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AT-SEA FISHING MONITORS

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10.     WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Carney, Abreu, Lopes, Martins, Council President Morad, Councillor Gomes and Winterson, 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 was put into place on January 1, 2016, by the United States Department of Commerce, this will have a 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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