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Conservationists say strict fishing rules work

As thousands of fishermen planned to converge Wednesday on Washington, D.C., to protest a federal law they say is strangling an industry and taking the fun out of recreation, some marine experts contend the rules have been effective in rebuilding stocks - to fishermen's ultimate benefit.

The fishermen seek to ease provisions in the Magnuson Stevens Act, which enacted timetables for rebuilding...

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