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Article: New federal restrictions on fishing upset charter boat skippers
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- The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA
- Article date:
- March 30, 2002
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Ban intended for commercial vessels hurts them, they say
Christopher WalkerThe Patriot Ledger
More than 20 South Shore charter boat captains plan to fight
proposed federal fishing restrictions they say would effectively kill
the tourist-driven recreational fishing industry in Massachusetts.
The restrictions, proposed by the National Marine Fisheries
Service, would ban recreational fishing boats from a prime fishing
spot from Massachusetts to Maine and limit the catch for charter
boats. The new ruleswould put many charter boat captains out of
business, said longtime Marshfield captain Tom DiPersia.
Judge Gladys Kessler of the U.S. District Court in the District of
Columbia, presiding ...