Captain Doug Feeney stands on a dock, wearing sunglasses and a gray and white baseball cap.

New England Fisherman Sounds Alarm on MARA Act

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In a powerful op-ed for The Progressive, longtime New England fisherman Doug Feeney shares his personal journey from the collapse of the cod industry to rebuilding a community-based seafood system — and warns that Congress could undo that progress. Drawing on decades on the water, Feeney argues that the Marine Aquaculture Research for America (MARA) Act would open U.S. oceans …