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[JohnR]

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DEM Issues Permit To Russian Ship
Vessel Participates In Joint Venture With Local Fishermen

POSTED: 4:53 p.m. EST January 27, 2003
UPDATED: 6:15 p.m. EST January 27, 2003

Rhode Island's Department of Environmental Management has issued a permit allowing a Russian fish-processing ship to anchor in Narragansett Bay through April.

The crew of the M/V Dauriya will buy up to 5,000 tons of Atlantic mackerel and 5,000 tons of sea herring from local fishermen. The fish will be processed on board, frozen and transfered to other ships to be taken overseas.

DEM officials said the operation is important to local fishermen because there is insufficient local capacity to process mackerel and herring, which are available off southern New England in surplus quantities. The operation is important to the Russians because of the relatively strong foreign market for the species.


The permit specifies that the ship must anchor, on a rotating basis, at two locations in lower Narragansett Bay: just south of the Jamestown Bridge and north of Dutch Island in the West Passage; and just south of the Newport Bridge and west of Rose Island in the East Passage.

There's also a limit on how much noise the ship can make.

The vessel is expected to arrive during the first week of February.

The ship made some noises and not too many friends last year and here it is again. Now if I remember correctly, it process different "SURPLUSS" herring from what we look for (alewives & blueback) but can anyone confirm that?

Thanks,

John