Letter urging NMFS to retain important reporting and monitoring requirements for midwater trawl vessels fishing in an area closed to protect rebuilding groundfish populations.
September 4, 2012
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Letter to NMFS outlining our concerns with the proposed rule for Framework 46, which lacks proper incentives for midwater trawl vessels to reduce their haddock bycatch.
August 3, 2011
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Letter to the NEFMC regarding the shortcomings of the current options in the Council's plan (Framework 46) to manage haddock bycatch in the directed herring fishery.
April 18, 2011
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Letter to the NEMFC Groundfish Committee regarding ongoing concerns about haddock bycatch by midwater herring trawlers and the need for developing meaningful bycatch avoidance measures based on the most recent bycatch information available
March 16, 2011
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