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The New England fishing industry has been struggling for many years. Environmentalists and regulators have restricted fishermen’s ability to work as fish populations such as cod reach dangerously low levels. Gloucester, Massachusetts, a 400 hundred year-old seaport is struggling. Fishermen are backing out of the industry and a once impressive fleet has been reduced to no more than a handful of boats. Will the Gloucester of tomorrow resemble its blue-collar fishing heritage?