RHODE ISLAND: Fishermen reeling from federal catch limits
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Rhode Island fishermen decried new fishing
regulations, which they say are driving them to ruin, in a meeting
with federal commercial fishing officials Monday.
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Inspector General releases highly-critical report on NOAA Fisheries Enforcement Asset Forfeiture Fund
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Inspector General Todd Zinser has released his office's report on the NOAA Fisheries Enforcement Asset Forfeiture Fund. According to the report:
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Gloucester Daily Times editor discusses four-day, multi-part series on New England Fishing Industry
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Each week, on WBSM in New Bedford, Massachusetts, Bob
Vanasse
of
Saving Seafood joins host Phil Paleologos to discuss issues related to
the fisheries with news-making guests.
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VIRGINIA: NAACP, Bait, Watermen's Associations and Omega Protein pull out of Menhaden Panel
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REEDVILLE, VA - July 1, 2010 - Just hours after the first meeting of the new menhaden fish working group formed by Virginia State Sen. Ralph Northam (D-Norfolk ,VA) was announced for July 15, the Virginia NAACP, Waterman’s Association, Bait Association, and Omega Protein announced they “have decided not to participate in these meetings.”
The organizations say they were “misled, either intentionally or inadvertently” about the agenda and deliberations of this “working group”.
In a letter sent on Wed. June 30th, the organizations told Senators Northam and Stuart they “are still willing to meet … on an individual basis.” And “…are not closed to the idea of meeting with groups willing, in an above-board manner, to discuss the science behind fishery management.”
But the groups say they were told they “would have a chance to engage in dialogue with the special interest groups that have for years worked to end menhaden operations” But when the meetings were announced, they took “the shape of regional meetings designed to stir up emotions without regard to science. “ According to the NAACP, Waterman’s Association, Bait Associations, and Omega Protein, “The design of these meetings seems to be intended to provide a platform for opponents of the menhaden industry, and not to have a constructive dialogue.”
The text of the complete letter follows:
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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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