EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA - Mon Nov 02

As veterans and civilians ate at the Salute to Veterans military breakfast yesterday, there was a small table with an empty chair in the ballroom at the Wyndham Andover hotel.

EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA - Mon Nov 02

And unfortunately, that is the bulk of what the Massachusetts fishing industry has received from its congressional delegation as it struggles for survival in the face of an ever-tighter federal regulatory squeeze.

EagleTribune.com, North Andover, MA - Mon Nov 02

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