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Back in the Saddle

June 21, 2019   Pacific

Former county commissioner Terry Thompson emerged from his first commercial fishing expedition since his stroke four months ago with a heavy haul of ling cod destined for a premier seafood restaurant in Newport. Flashing the familiar Thompson grin, Terry said he had plenty to smile about — his emerging victory over stroke, the return to fishing, the miracle that saved his best friend’s life and unexpected recognition. >click to read<10:17

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Stricken fisherman tangled in Massachusetts state regulations

September 4, 2012   National

 FAIRHAVEN, Mass. — September 3, 2012 —  A lifelong fisherman who suffered a stroke and can no longer work says he has been unable to sell his boat or his state fishing permit, even with interested buyers, because of state regulations.

http://www.savingseafood.org/state-and-local/stricken-fisherman-tangled-in-massachusetts-state-regula.html

Read the full story in the New Bedford Standard Times 

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