But thanks to a small piece of the federal stimulus recovery plan, Monk, Woodside and about 40 other fishermen will get back to work hauling in a very different catch: lost fishing nets.
Obama wants to ensure that his economic proposals don't getlostin the shuffle in the coming weeks as Congress goes to work on an immigration overhaul and the confirmation process for Obama's second-term Cabinet nominees, a White House official told reporters Sunday aboard Air Force One.
To get the roughly 8.5 million Americans who lost jobs back to workin the next three years, the US economy needs to create about 225, 000 new jobs per month.