"After boat capsizes, lobsterman, 90, swims to safety" by Akilah Johnson | Globe Staff, June 13, 2013
HARPSWELL, Maine — Philip Tuttle took a deep breath as the boat went down, pried loose a nearby buoy, and swam 30 yards, though it felt more like 2 miles, through chilly water to an island. Slowly, he clawed his way up the jagged rocks, barnacles slicing into his shins and arms with each movement.
Numb, tired, bleeding, he waited to be rescued. For nearly an hour, he lay on the rocky beach. Surviving was a remarkable feat for most anyone, but an astounding feat for this lobsterman.
Philip Tuttle is 90 years old.
He’s not supposed to lobster alone anymore. But Tuttle, a feisty and spry retired casket salesman who spends about three months a year lobstering, is not one easily told what to do. On Saturday, he sneaked out of the house....
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"Mass. bill would give fine for mislabeled fish; Proposal follows stories on use of cheaper species" by Beth Daley | Globe Staff, June 11, 2013
More than two years of reporting by The Boston Globe revealed widespread mislabeling of fish in restaurants....
A year after the newspaper’s initial investigation, a follow-up report found that most of the restaurants were still serving mislabeled fish.
“Consumers deserve to have full and accurate information where seafood comes from,’’ said Beckie Zisser, Ocean advocate for Oceana, a nonprofit group that has revealed widespread seafood fraud across the country....
A system that tracks fish from boat to dinner plate is needed....
Better off going and catching your own. Now tag this barcode to the fin.
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