Friday, March 26, 2010

TRUTH: Fishing Crisis or Government Mismanagement?

The 2009 film takes up the struggle between the fishing industry and government regulation. Town Dock fishermen and others across the Northeast have said increasingly strict regulations designed to rebuild fish stocks have not only dramatically reduced the number of days they can fish and how much they can land but are putting boats out of business.

Among the fishermen featured in Truth is Sig Hansen, the Seattle-based captain of the fishing vessel Northwestern. Hansen has appeared frequently in the documentary television series Deadliest Catch.


TRUTH: Fishing Crisis or Government Mismanagement?

Tuesday, March 23, 2010

Meeting with NOAA chief leaves fishing representatives, politicians frustrated | SouthCoastToday.com

The fear in the industry is that the changes will cause a huge wave of job losses and idle boats by midyear because the allocations are too small to be economically viable for small boats.

Lubchenco also took fire for not removing Dale Jones, the chief law enforcement attorney at NOAA who, according to sworn testimony, shredded documents during an investigation by the Commerce Department's inspector general
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Meeting with NOAA chief leaves fishing representatives, politicians frustrated | SouthCoastToday.com

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Thursday, March 11, 2010

Vitter Delivers Bombshell Letter To Obama On NOAA/Fishing Issue

Vitter Delivers Bombshell Letter To Obama On NOAA/Fishing Issue

If the intention of the Interim Framework is to create a new government superstructure headed by the National Ocean Council at the expense of the role of the states, which have primary jurisdiction for resident fish and wildlife, I can assure you that the states, in particular the Gulf states, will have zero tolerance for and much indignation over such a gross expansion of federal authority.


I urge the administration to back away from any efforts to supersede or diminish existing federal and state laws that govern our ocean fisheries for both commercial and recreational use. The Interim Framework brazenly calls for a top-down federal approach to every aspect of ocean management, and would impact every sector and every conceivable ocean activity without input from all stakeholders.


You tell em, Senator Vitter!

United We Stand, Divided We Fall
United we Fish, Divided we Fail

hattip to the Hayride dot com

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

I CAN’T STAND ON THE SIDELINES ANYMORE: from an honest and anonymous NOAA agent

I CAN’T STAND ON THE SIDELINES ANYMORE: Speak up now or forever live with it NOAA OLE

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What you are witnessing here is a total destruction of a once professional and dedicated federal law enforcement agency. Prior to Chief Jones, the people who worked as agents and officers with NOAA Enforcement not only cared about working resource related violations (Civil and Criminal) but also understood how working with NOAA was like working for no other law enforcement agency.

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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Fishing industry spews at agency | SouthCoastToday.com

Fishing industry spews at agency | SouthCoastToday.com

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It was an outpouring of frustration at a federal agency many believe is trying to put them out of business when it isn't treating them like children or criminals.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Fishing fireworks to resume at summit | SouthCoastToday.com

Fishing fireworks to resume at summit | SouthCoastToday.com

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NOAA has been rocked by the revelation that Dale Jones, its law enforcement director, shredded documents while under investigation by the Commerce Department's inspector general.