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A Scituate-based fishing boat has sunk in the harbor after it collided Tuesday night with a 600-foot long bulk carrier while both vessels were 20 miles off the coast of Hull, according to the Coast Guard and the Scituate harbormaster.
Three members of the 51-foot long fishing vessel Michael Brandon were taken off the damaged ship after efforts by the Coast Guard and the crew to keep it safely afloat failed. 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."
