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July 18, 2010

Mass. Governor seeks fishing relief

NEW BEDFORD — Gov. Deval Patrick has stepped in to help commercial fishermen who are struggling to stay in business under restrictive federal fishing regulations.

In a letter to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke on Friday, Patrick asked for more fish, more money and better science to prevent the collapse of the state's fishing industry. 

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