Commercial fishermen need more support for substance abuse and fatigue, lawmakers say

Commercial fishermen need more support for substance abuse and fatigue, lawmakers say

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A federal program that protects the health and wellbeing of commercial fishermen should be expanded to include substance use disorder and worker fatigue, a group of lawmakers from New England and Alaska said. The lawmakers want to expand a federal commercial fishing occupational safety program…

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