Can we get this on FB and on the blog? There is an Opposition Form attached, very simple. It can be printed out and mailed to the address below or feel free to also add my address: DC Marine Services, 4733 Floramar Terrace, New Port Richey, FL 34652. I'm guessing that originals are best, but if you want to fax them to my office that should be ok too. The fax # is 727-938-6633 (Viking Fleet office).
There is a meeting in Sebastian, FL on Monday (3/29) opposing catch shares. Dave and I plan on being there. I'll send along more details as I find them out. Any questions, give Dave a call. 727-836-0050
Lisa
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From: Seafood Atlantic
Date: Mon, Mar 22, 2010 at 6:18 PM
Subject: OPPOSING CATCH SHARES
To: bryant001@centurytel.net
AS BOARD MEMBER OF SFA ECFS, I'M ASKING ANY AND ALL, EAST COAST, WEST COAST, COMMERCIAL, RECREATIONAL,FISHERMEN AND WOMEN, ANY RELATED BUSINESS, ANY INDIVIDUAL THAT DOES NOT WANT OUR FISHERIES PRIVATISED, TO SIGN THIS"OPPOSITION FORM".
WE WILL TAKE THEM TO OUR CONGESSIONAL LEADERS, LOCAL REPRESENTATIVES,AND WE INTEND TO SUBMIT AS MANY AS WE CAN TO THE JUNE 6 SAFMC MEETING IN ORLANDO FL. AS PUBLIC COMMENT.
IF EACH ONE OF YOU TOOK 50 COPYS OF "OPPOSITION", PASSED THEM OUT TO NEIGHBORS, FREINDS, FELLOW FISHERMEN AND RELATED BUSINESS OWNERS,GOT THEM FILLED OUT AND BACK TO US BEFORE JUNE 5TH, WE WOULD PROVE, AS A WHOLE,OUR POSITION ON CATCH SHARES.
GET ALL COPIES BACK TO US ASAP (EAST COAST FISHING SECTION, 111 W. GRANADA BLVD. ORMOND BEACH, FL. 32174) OR JUST GET THEM BACK TO HULLS, KINGS,SEAFOOD ATLANTIC,BUTCH OLSON,INLET,OR ELAINE.
THEY WILL DO THE REST.
WE NEED AS MANY PERSONAL LETTERS AS WE CAN GET, FROM GULF PARTICIPANTS,AS TO WHAT CATCH SHARES, ITQ.IFQ'S HAS DONE TO YOU.
HOW HAS YOUR LIFE AND WAY OF DOING BUSINESS CHANGED?
WE ASK YOU TO TAKE THE TIME. HELP US HERE ON THE EAST COAST TO SLOW DOWN AND STALL OUT CATCH SHARES. WE DONT WANT THEM OR NEED THEM.
PLEASE EMAIL TO SEAFOODATLANTIC@GMAIL.COM
THANKS, JIM BUSSE
seafood Atlantic
520 Glen Cheek Dr
Cape Canaveral, Florida 32920
Ph: 321 784-0333
Fax: 321 784-1391
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David S. Campo
Please send faxes. NO CATCH SHARES. We need a Catch Share moratorium to include recently & about to be implemented programs. NO funding for NOAA's Catch Shares.
ReplyDeleteHere are the fax numbers of the Members of the Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, Oceans & Wildlife. Insular Affairs Fax #(202)225-0521. Oceans & Wildlife Fax#
(202)225-1542.
Mrs. Madeleine Bordallo, Guam, Chairwoman. Fax#(202) 226-0341.
Mr. Henry Brown, SC Fax# (202) 225-3407.
Kildee, MI, Fax# (202) 225-6393
Faleomavaega, American Samoa, Fax# (202) 225-8757
Pallone, NJ, Fax# (202) 225-9665
Sablan, Mariana Islands, N/A
Christensen, Virgin Islands, Fax# (202) 225-5517
De Gette, CO, Fax# (202) 225-5657
Kind, WA, Fax# (202) 225-5739
Capps, CA, Fax# (202) 225-5632
Shea-Porter, NH, Fax# (202) 225-5822
Kratovil, MD, Fax# (202) 225-0254
Pierluisi, Puerto Rico, Fax# (202) 225-2154
Rahall, WV, Fax# (202) 225- 9061
Young, AK, Fax# (202) 225-0425
Flake, AZ, Fax# (202) 226- 4386
Lamborn, CO, Fax# (202) 225-1943
Wittman, VA, Fax# (202) 225-4382
Fleming, LA, Fax# (202) 225-8039
Chaffetz, UT, Fax# (202) 225-5629
Cassidy, LA, Fax# (202) 225-7313 Hastings, WA, Fax# (202) 225-325
: NOAA Catch Share Policy
I am opposed to catch shares and believe NOAA and the Dept. of Commerce should not be in the business of privatization. Fisheries management can and should be accomplished without privatization.
Catch Share programs are unconstitutional giveaways of public resources to private individuals. They are wholly unrelated to managing fishery resources. Catch Shares are being pushed as a fisheries management tool, when in reality any legitimate fisheries management measure can be implemented equally well without privatizing public resources.
Catch Shares, privatization, rationalization: it means permanently allotting the rights to catch, process, and/or sell fish to a few individuals and companies. These rights are soon consolidated to an even smaller group of individuals and companies solely for profit.
Fishing jobs become scarcer, with little or no chance for new fishermen to advance beyond deckhand. Because the rights to the fish are consolidated outside of local communities, profits pass by rather than into local economies.
For these reasons and others, I believe NOAA’s policy should be NO Catch Shares or privatization under any name. I ask for a moratorium on privatization. This should include the recent ITQ programs and the ones about to go into effect. We need to carefully study the effects of existing quota programs on coastal economies.