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State officials say they want to find ways to better market local fish

By Jenn Abelson

 |  Globe Staff  

  January 31, 2012

Massachusetts officials are examining ways to better promote local seafood and combat perceptions that stocks are depleted. Those initiatives were discussed during the first full meeting today of the Seafood Marketing Commission, a group comprised of lawmakers, state officials, restaurant leaders, and commercial fishermen. “Part of what we’re doing here is playing defense against perceptions that we are abusing the ocean and will catch anything,” said state Senator Bruce Tarr, a Gloucester Republican.

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