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BIDDEFORD, Maine—Three fishermen have been brought to safety after their 42-foot boat ran aground and began taking on water off the southern Maine coast.
Coast Guard Lt. Nick Barrow said the Portland-based Misty Dawn II sent out a Mayday call at about 1 p.m. Monday reporting it was aground on Wood Island Ledge off Biddeford. Read the complete story from The Boston Globe.
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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."
