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Article: France's Net Loss; In Brittany, the Fishermen Are Getting the Hook
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- The Washington Post
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- March 15, 1996
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Pierre-Yves Hyaric stared glumly through the dawn mist at the
glistening bins of sole, cod, squid and monkfish being unloaded for
auction. As he ticked off the depressed prices for each variety, his
fellow fishermen grunted in dismay over the meager payoff for their
labors.
Since 4 a.m., fishermen aboard dozens of boats had been
streaming into this town of 4,600 people at the tip of a peninsula
in southern Brittany after a hard night of trawling Atlantic waters.
For generations, they and their ancestors have pursued the same
wearying yet exhilarating vocation, honoring the axiom that "Bretons
are born with the sea around their hearts."
"You are witnessing the end of a special way ...