Snowe Commends Commerce Decision to Visit Portland Fisheries
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Ranking Member of the Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, welcomed the decision by the U.S. Commerce Department to assess economic conditions in six Northeast fishing communities, including Portland. The Commerce Department has stated the purpose of the assessments is to meet with local leaders to identify economic development challenges and opportunities facing local industries and communities.
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Snowe Commends Commerce Decision to Visit Portland Fisheries
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Senator Olympia J. Snowe (R-Maine), Ranking Member of the Commerce Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard, welcomed the decision by the U.S. Commerce Department to assess economic conditions in six Northeast fishing communities, including Portland. The Commerce Department has stated the purpose of the assessments is to meet with local leaders to identify economic development challenges and opportunities facing local industries and communities.
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New Bedford to bring fisheries fight to Washington
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NEW BEDFORD — There will be something of a role reversal on Capitol Hill on April 5 as the mayor's Ocean and Fisheries Council holds a public meeting within the walls of the U.S. Senate.
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Coalition looks to shore up U.S. seafood marketing
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The U.S. maintains a $9.36 billion trade deficit in seafood, according to government reports for 2009, the last full year of published figures by the US Commerce Department.
If there is a silver lining behind the figures — they show exports of only $3.74 billion against imports of $13.10 million, the largest portion from China — it is that the constraints of U.S. output derive largely from intense conservation efforts here in U.S. waters.
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New scalloper being built at Fairhaven Shipyard
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FAIRHAVEN — The fishing tradition in the Kvilhaug family dates back to the Vikings in Norway. Now they are looking to the future, however, by building a new scalloper.
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