NEW BEDFORD, Mass., — March 25, 2013 — State Rep. Dan Winslow of Norfolk spoke about his commitment to the fishing industry Sunday.
"I cared about the issue long before I ran for Senate. This is about basic compassion for fellow human beings," the Republican Senate candidate told a group of eight people at the Shawmut Diner.
"Fishermen by default are environmentalists. I think you can be pro-fisheries and pro-environment."
Winslow criticized catch limits and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration policies, and said that his commitment will be twofold: to ensure that environmental agencies that oversee the fishing industry adhere to the laws that already exist to protect fishing communities, and to keep fishing families in business through a common-sense regulatory structure based on trusted science.
"We have laws in the books that are not necessarily being followed. We don't need to reinvent the wheel," he said. "This is a regulatory, economic issue, not just a fishing industry issue."
Winslow also criticized the move to fund offshore wind energy, an industry that he said has failed in Spain.
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