LI baymen fear stricter lobster rules
Photo credit: Charlie Archambault | Bonnie Brady, Executive Director of Long Island Commercial Fishing Association, speaks during the American Lobster Management Board meeting in Alexandria Va. (March 21, 2011)
Long Island lobstermen facing steep cuts to the region's catch got a reprieve of sorts Monday, as regional fisheries managers voted to postpone any action until August.
"Well, it delays the inevitable," said John German, president of the Long Island Sound Lobstermen's Association, who traveled from Brookhaven to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission meeting in Alexandria, Va.
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