SOUTH CAROLINA: Fishermen speak out about catch limit controversy
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MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Grand Strand fishermen will be gathering in North Charleston Wednesday to voice their concerns about proposed catch limits that they believe will negatively impact business.
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Offshore Windfarms and the Fishing Industry Meeting
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Fishermen’s Energy, LLC, invites you to attend a meeting outlining the Massachusetts Request for Interest (RFI) Area for the development of offshore wind, including the Nantucket Lightship area and East of the Channel, per the attached chart. Fishermen’s Energy is sponsoring this meeting because we believe the fishing industry is not fully aware of the scale of development planned for offshore wind. Originated by participants in the fishing industry our goal for the meeting is to widen the dialog within the fishing community, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and the Department of Interior. As you can see from the attached chart, the areas selected for wind resource development by the Department of Interior include historically rich fishing grounds. For Fishermen’s Energy it is important we engage other fishermen early in the process.
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Fishing interests take their case to feds in N.H.
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PORTSMOUTH, N.H. — New Bedford Mayor Scott W. Lang and his fishery advisory council Tuesday took their case for relief from stringent groundfishing regulations straight to the decision-makers at the New England Fishery Management Council.
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White House is accused of politicizing oil spill estimates
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A Democratic congressman wrote a scathing letter Tuesday to President Barack Obama accusing the White House of valuing public relations over science when it made public pronouncements about the effects of the BP oil spill and the government's role in fighting it.
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NOAA to work with six identified nations to address illegal fishing
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NOAA has submitted a report to Congress identifying six nations – Colombia, Ecuador, Italy, Panama, Portugal, and Venezuela – whose fishing vessels engaged in illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing in 2009 and/or 2010.
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