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Local fishermen help those devastated by Hurricane Ian

The Organized Fisherman of Florida (OFF) Cortez chapter has already made one boat trip to Pine Island to deliver supplies to fellow fishermen who lost everything, and more trips are planned. OFF Executive Director Alexis Meschelle is spearheading the campaign with her husband, OFF President Nathan Meschelle. “When our guys saw that fish houses down there that had been in existence for three generations were gone, their boats were gone, their traps were gone, we knew we had to help,” she said. “We couldn’t imagine what that would be like to lose all that. And we knew that they would do the same for us.” >click to read< 16:55