New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell says Carlos Seafood will likely be up and running again within a few days, despite the arrest of Carlos Rafael and his bookkeeper last week.

Mitchell, a former federal prosecutor, says the business will probably re-open after records that were seized during Friday's federal raid on the processing plant are returned to the company. Though operations at the plant will start up again, Mitchell says Rafael's company will be under the eagle eye of the federal government. "His defense lawyer is going to tell him your people better not even so much as have a 't' or an 'i' out of place on your trip reports or your dealer reports because the federal government will be watching you," said Mitchell.

Mitchell says after reading the affadavit, Rafael is going to prison for a long time.

The Mayor says while the groundfishing sector may suffer for a short while, the overall success of New Bedford's fishing port will not be overwhelmingly affected.

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