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Fishermen plan another Obama vacation protest

With the national media gathered on Martha’s Vineyard this week for President Barack Obama’s vacation, fishermen are seizing the opportunity to organize a floating protest at Vineyard Haven on Thursday.

A flotilla of commercial boats will rendezvous at the harbor entrance at noon to demonstrate that fishermen are less than happy with the Obama administration’s [...]

Northeast Seafood Coalition takes out full page ad in Vineyard Gazette

EDGARTOWN, Massachusetts – Aug 24, 2010 – The Northeast Seafood Coalition has taken out a full page ad in today’s Vineyard Gazette. The ad is an open letter to President Obama from Russell Sherman, captain of the Fishing Vessel Lade Jane of Gloucester, Massachusetts.

“MR. PRESIDENT, WE NEED YOUR HELP”

Dear President Obama,

My name is Russell [...]

“Warning Bells are Ringing”: What Exactly has he just done?

Fishermen against Obama job destruction

By Michelle Malkin

I spotlighted the neon green radical-led White House ocean grab last week that is undermining the health of the fishing industry.

On Thursday, a fleet of fishermen will gather at Martha’s Vineyard to protest Obama’s destructive eco-policies.

It’s just one more wave of the citizen backlash by thousands of victims of [...]

Movie Premiere Tonight!

TRUTH: Fishing Crisis or Government Mismanagement

Ocean Spirit Productions is proud to announce the Rhode Island premiere of their feature length documentary TRUTH: Fishing Crisis or Government Mismanagement. TRUTH has been chosen to close the Rhode Island International Film Festival TONIGHT!

Sunday August 15th

6:30 PM

Rhode Island Veterans Auditorium.

Starring Sig [...]

TRUTH: Fishing Crisis or Government Mismanagement

POINT JUDITH,R.I.  Ocean Spirit Productions is proud to announce the Rhode Island premiere of their feature length documentary TRUTH: Fishing Crisis or Government Mismanagement. TRUTH has been chosen to close the Rhode Island International Film Festival on Sunday August 15th at 6:30 PM at the Rhode Island Veterans Auditorium.

Starring Sig Hansen from The Discovery Channel’s [...]

Locally caught fish missing from activist-approved menus

By Patrick Anderson
Gloucester Times

The gleaming cod delivered whole from Paul Mettivier’s Debra Ann II to shareholders in the Cape Ann Fresh Catch program were pulled from the ocean just hours earlier and only a few miles from the dock.

That would seem to epitomize the ideal of locally harvested, sustainable food.

But according to the expert authors [...]

Wealth, Jobs, the Fishing Industry, and Obama

American Thinker

By Mike Johnson

H/T RI Fishermen’s Alliance

The New England fishing industry is in serious trouble. Fishermen are leaving, giving up on their jobs. Fishing boats have become a glut on the market. The only aspect of the industry that is flourishing is the government bureaucracy. The free-market system no longer applies in the age of Obama.

When [...]

Governor Patrick urges federal officials to ease new commercial fishing rules, provide relief for Massachusetts fishing industry

BOSTON – Friday, July 16, 2010 – Massachusettes Governor Deval Patrick today issued the following press release.   Following recent meetings with the Massachusetts fishing industry up and down the coast, including a meeting this week with 40 Gloucester fishing industry representatives, Governor Deval Patrick today sent the attached letter to U.S. Department of Commerce [...]

Feedback: Fishermen reeling from federal catch limits

By EMILY DUPUIS
The Westerly Sun

NARRAGANSETT – Rhode Island fishermen decried new fishing regulations, which they say are driving them to ruin, in a meeting with federal commercial fishing officials Monday.

“Just because nobody’s here, don’t assume everything’s peachy rosy and everyone’s happy,” said Joel Hovanesian, a Galilee fisherman. “It’s quite the opposite. People are pissed.”

The Wakefield [...]