April 16, 2018 — MYSTIC, Conn. — Commercial fishing managers will consider the subject of who pays for at-sea monitoring that is needed to craft regulations about the industry.
The cost of monitoring in the New England cod fishery has been a source of controversy in recent years. The federal government shifted the cost to fishermen a couple of years ago.
The New England Fishery Management Council is expected to take up the issue of industry-funded monitoring Thursday at a meeting in Mystic.
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