Kelly Ayotte actually said...

"Our fishermen have gone through this year a 78 percent cut in what they can fish for in their quota for the Gulf of Maine."

"Anyone who is running any kind of business, if they saw a 78 percent reduction--I mean, it is hard to see how they would survive, and particularly those who have made their way on the seas for years a..."

"I'm really troubled."

"I don't fault the Council for this because basically, the denial of the interim measures, I don't think that they had a lot of choice at that point."