The federal government finalized the most fundamental changes in New England fishing rules in more than a generation yesterday, over the strenuous objections of many fishermen who say they will be put out of business.
The new rules, which take effect May 1, come after years of effort by the federal government and environmental groups to stop overfishing of the region’s fabled cod, flounder, and other bottom-dwelling species that once were said to be so plentiful that colonists caught them simply by lowering baskets into the sea.
The rules encourage boat owners to organize into groups that will be allocated a share of the annual quota for each species, and already fishermen who account for the vast majority of the catch in New England have voluntarily formed groups, called sectors. The system is designed to give fishermen more financial incentive to be good stewards of the sea and more flexibility in deciding who fishes and when, such as allowing fishermen to avoid bad weather.
The government is also lowering the total amount of many species of fish that can be caught.
Read More: By Beth Daley, Boston Globe
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Just what America needs: government intervention in fishing. Forget the wars and economy and illegals, spend you time on fishing. This you call a leader?????
Still censoring so………………………………………………………….I'll quit reading.
These Socialist Bast****s never run out of things to meddle with, regulate or tax. And, what makes it worse is that they will create Another Level Of Bureaucracy for Documentation and Enforcement. Wake up America, Obama and This Congress and his Czar Corps and Department Heads being run by Envio-Whackoes or Subversives or Criminals are destroying this nation and our freedoms.
It is time to tell Mr. Obama and His Fascist Brethren in the Congress and in governmental agencies that Enough is Enough. TEA party means. Taxed Enough Already. We need another group called RACEA—Regulated and Controlled Enough Already, and in fact, Too damned much.
Nothing is Sacred anymore since the Commies moved into the White House.