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Kerry backs bill to fund fishery research

By Zachary T. Sampson

 |  Globe Correspondent  

  March 09, 2012

US Senator John F. Kerry will introduce a fisheries investment bill on Friday that would provide millions of dollars in funding 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 is sponsored by Kerry and Maine Senator Olympia Snowe.

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