Author: Joey Ciaramitaro

At Ku Da Te Restaurant In St Lucia they serve the creamiest chicken balls. Sadly- No Rabbit

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Following quote from the Conservation Law Foundation-

Today, Department of Commerce Secretary Gary Locke made the decision to reject Governor Patrick’s request for emergency action to increase catch limits for Massachusetts fishermen, in violation of the groundfish management plan that CLF helped to pass, which has been in effect since May 2010 and was helping to create positive, sustainable change in the state’s fisheries. Several weeks ago, the Governor petitioned Secretary Locke to declare a state of economic emergency in Massachusetts fisheries and was supporting a lawsuit that challenged the plan, putting fish and fishermen at risk.

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It should be made clear that the rebuilding of the stock by a law that was passed just this past May and that CLF helped to pass did not start in May of 2010. Does anyone really think that the huge recovery in cod stocks happened in eight months?

No, the recovery of the cod stocks started with amendment 13 and Days At Sea program where the amount of cod was slashed to 400lbs and then upped to 800lbs when the regulators saw the recovery taking place. This was long before The Conservation Law Foundations Catch Share Program came along and was working well by all accounts. The government would not have raised the quota of daily cod limits from 400 to 800 if it wasn’t.

The beauty of the Days at Sea program was that it turned Gloucester Fishing from a volume
business at lower prices to quality of fish at a higher price business. The fish were coming back and because the government placed quantity restrictions on the cod, the fishermen were getting close to triple the amount of money for their fish because of the lack of a glut of fish in the marketplace.

There was less effort on the stocks but the same or very few fishermen went out of business. In fact if you looked around the harbor the fishing boats were all being maintained really well- a sign of the health of the industry for sure.

Now if I were an Eco Foodie Nazi, this would be nirvana. Less impact on the stock, much higher quality fish and most importantly all of the small independent fishermen still exist and support the same number of families.

Instead, they (because they don’t know any better and the Conservation Law Foundation has a much better Marketing team funded by PEW and hence Shell Oil) back a Catch Share Program The Catch Share program which has brought about hyper consolidation of the fleet of the stronger fishermen buying out multiple permits of their tired fishermen brethren who can barely keep up with the mountains of paperwork and regulation changes but mainly because the bigger fishing corporations have the money to buy out the little guys. The Conservation Law Foundation has backed a plan to privatize the fish – your fish – my fish – the public resource. Now instead of thousands of small fishing operations you have hundreds of big ones and within ten years or so way less. Big huge corporations are going to own our fisheries and the greenies who usually are in the corner of the small guy are aligned with The Conservation Law Foundation “clever title” but what they don’t understand is how it flies in the face of everything they usually stand for.

The Conservation Law Foundation can claim a huge victory for a law that caused hyper consolidation of fishing communities and taking massive numbers of small independent fishing families out of business, but to say that in eight months they are responsible for rebuilding the stocks is ridiculous. The stocks were rebuilt by fishermen who endured the cutbacks in cod quota and Days At Sea program over 10 years ago.

Just so the greenies know who they are in bed with.

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Could someone or preferably a fisherman (Maxfield?) Explain to this woman that the term “blacklisted” is entirely fair to use and that Berkowitz is trying to shed light on the fact that species that are on these Eco foodie Nazi lists have been rebuilt to sustainable levels even by the Governments own standards but still reside on these lists. Could you also let them know how much more codfish there are swimming in the ocean since the days at sea program had been instituted?

http://jacquelinechurch.com/pig-tales-a-fish-friends/2012-berkowitz-does-disservice-to-gloucester-fishermen-and-sustainable-seafood-dialog

Berkowitz should be commended for standing up to these people. He has much more to lose than to gain. Their Blacklisting influence over willing environmentalists who want desperately to believe anything that some green guru says is undeniable. Even in the face of video evidence and government reports these people still call codfish unsustainable.

You want one of those cool shirts, right? Well get on it! I’d like to see as many of my GMG peeps get registered as possible before it sells out!

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Sunday, August 7, 2011. The first swim wave will hit the water at 7:30 AM. The Transition area will open at 5:30 AM. Race management reserves the right to modify or shorten the race course in the case of inclement weather or unforeseen circumstances, and to accept or reject any entry. No transfers, substitutions. The minimum age to compete is 13.
In the instance that the swim is cancelled, racers will do one loop of the run course in place of the swim. The start of the run format will also be in waves.
Per USAT Rules, only the registered athlete may pick up their race packet and number. You must show Photo ID and if you are a USAT member you must have your USAT Card to present as well. NO EXCEPTIONS.
Athletes must pick up their packets at one of the locations below. Please try to pick up your packet prior to race day as it will help us lessen race morning check in and also allow you to avoid one more thing to do on race morning.
August 6, 2010 – 2:00 pm – 6:00 pm at Gloucester High School. Click here for directions.
August 7, 2010 – 5:30 am – 7:00 am at St. Peter’s Square.
Triathlon Entrant List.

Individual by 5/31/11: $85.00
Individual by 7/31/11: $95.00
Individual by 8/1/11: $105.00
Relay 2 Person by 5/31/11: $135.00
Relay 2 Person by 7/31/11: $145.00
Relay 2 Person by 8/1/11: $155.00
Relay 3 Person by 5/31/11: $150.00
Relay 3 Person by 7/31/11: $160.00
Relay 3 Person by 8/1/11: $170.00
– opens January 1, 2011 at noon.
The Gloucester Fisherman Tri is offering a discount to all active Military Personel. Please e-mail info@triandduit.com for the code. At packet pick up you will need to show your Military ID Card to verify your current active service.
For information on joining USA Triathlon, call the National Office at 1-800-TRI-1USA or via their website to join now by clicking on the USAT logo below.

There will be no refunds of Race Entry Fees. Further, if the race is cancelled due to weather, terrorism, an act of God or any other event beyond the control of the Town of Gloucester, Gloucester Fishermen Athletic Association, Gloucester Police, Tri and Du It Multisport, our Staff, Sponsors and volunteers, the entrant/athletes entry and associated fees will not be refunded. Your entry in the race denotes your agreement to these terms. Thank you.
You will receive an entry confirmation from us once you complete your registration. You will also begin to receive race informational updates about one month prior to the race from our constant contact account. Please make sure that the following e-mail address is on your spam approval list; info@triandduit.com.

13,000 posts in just over three years. Imagine if that was a novel? How many pages is an average book?

The 13,000th was Janice Reilly asking where to go outdoor skating for the record.

I was wondering if you, or anyone else, could tell me where to ice skate
outdoors in Gloucester? Thanks for any info you may have and a great site.
Janice

Where do you go ice skating?

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