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U.S. NEWS A7
Saturday 6 May 2017
New rules for lobstering in southern New England up for vote
By PATRICK WHITTLE Lobsterman Richard Sawyer, Jr., heads home after a disappointing day of fishing off Groton, Conn. population. Some lobster
Associated Press New restrictions on lobster fishing are up for a vote as regulators try to slow the loss of the valuable fishermen have opposed
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — crustaceans from southern New England waters. the possibility of new mea-
New restrictions on lobster sures, saying such a move
fishing are up for a vote (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty) would kill off what remains
early next week as regula- of a once-vibrant fishery.
tors try to slow the loss of “Any further reductions
the valuable crustaceans in traps would be hard
from southern New Eng- to accommodate, given
land waters. that there are so few fish-
Scientists have said popu- ermen left in (southern)
lations of lobsters off of Massachusetts and Rhode
Connecticut, Rhode Island Island,” said Beth Casoni,
and southern Massachu- executive director of the
setts have declined as wa- Massachusetts Lobster-
ters have warmed. A board men’s Association.
of the Atlantic States Ma- Most U.S. lobster is brought
rine Fisheries Commission is to shore in Maine, on New
scheduled to vote on new England’s north end, and
management measures Canada’s fishery also
Monday and Tuesday. contributes a lot of lob-
Fishing managers are con- ster to American markets.
sidering tools like trap re- Maine has had record high
ductions, changes to the catches in recent years,
legal harvesting size of and the price of lobsters
lobsters and seasonal clo- to fishermen and consum-
sures to try to preserve the ers has been high, too.q
US jobs data show some scars from recession finally healing
Continued from front Donald Trump and his ad- “especially” in industries ure has improved over the a June rate hike at 83 per-
visers as a more accurate where the president has past 18 months, it remains cent.
The shift toward full-time gauge of the job market’s focused: Coal mining, con- well below the prereces- Beyond hiring, the econ-
work has also helped re- health than the unemploy- struction and manufac- sion level of 66 percent. omy is showing other signs
duce a measure of the job ment rate. turing. In fact, those three Economists don’t expect of health: Sales of existing
market that includes peo- So far, the job market under sectors accounted for less that figure to get much homes have reached the
ple who aren’t counted Trump closely resembles than 6 percent of April’s job better. With the vast baby highest point in a decade.
as unemployed: They are the one Barack Obama growth. boom generation retiring And a survey of services
the part-time workers who presided over. This year, A representative of the and younger Americans firms this week — including
want full-time jobs as well employers have added an White House, contacted more likely to stay in high restaurants, banks and re-
as people who have given average of 185,000 jobs later by The Associated school and attend college, tailers — showed that they
up their job hunts. a month, matching last Press, said that Sanders had fewer Americans will likely are expanding steadily.
This broader figure reached year’s pace. misspoken. work or seek work in the Average paychecks did
8.6 percent in April, the In his first 3½ months, Trump Some of the job market’s foreseeable future. grow more slowly in April,
lowest point since Novem- has sought to put his imprint scars from the Great Reces- Friday’s jobs report makes increasing 2.5 percent over
ber 2007, just before the on the economy. A deputy sion have yet to heal. The it highly likely that the Fed- the past 12 months, below
recession officially began. White House spokeswom- proportion of Americans eral Reserve will resume March’s year-over-year
In 2009, it had topped 17 an, Sarah Huckabee Sand- who either have jobs or are raising short-term interest gain. Companies may not
percent. ers, said falsely at a briefing looking for one dipped in rates when it next meets in yet feel much pressure to
That broader measure has for reporters Friday that job April to 62.9 percent from mid-June. Investors have raise pay to find or keep
been cited by President growth in April occurred 63 percent. While that fig- estimated the likelihood of the workers they need. q
