July 26, 2010 – Congressman Joe Courtney informed on Thursday that the proposed five-year ban on lobster fishing in New England has been frozen.
His office commended the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission (ASMFC) for putting the potential ban on hold to run another independent study to determine the extent of the lobster crisis in southern New England.
The proposal would have imposed a five-year ban on commercial and recreational lobster fishing south of Cape Cod and as far as North Carolina, NBC reports.
“This is an initial victory for the lobstermen of Connecticut,” Courtney stated. “Jobs and a New England way of life are on the line, and I am pleased that ASMFC has for the moment rejected a ban and instead ordered a new study on lobsters.”
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