OPINION: A Century-Old Law Could Cost These Fishermen Their Livelihoods
For more than four decades, Bob Conrad has made his living fishing the waters of the North Atlantic. He's a Vermonter who knows the rhythms of the ocean as well as most people know their morning commute: the best tides for squid, the subtle signs that butterfish are nearby. Frank Green, a New Yorker with nearly 50 years experience at sea, studies similar patterns to find great northern tilefish. The two commercial fishermen have spent much of their lives working the Georges Bank region, a famously fertile fishing ground...
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