A message from Sam Parisi – When senators and congressmen call you, you know you that your message is getting out there

A message from Sam Parisi – When senators and congressmen call you, you know you that your message is getting out there about the implementation of a US Fish Bill.

You wonder why and then you realize that your dream to have federal  legislation in the form of a Fish Bill has some merit.

I have had calls from Senators on the West Coast and New England wanting to help and giving me advice. One of them said, “Sam this will have the backing of not only those engaged in the fishing industry, but also those associations for conservationists.

The reason is simple.

If this bill was to become a realty, it would reduce fishing efforts.

This is what NOAA wants and has yet to find a way to reduce catches and at the same time let our fishermen put food on their tables.

The Saltonstall Kennedy Act has NOAA collect a duty paid for by the importers of the 90% of the seafood consumed in this country.

According to former Sen. William “Mo” Cowan, D-Mass.  just $8 million of the $113 million available in 2010 through the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act program went to fisheries.

The funding opportunity to create and implement the US Fish Bill is in the S-K Fund, and it wouldn’t cost taxpayers a dime.

When I think of all the restrictions that been placed on our fishermen over the years and look at the results, I must wonder why our government can’t find a solution that will help bring back the stocks and help our fishermen survive.

I am starting to create a board of directors, with representatives from the East, and West Coast, and from the Gulf, and am looking for help.
We can do this by email to start and then find a place to meet.

I am also looking for someone with expertise to help write the bill.

I can be reached at [email protected]

or phone 978 491 7722

Thank you, Sam Parisi, Gloucester, Mass