Regulators to close most Pacific Coast waters to bottom fishing

Sac Bee ^ | 11/7/03 | Terence Chea - AP

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Federal regulators have decided to close a large swath of Pacific Coast waters to bottom fishing for the rest of the year due to concerns about overfishing, California state officials said.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council, which sets limits on West Coast fishing, voted Wednesday to restrict catches of bottom-dwelling fish off the coasts of California, Oregon and Washington.

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[Chewbacca]

Great, now the price of fresh fish is going to go up.

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[tubebender]

Congress just passed a bill to buy out 2/3rds of the bottom fishing fleet here in Eureka. Five years ago or so they passed a bill to help the fisherman to buy these boats to compete with offshore fishers. I'll try to find the story...

[tubebender]

here is the story of the boat buy out