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Fish council seat goes to Cape Cod executive, Lubchenco pulls strings,Locke dances.

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A leader of a controversial Cape Cod commercial fishing organization has been named to a seat on the New England Fisheries Management Council — taking over for the same group's CEO, who has served as chairman despite questions from fishermen and industry supporters over alleged conflicts of interest.

Thomas D. Dempsey is one of two from Massachusetts named to at-large council seats by the federal Department of Commerce this week, and one of four appointments made to the New England Fishery Management Council. Commerce officials, in all, named 21 members to councils across the nation.

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Greed and influence is feeding Wall St. Catch and Trade. And Sell out fishers.

A fisherman is not a sell out. They are fishers.

Under Pappalardo's leadership, and under a push from NOAA chief administrator Jane Lubchenco, the New England council rammed through a catch share system for New England in June 2009, and the program began in May 2010.

But data from the first year is already showing a bartered and greater concentration of catch quota and landings among larger boats and companies, while smaller, independent boats — such as those that dominate the Gloucester fleet — have found it hard to compete.

In the meantime, the Cape Cod Hook Fishermen's group has come under fire for getting an added boost in allocation from Pappalardo's council.

That allocation for the Cape Cod group — which has received financial and other support from the Environmental Defense Fund, the primary backer of catch shares — is among the targets of a federal lawsuit filed by the cities of Gloucester and New Bedford and a variety of fishing interests, challenging catch shares and New England's entire Amendment 16 and catch share regulatory framework

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Reply#1 - Sat Jun 4, 2011 7:23 AM EDT
Abby.

The fat cats getting fatter.
(if I read this right)

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Reply#2 - Sat Jun 4, 2011 7:31 AM EDT
bore-head007

Oh, yeah. These EDF slugs have no shame.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Environmental_Defense_Fund

Click connections.

http://www.fishtruth.net/

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#2.1 - Sat Jun 4, 2011 7:57 AM EDT
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Abby.

A lot of reading in the second link!
Give me a day or so to absorb it all.

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Reply#3 - Sat Jun 4, 2011 8:17 AM EDT
bore-head007

It wil be evident to you, who's who, and who pays for what.

Lube Job Lubchenco has become wealthy.

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#3.1 - Sat Jun 4, 2011 8:31 AM EDT
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Enoch-2699399

And we pay more for fish than we should. And jobs, domestic jobs are eliminated. The larger the operation, the less environmentally sustainable it is.

Not good, not good at all.

E.

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Reply#4 - Sat Jun 4, 2011 9:11 AM EDT
Par4TheCourse

We and future generations will be the 2nd coming of 'serfdom' .. the mighty powerful and filthy rich will rein over us even more.. whatever middle class there is now will disappear.. It seems their intentions is to simulate what our founding fathers had left in Europe way back when.. where the powerful and the church ruled over their kingdoms. High taxes that go up the line to the top.. and a privileged few ...

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Reply#5 - Sat Jun 4, 2011 11:35 AM EDT
NOAAMOREJANE

How long will the writing last? What will happen when that comes to pass?

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Reply#6 - Sat Jun 4, 2011 12:49 PM EDT
mary beth de poutiloff

We're about to become even bigger debt-slaves.

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Reply#7 - Sat Jun 4, 2011 6:25 PM EDT
mightyj

The Cape Cod Gillnet Association got a lot of money from corporate sponsors to sell out their fellow fishermen. They don't ever need to fish again at that place just lease the quota and collect the money.

Ps- They will probably still campaign to screw other fishermen over for donations but they don't need the money any more.

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Reply#8 - Sun Jun 5, 2011 12:03 AM EDT
TR-421173

IRY! F-ed up.

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Reply#9 - Wed Jun 15, 2011 12:49 PM EDT
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