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Flotilla of Protest Sounds Call To Ease Federal Fishing Limits |
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August 27, 2010 - A fleet of more than 14 fishing boats, mostly from New Bedford, staged a
protest in the waters off Vineyard Haven yesterday afternoon to make a
statement about fishery restrictions while President Obama is visiting
the Vineyard.
“Fishermen have gone through a lot of pain. We support the rebuilding and don’t believe in overfishing. We want an increase in catch limits. We are not asking to catch more than biologically is allowed . . . We are trying to get the attention of the President, that this is an issue of a lack of balance,” declared Jackie Odell, executive director of the Northeast Seafood Coalition. The coalition, made up principally of Gloucester and New Bedford commercial fishermen, ran a full-page advertisement in the Gazette on Tuesday this week. “My business is only one of hundreds facing extinction . . . Is this the way to rebuild our storied, centuries-old groundfish fishery?” wrote Capt. Russell Sherman in a letter that was the centerpiece of the advertisement. Read the complete story from The Vineyard Gazette.
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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.