Saturday, January 5, 2013

Let it be known

Federal regulators have posted notice of a control date for the Central Gulf of Alaska trawl fisheries.

The control date of Dec. 31, 2012, is a cutoff date as the North Pacific Fishery Management Council works toward establishing a catch share program.

The council wants to discourage "speculative entry" into the fisheries.

That means, hey, if you're thinking of jumping into the Central Gulf trawl sector and fishing real hard to build up catch history in hopes of landing bigger shares, don't bother. History built after Dec. 31 might not count.

17 comments:

Anonymous said...

Fuck the catch share programs

More disenfranchisement for the average Joe

1/3 of all catch share is owned by trident

Anonymous said...

Strip the Council of their antitrust exemption. Let 'em meet in prison.

Anonymous said...

How much longer will Alaskans allow their public servants to engage in anti-trust activities?

Until the most important man on the totem pole is treated unfairly?

Anonymous said...

Wingnuts, all of you

Anonymous said...

If we can't bust the hold that the Council has on the fisheries industry in Alaska, then something is terribly wrong with our system.

Oh Alaska, Alaska, crooked state Alaska.

Anonymous said...

The only people that had prior
knowledge were the NPFMC
CIVILIAN EMPLOYERS.

Anonymous said...

Civilian employees can be easily bribed with over inflated salaries for minimal qualifications.

That's the infestation of all agencies that are suppose to provide services to the people. Workers with an extreme lack of gray matter making it easy for a handful to remain in control.

Oh Alaska, Alaska, crooked state Alaska.

Anonymous said...

I guess they gave the Council antitrust protection is that nobody really trusts them at all. Give any group of people a license to steal and that is precisely what will eventually occur. In the beginning the thefts were more tentative. But now they are blatant and egregious.
These people belong in prison. And except for the exemption would be handily convicted by any jury in the land. Bill Allen is a piker in comparison. Not fit to shine their shoes.

Anonymous said...

What's the matter with "speculative entry" Juneau's been doin it for decades.

Then NOAA, now buys em back, landing bigger shares under Magnusen Stevens.

F/V Speculator...where history always counts, except for yesterdays.

http://www.scribd.com/doc/118469684/Letter-on-new-round-of-Southeast-Alaska-seine-permit-buybacks-pdf

Anonymous said...

The Council empowers the large factories afloat. They hire foreign workers to not only assure low wges but also to prevent unionization. Processors are actually loosing money when the ship isn't fishing or catching little. Communities are estranged from the wealth at the waters edge. The family fishing operation is as threatened as the family farm. The whole sscheme of social engineering this corporatist Council is implementing is an economic assault on coastal communities and ultimately Alaska itself as more & more quota ownership is held out of state.They must be held legally responsible for the rampant conflict of interest endangering our way of life. Immunity fron prosecution under antitrust law has led to immunity for economic prostitution of Alaska's marine resources.

Anonymous said...

Where is the Real Federal enforcement? Not NOAA and NMFS.
Investigate the NMFS Alaska Division and NPFMC. And it's ties to Processor's and Trawler's

Anonymous said...

The less people know, the easier it is for a handful to get away with unfair practices. The more people know, the harder. Alaskans are becoming 'in the know' and we're crying out 'unfair, unfair, unfair'!

Anonymous said...

Compare the Council system to the Jack Abramoff scandal.

Had Abramoff been a council member everything he did would be legal.

We all figure if we can just get someone from our gear group on it will be ok. It doesn't work that way.

Every vote is an opportunity to make more money for the voting members of the council. They can and do take on new clients all the time. Voting member suddenly become Trident lobbyists.

Any talk of conflict of interest is punished.

Anonymous said...

whoa, they should rename this Conspiracy Theorist's Central. You guys have no idea how fishery laws work. This ain't done for the good of Alaska, people. I'm not in favor of the bigtime trawl companies but get your head out of the sand.

Anonymous said...

Right, everyone knows that nobody has ever conspired to obtain unfair fishing industry profits. Nobody associated with the fishing industry would ever do anything like that. Could not happen.

Like he says, get your heads out of the sand you guys.

Anonymous said...

All I can say is thank God for the Tholepin blog & thanks to AMCC for running it! Without it we would all be left in the dark.

Anonymous said...

This wil cure speculative entry. Should the quota lease stay in AK or go to a golf course in Arizona?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yUYTAxNU90w&feature=youtu.be