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AT SEA FISHING MONITORS

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17.     WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Carney, Lopes, Council President Gomes, Councillors Winterson, Morad and Oliveira, requesting that the City Council send a letter to our Federal Delegation in opposition of our boat owners paying $700.00 a day for the at-sea fishing monitor, which was previously paid by NOAA said new fee will be put into place on January 1, 2016, by the United States Department of Commerce this will have devastating effect on New Bedford’s fishing industry, which is a major part of the economy in New Bedford and all of New England.  

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