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A longtime Gloucester fisherman working on the Western Venture, one of the big herring boats that is owned by Peter Mullen and was trawling the mid water of Georges Bank, has died at sea after donning diving gear and going beneath the vessel to clear a snagged trawl net, police reported Wednesday.
The dead man was identified as Duane "Charlie" Rine, 51, who lived at 112 Bass Ave. Police said Rine was a certified diver; an associate of Rine's said he was so desirous to please that his answer to the directive: "Jump," would always be, "How high?" Read the complete story from The Gloucester Daily 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."
