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Isles’ longline industry little changed after investigation

ASSOCIATED PRESS / FEB. 2

Fish is unloaded from a commercial fishing boat at Pier 38 in Honolulu. Eight months after news reports detailed often squalid working conditions aboard Hawaii longline vessels, which are manned mostly by foreign fishermen, little has changed despite pledges from lawmakers and the commercial fishing industry.