Only five boats still make Scituate their home port, Five years ago, there were 16
That number includes two larger trawlers and three smaller gillnetting boats like Roche’s, said Mirarchi, who is semi-retired but still a close observer of what’s left of the dwindling industry. Five years ago, there were 16 fishing boats based in Scituate. With just a fraction of the boats now active from this harbor, Scituate’s annual catch of groundfish such as flounder and cod has fallen from 3 million pounds to just half a million pounds in five years. Many fishermen have simply given up, said Frank Mirarchi, who sold his boat – a dragger named the Barbara Peters – last month. Read the rest here 11:49
Make no mistake, this disaster was caused by “catch shares” . Beware to any fishing community who is having this form of management forced upon them,you will lose everything you have worked your whole life for