Faith, grit and resourcefulness keep last boat homeported in Nantucket going
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Standard Times] By Steve Urbon - August 25, 2014 -New Bedford Standard Times
Willis "Bill" Blount calls himself "the poster child for struggling fishermen" in the hyper-regulated Northeast fishery.
His boat, the 77-foot stern trawler Ruthie B., for years has been the only boat fishing out of Nantucket, but for the last couple of months it has spent a lot of time in New Bedford harbor getting some necessary work done while the expenses continue to pile up.
Blount was the sole fishing permit holder to attend a three-hour help session in the city for those applying for a slice of the fisheries disaster money, according to Kevin Creighton, fiscal officer for the Mass. Division of Fisheries....
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