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The two went on boat trips to catch tuna and shark. When she was just 14, a family connection helped her get a summer job on a Town Dock lobster boat.  So it was of little surprise that when she graduated in 2013 from Ledyard High School, where she said her grades were good and she could have gone to college, Kuhse found herself working at the Town Dock. "Since I was really too young to know, I said, 'This is what I want to do.' And I just kept rolling with it," she said. "I've never had another job."  She worked her way up from stringing skate together for lobster bait to bein...

Stonington — On separate days last month, as they sat next to the Town Dock memorial that honors the 41 members of the fishing fleet who have died at sea, fishermen Joe Rendeiro, Alan Chaplaski and Bob Guzzo discussed their long careers, the future of the industry and their close calls at sea. Together, the three men have well over 150 years of commercial fishing experience. Rendeiro and Chaplaski are retired, while Guzzo owns the Jenna Lynn II, which is run by a captain and one crew member. "I still come down here every day. I do the rounds and talk to all the guys," Rendeir...

After enduring decades of catch restrictions to rebuild fish stocks, the commercial fishermen who survived now face a new threat to their livelihood: