Media Advisory: Fishermen Seek Ban on Herring Trawlers in Protected Areas
Posted on: Wednesday, 10 October 2007, 15:00 CDT
SACO, Maine, Oct. 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- On Thursday, October 11 frustrated New England groundfishermen will host a press conference and a separate tele-press briefing during which they will call upon federal regulators to protect their livelihood and depleted populations of cod, haddock and other groundfish by banning the industrial-scale herring midwater trawl fleet from critical fishing grounds. The public interest law firm Earthjustice will file a petition Thursday on behalf of two fishing groups, the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance and the Midcoast Fishermen's Association, asking the federal government to close loopholes that allow industrial herring midwater trawlers to fish in areas currently off limits to groundfish vessels.
WHAT: TWO press events -- a press conference and a tele-press briefing.
Representatives from fishing organizations and their partners in the Atlantic
Herring Alliance will discuss the effects of herring midwater trawlers and the importance of the proposed fishing ban.
WHEN: Thursday, October 11 10 a.m. (press conference) 11:30 a.m. (tele-press briefing) WHO:
-- Craig Pendleton, Coordinating Director, Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance
-- Glen Libby, Chairman, Midcoast Fishermen's Association -- Roger Fleming, Attorney, Earthjustice -- Peter Baker, Atlantic Herring Alliance WHERE: Press conference -- F/V Ocean Spray, Camp Ellis Fishing Pier, Saco, Maine DIRECTIONS FROM I-95 NORTH OR SOUTH:
From I-95/MAINE TURNPIKE take exit 36 (formerly exit 5) toward SACO/OLD ORCHARD BEACH. Follow I-195 East toward SACO/OLD ORCHARD BEACH for 3 miles. I-195 East becomes Route 5 East/OCEAN PARK RD. After approximately .4 miles this becomes TEMPLE AVE. Follow an additional 1.2 miles. Turn RIGHT onto Route 9 West/W GRAND AVE. Follow Route 9 for 2.4 miles. At the stop sign, stay straight to go onto CAMP ELLIS AVE. Turn first LEFT onto MAIN AVE. Follow to end. Turn RIGHT onto NORTH AVE. Follow to end, Camp Ellis pier will be straight ahead.
CALL-IN NUMBER AND PASSWORD FOR TELE-PRESS BRIEFING: (800) 351-6807; herring
FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: Dave Bard at (202) 778-4551 or dbard@net.org Kathleen Sutcliffe at (202) 667-4500 or ksutcliffe@earthjustice.org Michael Crocker at (207) 590-9618 or mike@namanet.org The call is for credentialed media only. A recording of the press call will be posted as an mp3 to http://www.herringalliance.org/ approximately three hours after the briefing end
Herring Alliance
CONTACT: Dave Bard, +1-202-778-4551, dbard@net.org, or KathleenSutcliffe, +1-202-667-4500, ksutcliffe@earthjustice.org, or Michael Crocker,+1-207-590-9618, mike@namanet.org, all for Herring Alliance
Web Site: http://www.herringalliance.org/
Source: PRNewswire-USNewswire
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