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snooper2

(30,151 posts) Fri Sep 16, 2016, 10:12 AM Sep 2016

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These fishermen say Obama’s new ocean preserve will leave them high and dry

VICE

Published on Sep 15, 2016
On Thursday President Obama declared the first Marine National Monument in the Atlantic Ocean. This decision followed the discovery of an array of untouched coral reefs 150 miles off the coast of New England in 2014.

While conservationists are hailing the decision as a victory, not everyone is happy with the new monument. VICE News recently traveled to New Bedford, Massachusetts – home to the most profitable fishing port in the US, and the fishermen who will be most impacted by this decision – to find out more.

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These fishermen say Obama’s new ocean preserve will leave them high and dry (Original Post) snooper2 Sep 2016 OP

Oh well MFM008 Sep 2016 #1

Just fish somewhere else, I guess? Blue_Tires Sep 2016 #2

The fishing boat featured is the 'Hannah Boden" catnhatnh Sep 2016 #3

MFM008

(19,816 posts)

1. Oh well

Reply to snooper2 (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 10:32 AM

Sep 2016

Resources are not infinite. The oceans will be fished out by 2050 at the current rate.

Blue_Tires

(55,445 posts)

2. Just fish somewhere else, I guess?

Reply to snooper2 (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 10:36 AM

Sep 2016

Can we have one piece of ocean free from commercial exploitation and ruin?

catnhatnh

(8,976 posts)

3. The fishing boat featured is the 'Hannah Boden"

Reply to snooper2 (Original post)

Fri Sep 16, 2016, 11:49 AM

Sep 2016

Sister ship to the "Andrea Gail" which was the subject of the movie "The Perfect Storm".

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