Fishing boats crowd the harbor.
On the dock, workers hose down the pier, washing away the pungent odor of fish. But they cannot expunge the smell of fear and anger. If the plan succeeds, some 2,200 boats will be permanently beached and thousands of seasonal jobs lost. The United States imposed a similar ban in 1993 on Washington state, Oregon and California. For many fishermen, the extreme measures mean an end to a generations-old tradition of work on the sea.