Tag Archives: Arthur Kretchmer
Energy giant to hold forum with fishermen over cross-Sound cable route on Wednesday
The meeting, which is closed to the media, will address concerns by some fishermen,,, The route, as proposed by Equinor, the Norwegian energy giant, will extend more than 150 miles from windmills in the waters off Massachusetts to an electrical station in Astoria, traversing the entire Long Island Sound. Some fishermen saying the buried cable is unlikely to pose problems. The company says the route was hammered out after meeting with individual or small groups of fishermen over the past half year. Arthur Kretchmer, a Mattituck fisherman who operates a trawler on the Sound, said he had not become aware of the planned cable until a few weeks ago. “Anything they put in the water is a problem,” he said. He’s opposed to wind turbines on the water, which could force impacted fishermen to compete in the Sound. “I’m asking them not to put these windmills up.” >click to read< 13:54
New York State petitions feds demanding more equitable fluke quota
New York State on Friday filed a petition with the federal government to demand a more equitable distribution of the commercial fluke quota, saying current rules put “unreasonable limits” on the state industry.,, “The stringent limits on commercial landings of [fluke] in New York ports have made [fluke] fishing no longer an economically viable choice” for New York fishermen, because the “limited revenue generated by a trip often cannot offset the costs, including fuel, time, and vessel wear-and-tear.” >click to read<18:21
