The state this year also caught up to the Passamaquoddy’s - TopicsExpress



          

The state this year also caught up to the Passamaquoddy’s traditional knowledge and practice of conservation, agreeing in the proposed MOA to a 35 percent cut to the 2013 total of 18,000 pounds. This brought the 2014 allowable catch to 11,750 pounds and limited the number of pounds caught by individual non-tribal license holders. The tribe agreed to reduce its total catch this year by more than 50 percent, from 3,600 to 1,650 pounds, without placing quotas on individual members, because it believes that all members have an equal right to fish. The tribe also agreed that members would use only dip nets, not the large, funnel-shaped fyke nets that large numbers of elvers swim into. The Passamaquoddy also agreed that members would participate in a statewide program to use swipe cards when they sell their catch. indiancountrytodaymedianetwork/2014/04/08/passamaquoddy-tribe-amends-fishery-law-protect-its-citizens-state-threat-154365
Posted on: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 14:32:14 +0000

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