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CCCHFA

  1. #NEFMC meeting Tuesday - Thursday at the Ocean Edge in Brewster. Hope to see you there!
  2. The herring fleet is aggressively pushing elected officials to raise the cap on haddock. Help us stop this! Call Deval! http://bit.ly/dmpOfh
  3. Our #Community Supported Fishery is up and running! Check out our blog to see how it's going: chathamfleetcsf.wordpress.com.
  4. The herring committee WILL include spawning herring as part of its Amendment 5 discussion! An important victory for Cape fishermen. #NEFMC
  5. In other news, #NEFMC voted this morning to reelect John Pappalardo as council chair.
  6. Bottom contact sensors a hot topic for debate at #NEFMC. No big decisions yet.
  7. Lunch is over and we're on to herring at #NEFMC. The council is starting to go through Amendment 5. We'll keep you apprised of the action.
  8. Herring discussion off to a late start at #NEFMC, but skate fishery on the table. Stay tuned!
  9. Do you care about the future of fishing in New England? We need YOU at the NEFMC TOMORROW at 11:30 a.m. at the Hotel Viking in Newport, R.I.
  10. The NEFMC will take a critical vote on herring monitoring in Newport, R.I., on Sept. 28 and we need you there! -- bmartens@ccchfa.org.
  11. Herring Rules Challenged: http://bit.ly/9NWazk
  12. Hookers Ball tickets are now on sale! Go to www.hookersball10.com to get yours today!
  13. Menhaden study suggests overfishing may have taken place: http://bit.ly/9Gj3Bx
  14. is wishing you a happy World Oceans Day
  15. Check out this article in Nature about the new catch share system and look for a quote from our own Tom Dempsey -- http://bit.ly/aSKLyv.
  16. is continuing to follow the news out of the Gulf and is saddened by each development.
  17. Abruptly unemployed fishermen in the Gulf are struggling to get by: http://bit.ly/dl4RVu
  18. @CCYP Thanks for the shout out about the 10th Anniversary Hookers Ball!
  19. Help our friends at the Waterkeeper Alliance with the Gulf oil spill relief effort -- www.waterkeeper.org.