Nothing irritates me more then reading about cod decline and overfishing contributing to it. Now we have climate issues.
As a fisherman for 40 years it’s obvious that fish run in cycles.
When you have a fleet that is a handful of boats, a quota that has taken 90% of cod landings taken away from the fisherman, you don’t have to be a brain surgeon to figure out that the cod landings are going to be nill because of no quota to bring them in. Last year the boats could have caught in one day the amount limited to them to bring in and then a 75% reduction was added on to completed devastate the industry.
The climate and overfishing is a myth that keeps coming up with these scientists accusations. No fleet left, enclosed areas, month shut downs, and no quota, are the biggest reasons for diminished cod landings. It’s the government that frauds the public with these findings. How can the landings show any increase when they don’t let you bring them in. Let the boats bring in whatever cod then can and we’ll see how much hey have declined. That will never happen.
Sam Frontiero
Good Morning Gloucester 
My uncle, grandfather, nephew were and are fisherman and struggling to make a living. If you notice the fleet and the harbor area not too many fishing boats left. If fishing is in your blood just like the farmers it is hard to find another job. Its government who makes a poor fisherman’s life unbearable.
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Thank the U.S. government that let Russia and the other countries from overfishing our shores
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“The climate and overfishing is a myth..” I heart fishermen..but WAKE UP!
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