Groundfish Off New England: Good News and Bad News

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By Mark Bevis on Wednesday, September 14, 2005.
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On Thursday, The New England Fisheries Council is scheduled to hear the first formal report in three years on the status of New England's groundfish.

The report, from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Northeast Fisheries Science Center, gives regulators a snapshot of whether fish stocks are improving.

Terry Frady is the spokesperson for NOAA Fisheries in the Northeast.

She tells NHPR's Mark Bevis the report offers a mixed bag.

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Terry Frady is with NOAA Fisheries in the Northeast.

She was speaking with NHPR's Mark Bevis

She says the best success story has been Georges Bank Haddock which was at its lowest levels in the mid 1990s, but appears to be rebounding.

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