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Disabled trawler arrives here safely after tow from off N.H. |
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A disabled 75-foot New Bedford fishing trawler, towed through 10-foot seas and 30-knot winds by a series of U.S. Coast Guard vessels since breaking down off New Hampshire last night, has arrived safely in Gloucester Harbor and was towed to Cruiseport Gloucester around noon today.
The final steps in the tow, carried out by the Coast Guard's 87-foot patrol boat Flying Fish and a pair of motor lifeboats out of Coast Guart Station Gloucester, came after the 210-foot Coast Guard cutter Dependable, out of Cape May, N.J., was dispatched north from Cape Cod Bay and began the rescue effort last nght. Read the complete story from The Gloucester Times.
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MELISSA WOOD, NATIONAL FISHERMEN: Meting out the meager
May 22, 2012 - Listening to the New England Council's Groundfish Advisory Panel talk about how that industry is going to pay for monitoring costs is kind of like trying to figure out how to pay your bills when you've just lost your job. Though monitoring is important keeping costs down is critical. As Panel Member Gary Libby pointed out, "If we had 100 percent monitoring we probably wouldn't have an industry."
