BOSTON — In an industry where agreement comes slowly, the sudden prospect of huge fishing cuts to protect New England's codfish inspired a quick consensus: Scores of fishermen will be ruined if those cuts are passed.
But it's not clear how or if that pain can be avoided, weeks after new scientific numbers indicated cod in the Gulf of Maine is much weaker than thought.
"We really haven't heard of something that works right now," said Gib Brogan, of the environmental group Oceana.
Fishery science and law present major obstacles to preserving both cod and fishermen.
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