June 25, 2015

East Coast mahimahi shut down

Jessica Hathaway

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OCEAN CITY, Md.- The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration are shutting down Mahi-mahi commercial fishing on the East Coast effective Monday June 29, at midnight.

Commercial fisherman reached their catch limit of over 1.1 million pounds of Mahi-mahi. NOAA said this is the first time the catch limit has ever been reached for Mahi-mahi, and they're trying to understand why.

In Ocean City Commercial fisherman Kerry Harrington said they're one of the most sustainable fish around and the closure will have a negative impact on fisherman, and local businesses.

"It has a direct effect on us and our income. It also has a direct effect on allowing us to go out and and fish, because we're going to be interacting with these species," said Harrington.

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