Bluefin tuna fishermen have gained the support of 15 members of Congress in the fight against a proposed international trade ban on the prized sushi fish, an important summer income source for Massachusetts fishermen out of Gloucester and elsewhere.
A letter released late last week from U.S. Sen. Olympia Snowe, R-Maine, and signed by five members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation, acknowledged bluefin was overfished, but said traditional fisheries management was a more effective way to restore it.
The trade ban could have "unintended consequences that would unfairly disadvantage U.S. fishermen and actually hinder swift recovery of the species," the letter said.
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