{"id":2337,"date":"2013-03-28T09:48:39","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T13:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/?p=2337"},"modified":"2013-04-24T16:28:43","modified_gmt":"2013-04-24T20:28:43","slug":"nmfs-grants-redfish-exemption-but-industry-calls-program-unworkable","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fish-news.com\/cfn\/nmfs-grants-redfish-exemption-but-industry-calls-program-unworkable\/","title":{"rendered":"NMFS grants redfish exemption but industry calls program \u2018unworkable\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0<\/strong>GLOUCESTER, MA \u2013 The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has approved an exemption allowing groundfish sector fishermen to use 4-1\/2″ mesh to target redfish under 100% observer coverage for the remainder of the 2012 fishing year, which ends April 30.<\/p>\n

Whether anyone will be able to take advantage of the program, however, remains to be seen.<\/p>\n

And, many interested fishermen say that, come the May 1 start of the 2013 fishing year, small-mesh redfish fishing will be totally unfeasible if NMFS requires fishermen to pay all <\/em>observer costs on their own \u2013 with no federal assistance \u2013 as currently is being proposed.<\/p>\n

\u00a0\u00a0 \"\"Jeffery Eitzmann, A.I.S. Inc. photo<\/span><\/p>\n

F\/V Olympia crewmen work with a codend full of redfish during a 2011 trip that was part of the REDNET cooperative research project.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read the rest and much, much more in the April issue of Commercial Fisheries News. Read online immediately and download for future reference.<\/strong><\/em>[add_to_cart=2318]<\/p>\n

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\u00a0GLOUCESTER, MA \u2013 The National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) has approved an exemption allowing groundfish sector fishermen to use 4-1\/2″ mesh to target redfish under 100% observer coverage for the remainder of the 2012 fishing year, which ends April 30. Whether anyone will be able to take advantage of the program, however, remains to be … <\/p>\n

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