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Bill Nelson: Needless to say, our fishermen are quite concerned, and it's not just the commercial fishermen--they have now banded…

On the recordMarch 2, 2010
Needless to say, our fishermen are quite concerned, and it's not just the commercial fishermen--they have now banded together with the charter boat captains and the recreational fishermen--on the closure of the fisheries, for example, on red snapper in the Gulf of Mexico as well as the South Atlantic.
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Bill Nelson
Democratic · Florida

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Fishermen are worried about fishery closures affecting their livelihoods.

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