Fishermen hoping for help with Sandy storm losses

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In this Dec. 12 2012 phoJoe Branmanager Belford Seafood Co-op Midletown N.J. walks across swhere commercial fishing port's dock used

In this Dec. 12, 2012 photo, Joe Branin, manager of the Belford Seafood Co-op in Midletown N.J., walks across sand where the commercial fishing port's dock used to be before Superstorm Sandy destroyed it, leaving only rows of support pilings. The port sustained nearly $1 million in damages from the storm, some of which its owners hope to recoup through federal storm aid. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

In Dec. 12 2012 phofishing boats lie smashed against one another from Superstorm Sandy Belford fishing port Middletown N.J. The

In a Dec. 12, 2012 photo, fishing boats lie smashed against one another from Superstorm Sandy at the Belford fishing port in Middletown N.J. The port sustained nearly $1 million in damages, some of which its owners hope to recoup through federal storm aid. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

In this Dec. 12 2012 phofishing boreturns damaged Belford port Middletown N.J. The port sustained nearly $1 millidamages from Superstorm

In this Dec. 12, 2012 photo, a fishing boat returns to the damaged Belford port in Middletown N.J. The port sustained nearly $1 million in damages from Superstorm Sandy, some of which its owners hope to recoup through federal storm aid. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

In this Dec. 12 2012 phorodestroyed building Belford fishing port Middletown N.J. sits next dock. The port sustained nearly $1

In this Dec. 12, 2012 photo, the roof of a destroyed building at the Belford fishing port in Middletown N.J., sits next to a dock. The port sustained nearly $1 million in damages, some of which its owners hope to recoup through federal storm aid. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

In this Dec. 12 2012 phofishing bonamed 'Empty Pockets' sits parking lot Belford fishing port Middletown N.J. The port sustained

In this Dec. 12, 2012 photo, a fishing boat named "Empty Pockets" sits in a parking lot in the Belford fishing port in Middletown, N.J. The port sustained nearly $1 million in damages from Superstorm Sandy, some of which its owners hope to recoup through federal storm aid. (AP Photo/Wayne Parry)

MIDDLETOWN, N.J. — While Superstorm Sandy did highly visible damage to homes, boardwalks and roads, it also walloped the Northeastern fishing industry, whose workers are hoping for a small piece of any future disaster assistance that Congress might approve. The storm did millions of dollars’ …