The region’s USD 1.2 billion (EUR 890 million) New England fishing industry’s iconic cod, flounder and other popular fish stocks are still far from healthy despite nearly two decades of increasingly harsh regulations.
In fact, the sense of gloom and doom following drastic cuts to fishing quotas this year is so bad that fishermen aren’t even showing up for fishery management meetings any more.
Only a handful attended Monday when the Massachusetts congressional delegation assembled in the State House to take testimony on the current state of the industry, getting an earful about changes that need to be made to keep it viable.
