Vineyard Fishermen Sue in U.S. Court to Block Cape Wind Associates
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Like David against Goliath, the Martha’s Vineyard/Dukes County Fishermen’s Association and a well-known Menemsha draggerman last week filed a lawsuit in federal court against the U.S. Secretary of the Interior, claiming that the giant wind farm planned by Cape Wind Associates for Horseshoe Shoal in Nantucket Sound threatens to put Island fishermen who work the shoal, including squidders and conchers, out of business for good.
“The lease . . . to [Cape Wind Associates for 130 turbines] will effectively end all commercial fishing in the project area.
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NOAA Models Long-Term Oil Threat to Gulf and East Coast Shoreline
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NOAA has used modeling of historical wind and ocean currents to
project the likelihood that surface oil from the Deepwater Horizon/BP
oil spill will impact additional U.S. coastline. This modeling, part of
NOAA’s comprehensive response to the unprecedented Gulf oil disaster,
can help guide the ongoing preparedness, response and cleanup efforts.
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Getting help from the press
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The official purpose of the October 2002 gathering of the Pew Charitable Trusts marine fellows was to train the scientists in the ways of the media, the better to market their message.
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'Green' activists take the wheel
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How big-money enviro groups control America's fisheries
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'Hookers' heroes to environmentalists, not fellow fishermen
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When fishermen sued the federal government last month over the new catch
share rules for groundfish, they charged that The Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fishermen's Association had received preferential treatment. The 'hookers' as they call themselves test piloted the catch share system and became the model of what a
fishing fleet should be in the eyes of the government and environmental
activists.
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