Groundfish - nearshore and inshore industry could restart

On May 13, 2009 Robin Alden, executive Director of Penobscot East, and Jeff Smith of The nature Conservancy gave a presentation of the Maine Legislture's Marine Resources Committee. First Jeff Smith of TNC describes a plan, endorsed by MidCoast Fishermen's Association, Penobscot East, Island Institute and others, to use philanthropists to purchase federal groundfish permits. The permits would be limited to use by downeast Maine part time groundfishermen and other small boat fishers to use in fishing in federal waters off the Downeast Maine coast. Robin Alden of Penobscot East's statement begins about ten minutes into the recording. Alden proposes that a "sentinel fishery" be carried out to determine what condition the groundfish schools near the coast are, and whether they could be exploited by a hook-only commercial fishery. The legislators quiz the pair on details (Price of a groundfish permit can vary from $100,000 dollars apiece to millions.)

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Groundfish - nearshore and inshore industry could restart is an episode from Penobscot Bay podcast.

This episode is 24:18 long.

This episode was published on May 15, 2009.

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