State and Local
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RI Fishing vessels get eviction notices |
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By Iain Wilson/Independent Staff Writer NARRAGANSETT, RI - August 19, 2010 - Rent is due for 28 commercial fishing vessels in Galilee that were served eviction notices by the state Department of Environmental Management on July 20. The eviction notices are one more sign of the economic pressures facing the port's fishermen. |
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Local leaders set fishing talks in wake of buyout plan |
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With the commercial fishing fleet struggling under unprecedented restrictions and reportedly facing widespread insolvencies, Gloucester's elected political leaders have called a Friday morning meeting with industry representatives to examine a $150 million emergency economic aid proposal from U.S. senators, led by John Kerry. |
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Down East scallop fishermen favor new rules |
| MACHIAS, Maine — Only seven Down East scallop fishermen attended a public hearing Tuesday night to express their approval of proposed new dates for scallop fishing, closure regulations and limiting scalloping to Monday through Friday. | |||
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New Bedford Mayor to Commerce Sec'y: catch shares implemented "prematurely", without good planning |
| NEW BEDFORD, Mass. - August 6, 2010 - Writing in "[w]ith great respect and in the spirit of a true partnership" New Bedford, Massachusetts mayor Scott Lang told Commerce Secretary Gary Locke that his recent letter to the Mayor reinforced Mr. Lang's belief that NOAA's "catch share program was put in place prematurely, without the planning, analysis, and exploration of alternatives commonly required in major federal actions." | |||
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Lawmakers take new steps to force change in fishing regulations |
| Elected officials in Massachusetts and other states are putting renewed pressure on the Commerce Department to force changes in the way the fishing industry is regulated in the Northeast — in one case taking it all the way to President Barack Obama. | |||
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BOSTON HERALD: Fishing for help
It shouldn’t be the Wild West out there on the high seas, but as one sign in the flotilla said, “Fishing families are working families.” That is a message Obama and his underlings should remember.
