$4.6 Million In Funding Awarded to NARW Recovery and Massachusetts Lobster Industry
Massachusetts lobstermen ended 2023 on a positive note as more than $4.6 million was awarded to the state’s Department of Fish and Game’s Division of Marine Fisheries. The funding is from a congressional appropriation through the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission.
The $4.6 million, plus an additional $475,000 grant from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, will go towards developing “innovative fishing gear technologies,” as well as “increase ongoing research and monitoring, and providing fishing gear to lobster industry participants to reduce harm...
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