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The US Coast Guard has determined that the sinking of the Patriot, a 54-foot fishing vessel whose two crewmen died when it went down off the coast of Gloucester in January 2009, was caused by a sudden loss of stability that capsized the boat.
The vessel sank so quickly that the two men on board, Matteo Russo, 36, and his father-in-law, John Orlando, 58, could not retrieve any lifesaving devices, Coast Guard Captain John Healey said last night during a news conference. 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."
