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A marine sanctuary is letting fishers know where previously hidden wrecks can be found

They used to keep historical shipwrecks hidden. Now, a marine sanctuary is trying a new tactic: radical honesty.

The Atlantic Sea Scallop Fishery Management Plan was first established in 1982, with the New England Fishery Management Council setting annual catch limits for the scallop fishery.

The biggest change for scallop fishermen is that vessels fishing in NGOM waters will be required to take industry-funded scallop (IFS) observers on board when selected to do so.

It's been a long run.

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Wreckage of Emmy Rose found off New England coast © Robert Serbagi September 2020 picture of Emmy Rose taken by Robert Serbagi The wreckage of the Maine-based fishing vessel Emmy Rose has been located six months after it sank off the coast of Massachusetts. Four Maine fishermen — Robert Blethen, Jeff Matthews, Michael Porper and Ethan Ward — were killed.Sign up for our Newsletters Klein Marine Systems, a New Hampshire-based company, worked with the Coast Guard and the National Oceanic an...

Updated: 1:42 PM EDT May 25, 2021 WMTW News 8 The wreckage of the Maine-based fishing vessel Emmy Rose has been located six months after it sank off the coast of Massachusetts.Four Maine fishermen — Robert Blethen, Jeff Matthews, Michael Porper and Ethan Ward — were killed.Klein Marine Systems, a New Hampshire-based company, worked with the Coast Guard and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association to conduct a side-scan sonar search for the ship.“The first th...