| Mich. fisherman reels state into court, says walleye... One of Michigan's most successful commercial fishermen is suing the state to try to overcome a decades-old ban on catching walleye in the Great Lakes. topix.com |
As Oil Threat Creeps Closer, a Rush on Seafood With oil from a gushing well looming offshore, people in the Gulf region are buying and eating as much seafood as they can as fast as they can. nytimes.com |
BP to Set Aside $20 Billion To Help Oil Spill Victims BP will create $20 billion fund to pay damage claims to thousands of fishermen and others along Gulf Coast; Pres Obama announces fund, to be administered by lawyer and mediator Kenneth R Feinberg, after four days of intense negotiations between White House and BP lawyers; Obama acknowledges oil leak will likely continue for months to come but fund enables him to throw 'lifeline' to coastal residents; BP chairman Carl-Henric Svanberg says company also agrees not to pay further dividends to share... query.nytimes.com |
Flotilla protesting fishing rules reels in more support Scott Brown. "It's gotten a lot bigger," said Richard Canastra, co-owner of the New Bedford and Boston Seafood Display Auction, one of many angry about fishing limits. topix.com |
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