NEW BEDFORD, MA (January 21, 2009) – The proposal of interim fishing regulations that could paralyze the local groundfishing fleet has prompted the city of New Bedford to investigate whether it can join a lawsuit pending before a federal judge, according to Mayor Scott W. Lang.
"We are going to ask permission of the court to amend the lawsuit," the mayor told The Standard-Times. "We will bring the latest (regulations) to him and try to make the city a party."
If it is too late to do so, he said the city would consider filing its own lawsuit against federal fishing regulators.
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