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The most recent edition of our newsletter, DMF NEWS, is now available for download. This edition covers events and issues of the second half of 2023.
State expects to receive $23 million through 2028 subject to Congressional appropriations
The new regulations set a cap on commercial harvest and mortality, including the first-ever biomedical quota
