Union Workers Urge Menhaden Regulators to Reject Environmental Misinformation and Protect Coastal Jobs
The six shop stewards representing union fishermen members of United Food & Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 400 are calling on the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to protect working Virginia watermen and rely on science, not pressure from environmental and sportfishing advocacy groups, in their decisions next week. The call comes in a letter signed by the shop stewards to the Commission’s Menhaden Management Board, as the Commission will debate proposals that could threaten fishing jobs and communities. The Menhaden Fisheries Coalition (MFC) supports these union fishermen, who work for MFC member Ocean Harvesters and whose livelihoods depend on the health of the menhaden fishery. Links, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 06:54
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