Item Coversheet


Item Title:
AT SEA FISHING MONITORS

Item Detail:
2.     WRITTEN MOTION, Councillors Carney, Abreu, Gomes, Winterson, Coelho, Bousquet, Rebeiro and Oliveira, requesting that the City Council send a letter to Governor Baker, along with our State and Federal Delegations 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 March 01, 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.

Additional Information: