"The goal is to protect as much coral as you can while minimizing impact on various industries that are fishing near the corals," said John Bullard, a regional administrator for the National Marine Fisheries Service and a member of the fishery council.
Group votes to protect some Atlantic corals, balk on others →
NOAA's top federal fisheries regulator, John Bullard, acknowledged the reductions will be devastating.
Fisherman see ruin in sharp new cod limits in New England →
