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Report: Cape Wind unlikely to be done by mid-2015
My Fox Boston - 10 minutes ago
BOSTON (AP) - The long-planned Cape
Wind offshore wind project is unlikely to be producing electricity by mid-2015, New England's power grid manager says in ...
US tightens fishing policy, setting 2012 catch limits for all ...
Bangor Daily News
- 3 days
ago
... a
commercial fishing boat passes Ram Island
Ledge Light, near Cape ... Just this year, for
example, NOAA determined the amount of cod in the Gulf
of ...
Editorial: A rigged fishing assessment
Gloucester Daily
Times -
But this type of rigged deception isn't funny with so many
fishery jobs at stake. Federal officials should be ready
to put this study, when it comes, ...Providence Eyewitness
News -
Two rescued after fishing vessel sinks
Turn to 10.com
- 21 hours
ago
Two fishermen
were rescued by the Coast Guard from their sinking
vessel ... Crews from Coast guard Air Station
Cape Cod will conduct an over flight Sunday ...
2011: A Year of Reckoning
Gloucester Daily
Times -
...
hub of commerce for Gloucester's fishing industry
and its working harbor. ... making Gloucester
the first city in Massachusetts in which both
police and ...
Frank, Tierney file amicus in fishing appeal
SouthCoastToday.com — Massachusetts
Democratic US Reps. ... The cities and their
co-plaintiffs in the industry last week filed
an appeal of a First ...
Fishing: the next generation
Gloucester Daily
Times -
...
and Cape Cod, where he works on inshore and
offshore lobster boats, ... Last winter, closer
to home — the once major, now minor fishing
port of ...
DMF Advisories
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CAPE AND ISLANDS INSHORE FISHERMEN'S ASSOCIATION |
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Why CIIFA?
It's about time that the small boat hand gear
fisherman in Ma. had some effective representation to
the regulatory authorities.
The small boat fishermen in this state, both recreational and commercial are the majority users of our coastal fisheries, yet they have seen access to those fisheries consistently be favorably allocated to a minority group of privileged rights owners. Unfortunately, they lack active and effective representation to the entities managing those resources, but the other gear groups are well represented, both at council and commission and in presence at hearings. Hook fishermen, have had little representation or input in our fisheries for cod, fluke, scup and sea bass and as a result, the majority of the access has gone to the other gears. In recent years, MA fisheries management policy has systematically reduced access opportunities for small scale fishermen, both commercial and recreational.
Why we need CIIFA now - Ask yourself these questions:
Have you lost access to fisheries for the sake of protecting the interest of other gear types or better invested fishermen?
Do you make 51% or more of your income from fishing?
Do you depend on the money you earn from fishing?
Do you think you should have equal access to other fishermen and not less based on the gear you use?
Are you a young person getting out of school?
Would you like to become a fisherman, but can't because you know you won't be able to afford to buy a boat and permits?
Are you concerned with the deterioration of the health our inshore habitat?
Are you against the proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound?
Are you a fish market owner or business who deals with local fishermen who is concerned with keeping local fishermen working and fishing?
If you answered yes to any or all of those, then you need to get involved.
Our goal is to provide a voice to the small scale commercial fishermen. Our emphasis will be towards improved access and improved quality of the resources we share. Presently, the focus in fisheries management is for protecting the interest of those with the most money invested in the fisheries. We'd like to find ways to legitimize inshore small scale fishing to attain equal access to our fisheries. There is no valid reason for small vessel fishermen using hand gear to be restricted to less fish, because of their gear type. We are deeply concerned about what we consider to be the privatization of our rights of access to the resources we all own and the current trend towards private ownership of our fisheries. More about CIIFA
Apply for membership here
Sign up today - it's free
CIIFA NEEDS SPONSORS
Are you a Ma. business who deals with small boat fishermen,
a fish dealer or restaurant who buys cod, striped bass, summer
flounder or shellfish? We want to keep fishermen working on our inshore waters, we need your help to do this.
Please contact us for details.
Copyright ciifa.org 2011
The small boat fishermen in this state, both recreational and commercial are the majority users of our coastal fisheries, yet they have seen access to those fisheries consistently be favorably allocated to a minority group of privileged rights owners. Unfortunately, they lack active and effective representation to the entities managing those resources, but the other gear groups are well represented, both at council and commission and in presence at hearings. Hook fishermen, have had little representation or input in our fisheries for cod, fluke, scup and sea bass and as a result, the majority of the access has gone to the other gears. In recent years, MA fisheries management policy has systematically reduced access opportunities for small scale fishermen, both commercial and recreational.
Why we need CIIFA now - Ask yourself these questions:
Have you lost access to fisheries for the sake of protecting the interest of other gear types or better invested fishermen?
Do you make 51% or more of your income from fishing?
Do you depend on the money you earn from fishing?
Do you think you should have equal access to other fishermen and not less based on the gear you use?
Are you a young person getting out of school?
Would you like to become a fisherman, but can't because you know you won't be able to afford to buy a boat and permits?
Are you concerned with the deterioration of the health our inshore habitat?
Are you against the proposed wind farm in Nantucket Sound?
Are you a fish market owner or business who deals with local fishermen who is concerned with keeping local fishermen working and fishing?
If you answered yes to any or all of those, then you need to get involved.
Our goal is to provide a voice to the small scale commercial fishermen. Our emphasis will be towards improved access and improved quality of the resources we share. Presently, the focus in fisheries management is for protecting the interest of those with the most money invested in the fisheries. We'd like to find ways to legitimize inshore small scale fishing to attain equal access to our fisheries. There is no valid reason for small vessel fishermen using hand gear to be restricted to less fish, because of their gear type. We are deeply concerned about what we consider to be the privatization of our rights of access to the resources we all own and the current trend towards private ownership of our fisheries. More about CIIFA
Apply for membership here
Sign up today - it's free
CIIFA NEEDS SPONSORS
Are you a Ma. business who deals with small boat fishermen,
a fish dealer or restaurant who buys cod, striped bass, summer
flounder or shellfish? We want to keep fishermen working on our inshore waters, we need your help to do this.
Please contact us for details.
Copyright ciifa.org 2011
