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Move to Save Fishing Industry Could Kill It

Cod fishermen say slashed Gulf of Maine quotas will spell doom

By Mark Russell,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 31, 2013 7:45 AM CST

(Newser) – Faced with dangerously declining cod stocks, New England fisheries officials voted yesterday to massively cut cod quotas—down 77% from last year's catch for the next three years in the Gulf of Maine, and by 61% for the next year in Georges Bank, near...   Read full story »

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New England • fishing • Cape Cod • overfishing • cod • fishing industry • Gulf of Maine • Georges Bank

 
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