“Sennott’s piece brings into focus what we’ve long wondered aloud: How much of the $11 billion the industry generates each year stays here … Certainly not enough.” — Joshua Amaral
Tag: scallop leasing
Posted inCommunity Voices / Fishing Crisis
Opinion: First, ground fishing takeover — next is the scallop industry
“We as fishermen pour our hearts out to the (scallop leasing) committee. And they sit there with a straight face like they have already made their decision.” — Fishing Captain Justin Mello
Posted inFishing industry
INVESTIGATION: How foreign private equity hooked New England’s fishing industry
Owned by a billionaire Dutch family, Blue Harvest Fisheries has emerged as a dominant force in the lucrative fishing port of New Bedford. Its business model: benefit from lax antitrust rules and pass costs on to local fishermen.
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Mayor: Adopting scallop leasing proposal like opening Pandora’s Box. ‘Let’s not go there’
‘Ultimately, the ownership of the industry will go elsewhere … you’re gonna get companies that do not care about New Bedford’