Daily Archives: September 6, 2012
Peter Shelley’s (as usual) bogus arguments on the AUDIO: Federal Court Appeal Against NOAA – Thanks Dicky
This is regarding CLF lawyer Peter Shelley’s intervention in the Amendment 16 Lawsuit Appeal Oral Arguments Hearing on September 5, 2012. In general, the defendants’ arguments were embarrassingly lame and disingenuous, but discussed below is a particularly outstanding contention of Shelley’s and deserving of a mention.,,,,,,,,,Read more in the comment section.
From Savingseafood.org
Audio of the proceedings follows:
1 – James F. Kavanaugh, Jr. representing New Bedford, Gloucester, and the numerous named individual plaintiffs
2 – Stephen Ouellette, representing the American Alliance of Fishermen and their Communities, New Hampshire Commercial Fishermen’s Association, Richard Grachek and David Aripotch
3 – Patrick Flanigan, representing James Lovgren
4 – Joan Pepin, representing the Federal Defendant-Appellees
5 – Peter Shelley, for the Conservation Law Foundation, an intervening defendant.
6 – James F. Kavanaugh, Jr. closing statement
Industry sponsors sardine survey along the Northwest Coast – Amount of fish is tied to profits and number of jobs for fishery
Tired of what they saw as incomplete surveying that led to an underestimated sardine population – and commercial harvest guideline – each year, processors in the Pacific Sardine Fishery (California, Oregon and Washington) started hiring their own scientists, chartering boats, renting airplanes and taking a hands-on role in the yearly surveys. ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,Read more
