New federal regulations that take effect May first will fundamentally change fishing in New Hampshire and the rest of New England.
The rules are designed to rebuild depleted stocks of groundfish, such as cod and flounder. But fishermen say the new management policy hits New Hampshire fishermen particularly hard – and could put half the state’s fishing boats out of business.
Dozens of New Hampshire fisherman packed into a small conference room recently in Portsmouth. They came to hear details about new groundfish rules set by the New England Fishery Management Council. Those rules, for the first time, place a cap on the amount of groundfish that fisherman can catch off New England.
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