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It isn't easy being a fisherman these days... the work is dangerous, demanding and tougher to make a good living. Due to worries over fish stocks out at sea, stricter regulations have been set on when they can fish, where they can fish and how they can fish. Now a new study out of the University of New Hampshire shows that the new regulations haven't been working that well. It states that only 5% of the stock has been rebuilt and that "overfishing" is still happening. The report can only be more bad news for those who make their living off the fish of the sea. We'll look at this report, the concerns over overfishing and restocking, as well as the challenges of the fisherman. Laura's guests are John Williamson, Fish Conservation Manager at the Ocean Conservancy. Vito Giacalone, Chairman for Governmental Affairs at the Northeast Seafood Coalition and Richard Langan, Director of the UNH Open Ocean Aquaculture Program. We'll also hear an earlier interview that NHPR News Director Mark Bevis had with Andrew Rosenberg, a Professor of Natural Resources at the University of New Hampshire and lead author of a new study on the condition of America's fish stocks.