December 14, 2014 — The New England Fishery Management Council is conducting a series of public hearings to solicit comments on a draft Omnibus Habitat protection amendment, with one of the hearings planned for Cruiseport Gloucester Wednesday night from 6 to 8 p.m.
The hearing here is one of 10 scheduled from Maine to Virginia over the proposed Omnibus Habitat Amendment 2, which would provide additional protections for the marine habitat off Massachusetts and in other areas of the Northeast groundfishery.
The Wednesday hearing here is one of just two, however, in Massachusetts, with the other to be held Tuesday night in New Bedford at the Fairfield Inn & Suites hotel.