Daily Archives: December 5, 2012
Drakes Bay Oyster Co. sues U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar, claiming he violated federal environmental law
The owner of the Drakes Bay Oyster Company, Kevin Lunny at his oyster farm in Point Reyes, Calif. on Thursday Nov. 29, 2012. U.S. Interior Secretary Ken Salazar rejected a proposal to extend the lease of the popular Drakes Bay Oyster Farm at Point Reyes National Seashore Thursday, effectively ending more than a century of shellfish production on the 1,100 acres in Drakes Bay. The lawsuit accuses Salazar and Jonathan Jarvis, the director of the National Park Service, the director of the National Park Service, of revoking the property rights of the Drakes Bay Oyster Co. without due process provided by the National Environmental Policy Act. The suit also claims the federal leaders based their decision on false, biased and misrepresented science. Read More
http://www.sfgate.com/science/article/Drakes-Bay-Oyster-Co-sues-feds-in-fight-over-farm-4090937.php
Photo: Michael Macor, The Chronicle / SF
Squid catch dips in Monterey Bay
This year’s squid season, which started on April 1, was so good it was shut down early for the third straight year. To keep populations of the milky white cephalopods at sustainable levels, state officials limit the total catch to 118,000 tons. This season the limit was reached by Nov. 21. http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_22119437/less-than-banner-year-squid-monterey-bay
SBA Loans available to assist with fishing affected by chinook salmon fishery disaster
Businesses in affected areas in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Lower Kuskokwim and Lower Yukon Rural Education Attendance Areas, the Matanuska Susitna Borough, and some neighboring areas, can apply for the loans until Aug. 21, 2013. Business owners and permit-holders are eligible to apply. Crewmembers are not be eligible. http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2012-12-04/loans-available-to-assist-with-fishing-disaster
