Sea-going protesters have set a course for the president’s vacation spot on Martha’s Vineyard with a flotilla that keeps growing – and yesterday got a boost from Bay State Sen. Scott Brown.
Bay State Sen. John Kerry gave the protest his backing Tuesday.
Yesterday, Brown said, “I’ve met with fishermen a couple of times and their concerns are real. Those are real jobs, not just fishing jobs.”
Brown said of Obama’s fishing policies, “I have no problem with him protecting species that need to be protected. But there’s been very little flexibility with (regulators) when they get new information that they’re wrong.”
“It’s gotten a lot bigger,” said Richard Canastra, co-owner of the New Bedford and Boston Seafood Display Auction, one of many angry about fishing limits. “It’s crazy. My phone hasn’t stopped ringing.”
He said as many as 15 large vessels will leave from New Bedford. More are expected from Gloucester and ports in Rhode Island, New York and New Jersey, according to Tina Jackson of the American Alliance of Fishermen.
Read the story in full from The Boston Herald.