The Rhode Island Fishermen's Alliance stands with the unified voice of it's Massachusetts commercial fishing brethren by supporting the scallop industry.
Rhode Island does in fact have scallop boats that not only own vessels but are working waterfront lease holders that employ tax payers.
The issue or in this case vote at hand is not that of scallops vs. yellow tail flounder but a direct attack at a sector of the commercial fishing industry that has picked it's self up off the bottom of the barrel and has become the best model model in the world for fisheries management.
It is with just cause that Rhode Island Fishermen's Alliance and its membership support the country's most successful commercial fishing industry.
Richard Fuka
President
RHode Island Fishermen's Alliance