“If they shut down lobstering, I guess I’m going to have to go to Home Depot or something — and that’s not going to pay a mortgage,’’ said Drake, who has been fishing since he was 14. “I can’t make a living on something else, no way.’’
NEW BEDFORD – July 20, 2010 – Scientists working for the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission recommended the ban in April, saying it was the best way to halt an alarming decline in lobster stocks — down to an estimated 15 million from a peak of more than twice that a decade ago in the Southern New England region.
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