US Senator John F. Kerry will introduce a fisheries investment bill Friday that would provide millions of dollars to Massachusetts fisheries to conduct research and assessments.
“We can’t fix our fishing problems if we don’t restore trust, and you start rebuilding trust by investing in fishing science that’s credible and comprehensive and comes from the fishing community itself,’’ Kerry said.
The Fisheries Investment and Regulatory Relief Act, a bill sponsored by Kerry and US Senator Olympia Snowe, Republican of Maine, seeks to ensure that a portion of the money earned from duties on imported fish products is used in a grant program for fishing science and development.
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