Falling catches have forced the fisherman of Cape Cod to tie up their boats and turn to the American government for a bailout to save the region's fishing community from a spiral of decline.
A combination of overfishing and a predatory seal population is driving many fishermen out of the business altogether.
Permits that changed hands for £50,000 ($85,000) just five years ago are now barely worth the paper they are printed on.
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