Struggling Fishermen to Get $5 Million in Aid
Reuters
GLOUCESTER, Mass. —
Commerce Secretary Bill Daley has announced that his department will provide $5 million in disaster relief to commercial fishermen who have suffered from declining stocks in the Gulf of Maine.
Under the proposed National Marine Fisheries Service plan, eligible boat captains would be allotted $1,500 for each day they were unable to fish from February through June of 1999. Part of the money would be earmarked for boat crews, according to the announcement late Tuesday.
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