Northeast fishermen

Fishermen to Receive $75 Million In Disaster Aid
Fishermen to Receive $75 Million In Disaster Aid
The Massachusetts Congressional delegation is hailing a decision to include $75 million in fisheries disaster aid in the 2014 fiscal year Federal spending bill. Northeast fishermen had become eligible for federal aid in 2012 after a national fishery disaster was declared due to the unexpectedly slow recovery of stocks of bottom-dwelling groundfish, such as cod and flounder...
Three Bay State Congressmen Seek Emergency Aid For Fishermen
Three Bay State Congressmen Seek Emergency Aid For Fishermen
A trio of Massachusetts congressmen is pushing for tens of millions in emergency aid for Northeast fishermen.       The action by Democratic Reps. Bill Keating, Ed Markey and John Tierney came after the House of Representatives appeared poised to all but bypass the battered industry in a disaster relief bill...