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Protect Essential Fish Habitat in the Gulf of Maine

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The Fisheries Council Will Meet in One Week

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  • Dec 29

Please act to protect essential fish habitat, and invite others to join with us for the fishes. The Fisheries Council will decide next week whether or not to open up areas that have been closed to commercial fishing since 1998.  Called the Western Gulf of…Read More

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  • Dec 29, 2014

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The New England Fishery Management Council is undertaking a public process to improve protection of Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) for groundfish (cod, haddock, pollock, hake, etc.).  As part of this process, the Council voted 12 to 2 to select the Stellwagen Dedicated Habitat Research Area with a Northern Reference Area as a preferred alternative in its Draft Omnibus EFH Amendment 2. Join with us…

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