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Fishing rules lawsuit in works |
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A nonprofit corporation formed by Rhode Island fishermen is working
with a major Boston law firm on a legal and constitutional challenge to
the recently voted federal groundfish management plan that would
transform the commonly held resources of the sea into privately held
fishermen's catch shares.
Catch shares have become a bitterly divisive issue nationally, pushed hard by the Obama administration and many major environmental organizations, but resisted by many fishermen and at least one consumer group. Tina Jackson, a Point Judith, R.I., fisherman and the president of the newly created American Alliance of Fishermen and their Communities, yesterday identified the firm formulating the Amendment 16 challenge as Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge. |
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33 Fishing Community Members Say Permit Bank, Giacalone are pluses for Gloucester
This permit bank is a true local treasure for our fishing community and related businesses. Its existence has been one of the only positive things to come to this fishing community in decades.
