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Press Releases, Letters, and Reports
August 20, 2007 - Public education campaign challenging Cape Wind’s claims
of ‘no harm’ to fishery in Nantucket Sound
June 6, 2005 - Commercial Fishing Industry Needs on Gloucester Harbor, Now
and in the Future
October 19, 2004 - Commercial and Recreational Fishermen Unite on the
Future Management of Stellwagen Bank
June 4 , 2004 - Comments on Final U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy
Preliminary Report
December 10, 2003 - Comments regarding the Ocean management Task Force .. Recommendations for Public Comment
October 20, 2003 - Summary of MFP Community Panels Amendment 13 Comments
September 23, 2003 - Commercial and Recreational fishermen team up to
redirect the Governor's task force..a press release
September 19, 2003 - Suggestions and concerns relative to the Ocean
Management Task Force, a joint letter to Governor Romney from the
Massachusetts Fishermen's Partnership and the Recreational Fishing Alliance
July 30, 2003 - Bay State Fishermen against "Industrialization of Coastal
Waters" for wind turbines...a press release
April 25, 2003 - Fishermen take exception to misleading statements of
Boston Globe regarding Cape wind farm.. Letter
April 2, 2003 - Fishermen's Partnership to honor Senator Kennedy..MFP will
present its Lifetime Achievement Award to Senator Edward M. Kennedy at
ceremonies...
March 18, 2003 - Fishermen's Partnership Announces Support for Fishermen
to Access Research Funding ...the availability of a professional staff person
to help fishermen research funds
February 11, 2003 - Fishermen's Partnership Makes Case at Science Peer
Review...to illustrate the various scenarios from which the New England
Fishery Management Council must choose in order to implement Amendment 13
January 15, 2003 - Mass Fishermen's Partnership Hails NOAA decision to
extend rebuilding....a press release
January 13, 2003 - Amendment 13 Projections
August 14, 2002 - Mass Fishing Partnership
Proposes Priorities for Fishing Economic Assistance
November 21, 2002 - Restoring Faith in
Fisheries Management ... an editorial
November 6, 2002 - Mass Fishermen's Partnership
Challenges Fisheries Science
September 26, 2002 - MFP supports Northeast
Science Task Force
August 14, 2002 - Mass Fishing Partnership
Proposes Priorities for Fishing Economic Assistance
May 02, 2002 - Testimony of the MFP on the
Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act before the House
subcommittee
May 1, 2002 - Telling fishermen they must rebuild
stocks to reach levels above historic maximums is sheer folly
March 14, 2002 - Letter urging National Marine
Fisheries Service to publish a correction to an egregious error in Amendment
9 to the Northeast Multispecies Management Plan
March 9, 2002 - MFP presents the Wheelhouse award
to Sen. Mark Montigny
November 2001 - Considering Communities in
Managing Fisheries, from Waypoints, the MFP newsletter
September 14, 2000 - The MFP recommends study of non-fishing impacts on
fish habitat, a disturbing trend
April 10, 2000 - The MFP presented a 26-point consensus testimony to a
U.S. Senate hearing on the Magnuson-Stevens Act
December 23, 1999 - MFP Declares Victory over Georges Bank Oil Drilling!
-Canadian government extension of drilling moratorium
November 5, 1999 - MFP letter to Secretary Daley to "strongly urge the
re-evaluation of the emergency assistance program for Northeast fishermen"
October 28, 1999 - Mass Fishermen Challenge New England Aquarium to Take
Stand Against Oil & Gas Drilling on Georges Bank
July 28, 1999 - MFP applauds recommendation to extend oil moratorium on
Georges Bank
June 8, 1999 - Request to Sen. Kennedy to analyze National Marine
Fisheries information and stop the "wanton slaughter of codfish"
February 26, 1999 - MA Fishermen Urge Extension of Georges Bank Oil & Gas
Moratorium
October 22, 1998 - Multi-Tenant Facility Represents New Opportunity for
Industry
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