Dewey Hemilright advocates for US commercial fishing fleet
Dewey Hemilright has spent more than 30 years on the water as a commercial fisherman. Along the way he has become an outspoken, sometimes harsh critic of how commercial fishing is regulated in the United States. He is forceful in expressing his opinions, his language sometimes colorful, but the knowledge is deep, insightful and earned through a lifetime in the commercial fishing industry. He’s a longliner, fishing from his 36-foot-long boat, the F/V Tarbaby. Longlining has become the least environmentally harmful method of commercial fishing, although “25 years ago, it wasn’t, but for the U.S. now, we’re the Mother Teresa,” Hemilright said describing the improvements regulators demanded and the changes the fishing industry made — or at least the changes have been made in the U.S. fishing fleet, which is one of Hemilright’s biggest complaints. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 07:37
Hopefully a tariff on imported shrimp, particularly India, will
benefit our shrimpers. At our local Aldis store, every package of shrimp was a product of India!