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State of Hawaii wants to triple fees for commercial marine licenses
The state is proposing to triple by cost of commercial marine license fees by 2018. The $50 fee would jump to $100 initially, then to $150 on Jan. 1, 2018. “Commercial license fees haven’t increased in nearly 20 years, so we’re updating the fee schedule to reflect our current needs,” said Bruce Anderson, administrator of the state’s Division of Aquatic Resources. “The increased revenues will fund badly needed improvements to online reporting and licensing web sites, to better serve the fishing public.” The state is also proposing changes that would affect dealers who buy marine life directly from commercial fishers. A series of meetings have been scheduled for the public to weigh in: click here to read the details 13:46
The DeepWater Wind, Narragansett and Block Island demostration wind farm – Ken Williamson
Aloha Fishery Nation, What most people don’t know is State of Hawaii has been exploring alternate energy since 1960s and at one time had the world’s largest wind turbine in test operations. If it deals with alternate energy it has been tested and documented in Hawaii. HI is an international alternate (green) energy testing center. All except for offshore wind farms which was state-wide rejected as cost prohibitive, damaging to ocean environment and endangerment to marine life, high cost of maintenance, unsightly and artificially driving electric rates higher (they wanted $0.20/Kwh. Purchase Price Agreement (PPA) when burning diesel fuel cost $0.09-$0.11/Kwh.). HI does have wind farms but they are land based also HI has U.S. patents for interfacing wind farms to legacy electrical power grids (grid with no modern smart grid components). continued here click for larger image
