The Quality Line
Oct 21, 2025
By Anna Nelson
If you’ve been on the water lately, or if you know someone who has, you’ve seen it: the engine hiccups after one too many hours, ice costs creeping up, bait more expensive, fuel going through the roof, nets frayed, the ex-vessel prices are lower. It adds up fast, and for many small‑boat fishermen, those costs quietly erode the bottom line.
On the farming side, similar pressures exist—weather, fluctuating markets, rising equipment and input costs—but there’s a bigger difference: farmers have more widely available support, loans, insurance, grants. For many family‑fishing operations, that support is thin or hard to access.
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