical summary of the closed areas and areas of high yellowtail by-catch, click here
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