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Editorial: NOAA cod measure cannot be allowed to stand without challenge

gdt iconPerhaps the scariest thing about the new “emergency measures” being imposed on Gloucester fishermen and the New England groundfishing industry is that no one seems surprised. Angry? Frustrated? Desperate? You bet — and with good reason.  Read the rest here 09:23

Editorial: Rhetoric behind fishing aid delay doesn’t hold water

gdt iconThe idea of targeting Oct. 1 as a release date for the $11 million pegged for direct disaster aid to New England’s and New York’s commercial fishermen may work for the state and federal bureaucracies. But making fishing permit holders already fightin,,,Read more here, maybe 06:27