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FAIRHAVEN — A fire in the fish hold of a Fairhaven scalloper sent a plume of dense black smoke into the frigid air above Union Wharf late Saturday afternoon.
The fire was first reported at 4.12 p.m. Welding work below decks on the 102-foot steel fishing vessel Michigan ignited insulation and the fire spread to the fish hold. The Michigan was tied up alongside the wharf and there were no other vessels rafted up alongside. Read the complete story from The South Coast Today.
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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."
