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BOSTON HERALD: Fishing for help |
| It shouldn’t be the Wild West out there on the high seas, but as one sign in the flotilla said, “Fishing families are working families.” That is a message Obama and his underlings should remember. | |||
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Jack Spillane: Fishermen look to put human face on regulations |
| A New Bedford fisherman with a wife and three kids to feed, he's finding it hard to get on a dragger when well over half the city's fishing boats are tied up at the dock more than half the time. "Whatever it takes for my family, I'll do. I'll go wherever I have to go," said Carlos Amarim, a rugged man with a straightforward way that seems the definition of working-class honor. | |||
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Obama war on fisheries jobs gets vacation protest |
| President Obama may be on vacation this week at Martha’s Vineyard, but as with all Presidents, it’s a working vacation. That’s good, because the people who rely on fishing in the Northeast Atlantic have a message for Obama, which is that they don’t think that fewer jobs is better for their industry. | |||
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How many boats can fish stocks support? by Dick Allen |
| The need to shed excess boats doesn't come from any bureaucratic master plan or environmental manifesto. There are only so many fish in the ocean. It costs money to catch them. An excessive number of boats means the cost to land a given value of fish is higher than it would be with an efficient fleet. | |||
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The Oil Slick – Oceana scientists “roughing it” in the Gulf |
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Oceana is using a donated luxury yacht as a research vessel. A Marine Conservation Biology Institute staff member who initially defended Oceana's choice of ship later noted that hot tubs are out of the ordinary on research vessels. The motor yacht, which normally rents for $99,000 was, according to an Oceana source, donated, and Oceana is paying for fuel and other expendables. |
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BOSTON HERALD: Fishing for help
It shouldn’t be the Wild West out there on the high seas, but as one sign in the flotilla said, “Fishing families are working families.” That is a message Obama and his underlings should remember.
