FSF Submits Petition to Reopen Scallop Fishing Access to Northern Edge of Georges Bank
The Fisheries Survival Fund (FSF) recently submitted a petition to the U.S. Department of Commerce to restore scallop fishing access to the Northern Edge of Georges Bank. The petition, submitted on April 28, was formally recognized by the federal government as a national deregulatory priority and was one of 21 proposals chosen for special consideration, as selected from 75,000 proposals nationwide. It was also the only fisheries-related regulation identified and one of just two pertaining to the Department of Commerce...
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