Special Rhode Island Senate Task Force on Fisheries Meeting
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Below is the agenda for the Rhode Island Senate Task Force on Fisheries hearing which is scheduled for Wednesday, February 9, 2011.
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EDITORIAL: Governor deserves credit for stepping up for fishermen
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Gov. Deval Patrick, who has declared his support multiple times for the state's beleaguered fishing industry, deserves special thanks from fishermen and industry advocates in Gloucester and elsewhere for finally taking his complaints to the top — in writing.
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SOUTH CAROLINA: Fishermen's meeting deemed a success
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Being able to catch and eat fresh seafood is what tourists on the Grand Strand have come to expect, as do a room of 50 plus fisherman who depend on going out to sea.
But with stricter standards, many are finding it hard to survive.
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Appeal to Commerce chief is struggling fisherman's 'last chance'
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A Plymouth fisherman on the verge of bankruptcy is pinning his survival hopes on a last-ditch appeal to U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke by five Democratic members of the state's congressional delegation.
A letter, released Wednesday and signed by U.S. Sen. John F. Kerry, along with U.S. Reps. Barney Frank, Stephen F. Lynch, William R. Keating and John F. Tierney, asked Locke to intercede directly in the case of Jim Keding, a lifelong commercial fisherman who has received only a fraction of the annual fishing quota he needs to maintain his livelihood.
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Chuck Fox to head new international oceans organization
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After nearly two years as the "Bay czar" during which the EPA developed a rigorous new cleanup plan and the Obama administration pledged hundreds of actions to bring "a new era of federal leadership" to the Bay and its watershed, J. Charles "Chuck" Fox is moving on, his eyes set on saving the world's oceans.
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