How Foreign Private Equity Hooked New England’s Fishing Industry

https://www.propublica.org/article/fishing-new-bedford-private-equity

Jennifer Movement News

“Owned by a billionaire Dutch family, Blue Harvest Fisheries has emerged as a dominant force in the lucrative fishing port of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Its business model: benefit from lax antitrust rules and pass costs on to local fishermen.”

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