NEWPORT, Rhode Island (AP) — Federal fishing managers will consider a call for emergency action to suspend the at-sea monitoring program required of the New England groundfishing industry.
The New England Fishery Management Council’s Groundfish Committee wants the council to request the emergency action from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The issue is on the agenda for a Thursday meeting of the council in Newport.
Groundfishermen fish for food species such as cod, haddock and pollock. The National Marine Fisheries Service has said groundfishermen will likely have to start paying the cost of at-sea monitors around August. Many groundfishermen say they can’t afford the added cost of the monitors.
The monitors are hired from private companies. Their primary job is to collect data about discarded fish.
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