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Speaker 1: Edward bhar is a commercial fisherman who fishes out of

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Speaker 1: ports all around the state. He says the industry is

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Speaker 1: facing a lot of challenges, including economic pressures and an

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Speaker 1: aging workforce.

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Speaker 2: Originally, when I started in a fishing industry, cost me

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Speaker 2: one hundred thousand dollars to own a house, a boat,

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Speaker 2: all the permits I needed in a pickup truck, and

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Speaker 2: now that that number for a coastal town like Marshall,

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Speaker 2: where I live, is probably a couple million dollars.

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Speaker 1: Robert Nagles with the John Nagles Seafood Company in Boston,

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Speaker 1: he says one thing the retail side of things is

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Speaker 1: dealing with is changing wildlife habits because of climate change.

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Speaker 3: The question is will there be southern species coming up

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Speaker 3: here that then will become commercially viable for Massachusetts fishermen.

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Speaker 1: The state, meanwhile, is currently collecting data to help better

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Speaker 1: understand the needs of ports all around the commonwealth. Jeremy

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Speaker 1: Russ WBZ, Boston's news radio