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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.
TIME: 5:00 P.M. PLACE: Senate Lounge - State House AGENDA I. Welcome and Introduction II. Witnesses * Kenneth Ayers, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management * Mark Gibson, Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management * Paul Harden, Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation * Geir Munson, Seafreeze, Ltd. * Eric Reid, Deep Sea Fish of Rhode Island, Inc. * Lanny Dellinger, Rhode Island Lobstermen’s Association * Kevin Adams, National Seafood Marketing Coalition III. Adjournment No public testimony will be taken at this hearing. For information please contact Nancy Sullivan, Commission Clerk at (401) 323-8049 or Linda George in the in the Senate Policy Office at (401) 276-5563. |
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MELISSA WOOD, NATIONAL FISHERMEN: Meting out the meager
May 22, 2012 - Listening to the New England Council's Groundfish Advisory Panel talk about how that industry is going to pay for monitoring costs is kind of like trying to figure out how to pay your bills when you've just lost your job. Though monitoring is important keeping costs down is critical. As Panel Member Gary Libby pointed out, "If we had 100 percent monitoring we probably wouldn't have an industry."
