the commercial fishing fleet in Key West used to be based right downtown, conveniently servicing the bars, shops, and restaurants that cater to the tourist traffic there.  but now fancy marinas, hotels, and resorts dominate the downtown waterfront and the crawfishermen and longliners have been pushed over the Cow Key Channel Bridge to Stock Island.  I beat the docks the other day to try to find a site and get the word on the street.  guys are sweating, and not just from the heat and humidity.  hurricane Wilma blew through two years ago and significant aspects of the local economy have been seriously struggling since.  people with meager means were forced to simply leave.  people with medium means, including many commercial fishermen, are hanging by a thread.  the price of lobster is up, but no one came seem to find any in any abundance.  and they boys can see the conglomerates' shadow looming on the horizon.  the latest rumor is for two massive concrete piers to be demolished, displacing dozens of vessels and making way for a massive resort/condo complex.  I should be fishing by next week and learn the real deal from the boys in the trenches.