Bangor Daily News: Fishermen Criticize Federal Plans For Coordinated Ocean Policy and Planning Efforts
ROCKPORT, Maine — When it comes to establishing new federal policies and processes for reviewing and approving marine activities, fishermen say they should have a seat at the table.
The new national ocean policy created last summer by President Barack Obama does not give them one, several fishing industry officials told federal regulators Friday at the annual Maine Fishermen’s Forum. The policy lays out a top-down management structure, they indicated, which likely will result in adverse impacts on fishermen…
