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Article: Ban on midwater herring trawlers working, Maine watermen say.
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- Portland Press Herald (Portland, ME)
- Article date:
- September 11, 2007
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Byline: Tom Bell
Sep. 11--Maine's coastal waters are teeming with schools of herring and the silvery fish's predators this summer, according to reports from people who work the waters.
"There has been lots of sea life, and it kind of amazes me," said Daniel Fill, captain of a Rockland-based fishing boat, during a cell phone interview from his boat. "I have seen fish where I haven't seen them for years. They're in nice, big bunches for miles."
Fill's observations are echoed by other purse seine herring fishermen, as well as whale-watching companies and tuna fishermen. They also report seeing more sea birds, dolphins, seals and tuna -- which all ...