Yet Another American Industry Under Attack

Regulators consider lobstering ban for Mass. to NC

By Associated Press Writer Jay Lindsay  

WARWICK, R.I. – Lobstermen are speaking out against a proposed ban on lobstering from Massachusetts to North Carolina, saying a bleak assessment of the stock's health is way off.

Dozens of lobstermen traveled to Warwick, R.I., for a meeting of the board that advises the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission on lobster rules.

The board is considering a five-year moratorium on lobstering south of Cape Cod to North Carolina to deal with a population crash. The region supplies about 7 percent of the Northeast's total catch. A final decision is expected later this year.

Nick Crismale of the Connecticut Lobsterman's Association says a moratorium would do "biblical" damage to the industry. Massachusetts lobsterman Albert Rosinha urged the committee to use conservation measures.

 
 

Can you say UNEMPLOYMENT?

Loss of livelyhood?

Loss of business?

Rising prices?

Foreclosures?

 

Why not just shut-down every industry on every coastline of the U.S. and be done with it?

First the Gulf region, now the Atlantic coast. Why not the Pacific including Alaska?

What the hell, toss in the Great Lakes as well.

 

November 2, 2010,,,"T" Minus 103 Days