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Rhode Island fishermen join suit against feds |
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Some local fishermen have joined the Massachusetts towns of New
Bedford and Gloucester in a lawsuit against the federal government,
filed as a response to the new fishing regulations that were
effective May 1.
"If we're going to go down, we're going to go down swinging," said plaintiff Dick Grachek, who fishes out of Stonington and Narragansett. "It's like our last resort." The lawsuit, filed Sunday in the United States District Court, District of Massachusetts, names Jane Lubchenco, administrator of the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration, and Gary W. Locke, secretary of commerce, as defendants. Read the Westerly Sun story in full
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33 Fishing Community Members Say Permit Bank, Giacalone are pluses for Gloucester
This permit bank is a true local treasure for our fishing community and related businesses. Its existence has been one of the only positive things to come to this fishing community in decades.
