The New England fishing industry's struggle with Obama administration fisheries policy shifted focus Wednesday from the political to the legal arena.
Gloucester and New Bedford — the nation's legendary fishing ports which are represented by core members of the Obama congressional majority — together with a broad coalition of business interests from New Hampshire to North Carolina have filed suit against the federal government.
At a briefing Wednesday for about 30 industry representatives in New Bedford, co-litigators Stephen Ouellette of Gloucester and Pamela LaFreniere for New Bedford announced that U.S. District Judge Rya Zobel had been assigned the case filed earlier this month; they said the case will be proposed for fast-tracking.
Read the complete story at The Gloucester Daily Times.