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MEHerring
If you are so concerned about the smaller local fishermen will we see you support the ASMFC Addendum being pushed by NH to loosen the days out rules for the small boats so that they are not dominated by your industrial fleet?
On another point, tell me, if there is not enough Herring to supply this plant then why all the effort to make sure we have a full set of regulations for carrier vessels that can take Herring from a Pair Trawl at sea and land it in a variety of locations including Canada...hey...Canada still has Sardine Plants doesn't it...wait for it...greed and profit is all your kill it all, sell what you can and dump the rest industry cares about.
Come on now...let get honest...if the money paid to the plant workers at Bumble Bee was the same money paid to the foreigners at the Norpel we might not be talking. It's all about the profit...right.
In all fairness I should tell you that as we move forward with Am 5 every time the council is talking about River Herring and you blame it on Striped Bass...each and every time you say the words "Striped Bass" I say the words ..."Dead Whale". How many did you kill this year sailor.
As I have said all along it is a real shame about the 140 persons. I hope instead of playing on the internet or running to Canada to set up the next country whose fisheries you are going to decimate, at least some of you connected industrial type folks are convincing the LL Bean Lady or Ohara or someone to flip the plant into a Lobster processing facility and give those 140 (average age over 50 by the way) people and those to come after them some longer term job security. Your State just passed a bill within the last week to allow Lobstrs to be sold as processed. A new product that people actually want is now allowed in Maine and there is a worldwide market. Please tell me your goignto use your influence to help them because playing here in the internet with us is not goign to accomplish anything.
As a matter of fact I should send you a thank you note for keeping a political discussion going on a recreational board the week the Striper are arriving...you can do what I can not. Let's keep arguing so more of my recreaitonal brothers learn about your nasty nasty industy.
Your serve
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