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Cod cut loss to the city of Gloucester: $70M |
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A statutory need to address a reported widespread decline in the status of the Gulf of Maine cod was translated Wednesday into terms of a potential economic catastrophe for the New England groundfishing industry — with projections of dealing a $70 million hit to Gloucester's economy alone.
The venue was a day-long meeting of the Science and Statistical Committee for the New England Fishery Management Council, which took the extraordinary step of not endorsing the findings of the peer reviewed assessment. Read the complete article by Richard Gaines in The Gloucester Times
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STANDARD-TIMES: 'What does it take to get fired from NOAA?'
No one who is cognizant of the consequences of years of unfair treatment leveled upon the Northeast fisheries by NOAA can take any pleasure in being able to say "I told you so."
