May 15, 2019 — Federal regulators say there will be a reduction this year in the harvest of a species of shark that is subject to commercial fishing.
Fishermen catch spiny dogfish from Maine to North Carolina on the East Coast for use as food, though there is a limited market for the shark in the United States. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration says this year’s quota for the dogfish will be a little more than 20 million pounds, which is slightly less than fishermen have harvested in most recent years.
Read the full story from the Associated Press at The Washington Post