Friday June 11, 2010
BOSTON (AP) -- Lobstermen in southern New England are facing a possible five-year fishing ban after biologists made that recommendation to regulators, saying the drastic step is needed to save the depleted stock.
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Thursday June 3, 2010
PITTSFIELD -- Bill Sitzer of Lenox was well aware of zebra mussels before the invasive species were detected in Berkshire County -- Laurel Lake in Lee -- last summer.
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Thursday May 13, 2010
BOSTON (AP) -- More than a dozen members of Congress from Northeast fishing states met Wednesday with the U.S. Commerce Secretary asking for emergency increases in fish catch limits, but he didn't commit to any immediate ones.
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Friday April 23, 2010
BOSTON - Nearly two dozen members of Congress are asking the U.S. Department of Commerce secretary to take emergency steps to increase fishing catch limits before the Northeast switches to a new way to manage the fishery.
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PORTLAND (AP) -- Beneath the cold ocean waters off the coast of Maine, the nation's lobster breadbasket, lie hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, of old wire lobster "ghost traps."
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PITTSFIELD -- He might not be able to see the lure hit the water or even spot the trout he's chasing, but his wrist-snap is still deft enough to draw the big ones in.
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