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Cutbacks sought in regional cod catch

Panel asks limits in Maine, Cape Cod

By David Abel

 |  Globe Staff  

  February 02, 2012

In a move that could bring increased hardship to an already struggling industry, a regional body that oversees fishing issues from Cape Cod to northern Maine voted yesterday to recommend that the federal government reduce substantially the amount of cod local fishermen can catch. The New England Fishery Management Council voted to recommend that the US Department of Commerce reduce the amount of cod fishermen in the Gulf of Maine can catch by as much as 4 million pounds.

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