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A Maine-based coalition of fishermen and scientists says it has developed an ecologically based plan to control over fishing in the Gulf of Maine.
At the same time the coalition says the plan would spare hundreds of fishing-related jobs.
Details of the plan have yet to be provided.
But representatives of the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance say it will combine zone management with gear restrictions instead of forcing fishermen to drastically cut their days at sea.
Maine Public Radio?s Susan Chisholm has more.

With the recent passage of the new federal education law, testing will increase. John Merrow, the author of "Achieving Excellence" and researched, wrote and narrated the "Frontline" segment "Testing Our Schools." He told NHPR's Jon Greenberg that tests work well when they have a tight connection to the courses that students take. The problem is, Merrow says, few states invest the time and money to do that. But Merrow emphasized that in some places, teachers and administrators welcome standards and standardized tests.

A new report indicates that about half of Rochester's potential water is not accessible, partly because so much has been built over it.

The city started taking a look at its water resources after a drought three years ago, but their work seems particularly relevant today.

Hydrologist James Emery, with Emery and Garrett groundwater located in Meredith, NH, has found new sources for Rochester and presented his findings to the city council last week.

He says Rochester's problem - like many old towns - is that it never had to think about groundwater before.

State officials say they are bolstering efforts to protect New Hampshire’s food supply from disease and from potential bio-terrorist attack.

If you?ve watched state leaders struggle with the education funding problem for the last four years, you may have found yourself thinking, ?I could do better than that!? Recently, a group of prominent citizens got together to try. As NHPR?s Trish Anderton reports, former members of the ?Leadership New Hampshire? program sat down to brainstorm about how to improve the quality of schools ? and how to foot the cost of education.