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Wednesday, July 30, 2003

State bans commercial fishing in polluted waters

By DAVE BRYAN
The Associated Press
7/30/2003, 1:54 p.m. CT

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) -- State conservation officials have banned commercial fishing for the first time in polluted waters where health advisories warn against the consumption of fish.

Before last week, commercial anglers were allowed to fish waters for such commercial species as catfish, drum, buffalo and sucker — even when the state has issued advisories saying the fish are not safe to eat.

"We felt a responsibility to ensure that commercial fishermen were not taking fish from those advisory waters and selling them for public consumption," said Corky Pugh, director of the state Department of Conservation and Natural Resources' wildlife and freshwater fisheries division.

The state implemented a new regulation last week making it illegal to fish for commercial species in water bodies with fish advisories, The Anniston Star reported for a story in Wednesday's papers. Another rule makes it illegal to sell fish from the polluted waters. [...]

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posted by Terry at 2:27:00 PM

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