Sector IX Board Members Tell of Business Losses in New Bedford With NOAA Sanctions
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [South Coast Today] by Michael Bonner - March 2, 2018
NEW BEDFORD — The hits keep coming from NOAA’s groundfishing ban with financial losses spreading to businesses that support New Bedford’s fishing fleet.
“No one ever really paid attention to our shoreside businesses,” manager of Reidar’s Trawl Gear and Marine Supply Tor Bendiksen said. “We’re the last of the group. We all remember when there was companies like ours up and down this entire coast. The only reason that we’ve all survived in New Bedford is because ...
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