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New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell is turning up the heat on fishing regulators as the city's Sector IX fishing group remains grounded.

Massachusetts regulators have given preliminary approval to a plan that would allow pot "bars" as well as pot use at restaurants, yoga studios, movie theaters, and massage parlors.

Federal fishing regulators are planning a host of changes to the quota limits of several important New England fish, including cod. New England fishermen search for cod in two key fishing areas, Georges Bank and the Gulf of Maine. Regulators have enacted a series of cutbacks to the cod quota in those areas in recent years as cod stocks have dwindled...

NOAA's Woods Hole Fisheries Science Center will remain on Cape Cod and not relocate to New Bedford. That's the word from agency spokeswoman Teri Frady, who says because of current needs and partnerships, any new facility will be located in Barnstable County...

Federal fishery regulators might set rules for the badly declined Gulf of Maine cod fishery this week. The New England Fishery Management Council is meeting Monday through Thursday in Newport, Rhode Island to set rules for the coming fishing season that begins in May...

Regulators say they're worried fishermen are cheating by fishing in one area, then claiming the catch is from another. New England fisheries are divided into different management areas, with different catch allocations for each area. For instance, there are separate catch quotas for cod in Georges Bank and cod in the adjacent Gulf of Maine...