Scallopers still have eyes on northern edge of Georges Bank

Beacon Hill hearing urges reopening Georges Bank to scallop fishing - The Boston Globe

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Scallopers still have eyes on northern edge of Georges Bank

BOSTON — Coastal lawmakers and scallopers railed Wednesday against a decision fishing regulators made last year to keep closed the northern edge of Georges Bank, a thriving scallop ground that has been shuttered to commercial fishing since 1994.

Scallopers push to open northern edge of Georges Bank - The New Bedford Light

BOSTON — Coastal lawmakers and scallopers railed Wednesday against a decision fishing regulators made last year to keep closed the northern edge of Georges Bank, a thriving scallop ground that has been shuttered to commercial fishing since 1994. “It’s singularly my most frustrating experience, as someone who thinks of the environment every day, but also worries about the economy minute to minute in my own district. It’s stunning to me how long —…