The New England Fishery Management Council Wednesday moved cautiously through the process of crafting a new form of fish management for the region’s signature species, like cod, haddock and flounder.
The council is moving to what is known as "catch share management," in which groups of fishermen, known as sectors, receive a share of the annual fish quota in exchange for agreeing not to overfish the species and to take steps to minimize the wasteful discarding of fish.
The council, which draws up the plans to sustainably manage fish stocks in federal waters, and the public heatedly debated all morning on one item, eventually approving a measure for determining the size of the share of the quota each fisherman would receive.
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