June 4, 2020 — I was honored to sit down with NF Highliner and unrelenting fisheries advocate David Goethel recently to talk about the covid pivot and what fishermen are doing to keep their boats running.
“It’s certainly been interesting to watch what’s unfolded this year. First of all of course there’s far less groundfishermen than there used to be. There’s only six of us left in New Hampshire. We had over 100 in 2,000. Of those few people left, the coronavirus situation has put people into a rather unique position of having to move their product.”
Goethel is a longtime member of the Yankee Fishermen’s Co-op, which has downshifted from selling to major wholesalers to the public, primarily.