catch limit of cod in the gulf of maine. 61% off georges bank and more than 50% for yellowtail flounder. now the fishermen struggle to survive. they have come to washington to sound the alarm. distinguished members of the committee i would be remiss not to remind you of the reality. all the long term improvements won t matter if there aren t people left standing when they are implement. we are in a crisis that needs attention. nothing short of appropriation for disaster re leaf will rebuild the bridge sufficient to sustain the new england fishing industry. reporter: when the northeast ground fishing dn sn began we traveled to new england to report on new regulations that seriously threatened america s oldest fishing industry. i could go out and catch 5,000 pound set of cod and that s more than i can bring in next year. you are looking at the
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catch limit of cod in the gulf of maine. 61% off georges bank and more than 50% for yellowtail flounder. now the fishermen struggle to survive. they have come to washington to sound the alarm. distinguished members of the committee i would be remiss not to remind you of the reality. all the long term improvements won t matter if there aren t people left standing when they are implement. we are in a crisis that needs attention. nothing short of appropriation for disaster re leaf will rebuild the bridge sufficient to sustain the new england fishing industry. reporter: when the northeast ground fishing dn sn began we traveled to new england to report on new regulations that seriously threatened america s oldest fishing industry. i could go out and catch 5,000 pound set of cod and that s more than i can bring in next year. you are looking at the
[ man ] i d be a baker. [ woman ] i wanna be a pie maker. [ man ] i wanna be a pilot. [ woman ] i d be an architect. what if i told you someone could pay you and what if that person were you? when you think about it, isn t that what retirement should be, paying ourselves to do what we love? oh, brother. now even the fishing industry is mad as hell over new government regulations. people are still numb from the type of reduction that s been thrown out here. reporter: on may 1 of this year federal regulators hit the northeast ground fishing fleet with an unprecedented set of new regulations that reduced the catch limit and threatened america s oldest fishing industry. among them a 78% cut in the
fishing her since the turn of the century. we are talking about an industry killer? absolutely an industry killer, fishery killer. heritage. communities. the identity of some of these first quarter communities will be totally gutted. we have known environmental changes that have happened in the short-term cycle that thhave changed the catchability of the fish. we have translated that directly into this legal reason to reduce fishing. when in reality, you almost need to increase the effort because the fish are harder to catch. we have a nonsenseical management regime which is almost a perfect storm of bad circumstances. since 2004, this fishery has not exceeded a single catch limit, prescribed by the science. so everyone s done what they were supposed to do. the fish are going to come back, whether we shut it down or not. reporter: the federal the nee necessary to protect fish