Mass. A full net breaks the ocean s surface, and its slick, flashing contents spill on deck.
Some fish squirm and flop.
Much of the catch is already dead. The fisherman was after flounder, but he s also hauled up the coveted codfish. But these cod, valuable as they are, can t be sold at local markets. They ll be dumped into the ocean, a resource turned into trash. A fisherman is supposed to catch fish, but if he s reached federal limits for a certain species, such as cod, he must throw it away.