Seafood Source • April 24, 2020
On Friday, 24 April, as U.S. President Donald Trump signed an extension of small business COVID-19 relief programs into law, a national group of independent fishermen set aside the day to make sure they and their colleagues had access to the programs designed to keep small businesses afloat during the pandemic. It comes a day after the Maine Coast Fishermen’s Association and others held a webinar for fishermen and crew members on the packages available to them. The Fishing Communities Coalition called Friday a “Day of Action” for those individuals they say missed out on federal relief programs. Organizations within the coalition will have experts available to their members to help them apply for COVID-19 aid.