Title

Federal officials have backed away from a plan that would have banned fishing in

Authors

Source

Portland Press Herald

Date

3-7-1994

Pages

2B

Abstract

Federal officials have backed away from a plan that would have banned fishing in Georges Bank for 20 days in May, which Maine fishermen had viewed as particularly devastating -- The ban was part of the New England Fisheries Management Council plan to replenish depleted groundfish stocks by reducing the catch by 50 percent during the next five years

Subjects

Fisheries

Recommended Citation

"Federal officials have backed away from a plan that would have banned fishing in" (1994). Maine News Index – Portland Press Herald. 11761.
https://digitalcommons.portlandlibrary.com/news_pph/11761