BOSTON, MA (January 15, 2009) – A decades old fish story may be about to change. Yesterday, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced they would once again tighten the web of restrictions around fishermen.
As usual, fishermen complained it was too harsh. As usual, environmentalists complained it was too lenient. As usual, government officials said they had to do it to protect the fish. Here is a solidly done story in the New Bedford Standard Times that explains the new rules.
But things may be changing in the age-old, mixed up world of New England fishing.
Read the Boston Globe blog in full