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On the recordNovember 30, 2011
If too many fish are caught, all the excess is deducted, but if it turns out the amount of the catch was under what was allowed, in some places they only get 10 percent of that.
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Barney Frank
Democratic · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

Frank highlights the unfairness in fishing catch regulations.

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