From the stunning February announcement that federal regulators were pressing aggressive new charges — with a recommended four-month shutdown and $325,000 fine — against the Gloucester Seafood Display Auction, through the latest effort two weeks ago to press new allegations and wrongly get out the word that the auction was on the brink of a 10-day closure, we've had almost daily stories relating to the fishing industry and the rules and regulators who control it.....more>>
Earlier in the spring, I was talking with Ally O'Connor about the difficulty Sail Boston seemed to be having in dealing with the city of Boston over the handling of the tall ships event.
She said, "Why don't we set up our own Sail Gloucester and invite some tall ships to come here instead?"
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