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Not going fishing these days …
Image via the New York Times– News and commentary about elsewhere covered by Quincy Quarry News.
Codfather’s Conviction Further Depresses Already Depressed New Bedford.
Carlos “The Codfather” Rafael, who once ruled New Bedford’s fishing of cod and haddock, was caught lying about his catches.
On the Waterfront
Image via VarietyIn turn, New Bedford’s piers have grown quiet as the Godfather’s subsequent conviction in federal court gave rise to the suspension of the many fishing boat fishing permits that he had controlled.
So quiet on the waterfront that the New York Times has written about New Bedford’s floundering fishing business.
Read all the news that’s fit to print at: A Famed Fishing Port Shudders as Its Codfather Goes to Jail
Because of the Codfather, Massachusetts could loose 40 fishing permits. They could go to other states. Neither of our US Senators is fighting to keep those licenses in Massachusetts. Maine is doing a good job of trying to get them and it looks like they might succeed.