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Center For Sustainable Fisheries Is Pushing For Reform

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Disgusting gloppy mess left by small hive beetles on the bottom board. LISA DAFFY

Disgusting gloppy mess left by small hive beetles on the bottom board. LISA DAFFY

author on Nov 26, 2013
Advocates for fishing reform recently met in Montauk to discuss their plans to rewrite a set of laws that they say has been hurting the fishing industry for years. As... more

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