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Article: U.S. Lawmakers Call for Delay of New Fishing Regulations.
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- Cape Cod Times (Hyannis, MA)
- Article date:
- October 24, 2002
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Byline: Doug Fraser
Oct. 24--U.S. Sens. Edward Kennedy and Olympia Snowe yesterday called for delaying new fishing regulations for two years or longer to correct faulty scientific data.
Kennedy, D-Mass, and Snowe, D-Maine, are the latest in a chorus of voices calling for a halt to the federal regulations, after it was revealed a research vessel employed by the National Marine Fisheries Service used an improperly rigged survey net for 2 1/2 years.
The trawl survey is part of the stock assessment process that shows whether regulations are working to restore depleted fish stocks.
Fishermen and environmentalists have been battling over ...
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