date:Dec 24, 2012
rchi, a 50-year veteran, told the council they might be looking at the end of an era when cuts go into effect at the May 1 start of the fishing year.
Fishermen have fished from the ports represented by our sectors for 350-plus years continuously, he said. These are all family-owned and operated businesses that basically, once out of the fishery, will never return.
Gloucester fisherman Mark Carroll said he'd nearly lost everything struggling under onerous fishery penalties and restrictions.
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