NAMA to New England Fisheries Management Council: Keep Industrial Herring Vessels Out of Groundfish Closed Areas

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To protect and ensure the recovery of the region’s groundfish, NAMA once again calls on fisheries managers to prohibit industrial scale fishing for herring in areas closed to groundfishing. Herring are a critical food of the groundfish and evidence shows industrial herring vessels have bycatch of juvenile groundfish.

Herring closed area letter 1 Apr 9

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