Federal regulators are looking to allow fishermen to catch nearly six times the original limit of a key groundfish stock after fishermen said it was set so low it would sabotage the Northeast industry.
The National Marine Fisheries Service said Wednesday that a preliminary analysis of new science indicates fishermen can catch about 35 million pounds of pollock this year without overfishing the stock. The current allotment is about 6 million pounds.
The fisheries service is now working on an emergency change to the pollock limit, which could be completed by July if the early numbers hold up, according to a NMFS spokeswoman.
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