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Coos County commissioners send letter opposing additional Dungeness crab restrictions; fishing families urge caution
Summary
The Coos County Board of Commissioners voted to sign and submit a letter opposing a petition before the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife that would add regulatory requirements to the Dungeness crab fishery. Local fishers told commissioners the proposal could destabilize small operators and urged the county to press the state commission for full economic review.
The Coos County Board of Commissioners voted to send a letter to the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife opposing a petition filed by several conservation organizations seeking additional restrictions on the Oregon Dungeness crab fishery.
Commissioner (unnamed on the record) introduced the late agenda item and said the petition — from the Center for Biological Diversity, Oceana, NRDC and the American Cetacean Society — would impose more rules before recently adopted whale-entanglement measures…
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