GLOUCESTER, Mass. – On Wednesday night, the New England Fishery Management Council voted to cut the catch limit on Gulf of Maine cod by 77 percent, a move the opposition claims is tantamount to shutting down the industry, The Gloucester Times reported.
Georges Bank also was not spared cuts. Fisherman will face a 66 percent cod catch cut, according to the news source.
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According to the Times, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Regional Adminstrator John Bullard said it was “a day of reckoning” that was a long time coming.
The cuts are so severe that council member Joe Orlando argued for a complete shutdown of the cod fishery. “I don’t see myself leaving the dock next year, I’m not sure we’re going fishing [anymore],” said Orlando, according to the Times.
