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Small-boat fleet rallies to defend diversity – Seeks limits on fishing industry consolidation

Looking around the room, Chaprales, who is 26, made a plea for solidarity. “You guys,” he said, “have been fishing 25, 45 years. I want to be able to do what you guys have done – make a living catching fish. You guys have been fighting the battle for so long – hang in there and fight with us a little bit longer.” continue

Maritime Gloucester hosts fleet diversity forum – the “Who Fishes Matters Tour;”

gdt icon For the workshop series, a team of fisheries experts from British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and France will join the region’s fishermen and fishing communities to develop alternatives that will ensure a diverse fishing fleet and protect the fish and the fishermen, NAMA and the resource center said in a prepared statement. The groups have titled the workshops the “Who Fishes Matters Tour;” in addition to Gloucester, there will be workshops in Rockport, Maine, Portsmouth, N.H., on Cape Cod and at Point Judith, R.I. Read more