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80 nshoremag.com July 2014 photograph by brad mintz
here is no sunrise
on a drizzly, early-season
morning on the Gloucester
waterfront. Instead, the sky
gradually turns slightly paler shades of gray
as the fishermen file onto the Lady Sea. On-
board, they set up their rods and reels and
take turns salting clams for bait, preparing
for one of their last voyages before new
federal fishing regulations take hold.
T
1 Fish, 2 Fish,
3 Fish, Stop
Gloucester's commercial fishermen have dealt
with big cuts in catch limits for the last several years.
Now recreational fishermen are sharing in the pain.
By Calvin Hennick
Catch of the Day
Fishing for sport has
become part of the
landscape of Gloucester's
fishing industry.
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