Comment from michael Blanchard

Document ID: NOAA-NMFS-2009-0176-0172
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: National Oceanic And Atmospheric Administration
Received Date: September 27 2009, at 10:14 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: January 6 2010, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: September 24 2009, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: September 27 2009, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 80a2cade
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Fisheries of the Northeastern United States; Modification to the Gulf of Maine/Georges Bank Herring Midwater Trawl Gear Authorization Letter

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My name is Michael Blanchard, I am a commercial as well as recreational fishermanwho fishes primarily in GOM. This season (2009) I have witnessed a tremendous increase in herring in GOM and I certainly believe that the limited acess that the mid water trawl fleet has had to that area is directly responsible for this. It would only be fair and prudent to continue an even better monitoring system to fully ensure the herring resource in the GOM. Why would anyone oppose better monitoring on their vessel if they were resonably assured that they were fishing "cleanly". With that being said I fully SUPPORT the proposed rule as written. Michael Blanchard F/V Jeanne Maria

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