Whaling City celebrates its seafarers

New Bedford has long been known as the nation’s top fishing port by the value of its catch, thanks to the bounty of fish and scallops harvested each year – $206.5 million worth in 2004. But for years, the city didn’t celebrate that achievement, or its fishing industry in general. More

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