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New Hampshire Fishermen clean up 4 to 5 tons of debris from shore
The New Hampshire Commercial Fishermen’s Association once again helped clean up the shore earlier this month. For more than 28 years, the state’s fishermen have cleaned marine debris such as lobster traps and lines from the New Hampshire shoreline left there by the winter’s inclement weather.,,, More than 60 fishermen walked the coastline, gathering debris and taking it to either Rye or Hampton harbors to be deposited and crushed into dumpsters for disposal, said N.H. Commercial Fishermen’s Association President Erik Anderson. >click to read<16:51
New England: Groundfish Revenue DOWN 41 percent – Local fishermen critical of NOAA reports on industry
Despite the findings, locals aren’t convinced that the much-maligned industry or fishermen in the Northeast are recovering. “I don’t believe them,” said New Hampshire Commercial Fishermen’s Association President Erik Anderson. Anderson said local reports still show New Hampshire groundfish revenues are down by about 41 percent, which is part of the reason why he doesn’t believe the hardships of the Seacoast and other struggling areas are a focus of the mainly national-level NOAA reports. Read more here 08:44
