New regulations intended to rebuild groundfish stocks in the Northeast will also result in the creation of up to 100 new jobs in the fishing industry.
"Starting May 1st there is going to be a need for a lot of monitors for groundfishing boats," said Jo Michaud, a manager at AIS Inc., which currently supplies trained observers to both commercial fishing vessels and dredges. Monitoring, however, is a new development, she said.
The new measures, developed by the New England Fishery Management Council and known as Amendment 16, create fishing "sectors" allowing members of a designated group of fishermen to share in the allowable yearly catch.
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