"At-Sea" Monitors Required by Gov't = $700/Day

[Spare_change]

SEABROOK, N.H. – David Goethel built his life off the profits of cod, trolling the waters of New England for 30 years netting the region's once-abundant signature fish.

"My slice of the American Dream was paid for from fishing," Goethel said from behind the wheel of his 44-foot fishing trawler on a windy Friday afternoon in December. "Cape Cod house, two cars, four college educations – it all came out of the fish hole in this boat."

But a controversial federal mandate is threatening to put him out of business, he claims.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, requires groundfishermen -- those who catch cod, haddock and other common bottom-dwelling species -- to carry on board "at-sea monitors." The observers, hired by three for-profit companies, are third-party workers whose task it is to observe fishermen's compliance with federal regulations and ensure annual quotas are not exceeded.

The dispute lies in the cost of the monitors and who should pay for them: Fishermen are billed on average $700 a day when a regulator is present.

East Coast fishermen file appeal over cost of government-required 'at-sea monitors'

 

[owebo]

Sounds like another Trump clean up on isle D.....

 

[deltex1]

Someone should put a monitor in Obamas office. He's been at sea since January 2009

 

[depotoo]

Yep, heard about this awhile back and the monitor can cost more than their take. It is ridiculous.

 

[depotoo]

It's a way to stifle the small time fishermen.

 

[depotoo]

UPDATED: Fishermen suing feds over legality of monitoring

one fisherman is attempting to take doc and noaa on.

 

[depotoo]

Seems the fishermen lost and are now appealing-

A federal district court judge in New Hampshire ruled against the group of fisherman in August, but the Cause of Action Institute -- a Washington legal watchdog representing them -- filed an appeal last month. The nonprofit advocacy group is suing on behalf of Goethel and Northeast Fishery Sector 13, which represents groundfishermen from Massachusetts to North Carolina.

East Coast fishermen file appeal over cost of government-required 'at-sea monitors'

 

[Silhouette]

The dispute lies in the cost of the monitors and who should pay for them: Fishermen are billed on average $700 a day when a regulator is present.

East Coast fishermen file appeal over cost of government-required 'at-sea monitors'

They could replace some of the monitors with 24/7 GPS linked deck cameras at all angles?

 

[depotoo]

I imagine that would be a rather expensive outlay as well.

The dispute lies in the cost of the monitors and who should pay for them: Fishermen are billed on average $700 a day when a regulator is present.

East Coast fishermen file appeal over cost of government-required 'at-sea monitors'

They could replace some of the monitors with 24/7 GPS linked deck cameras at all angles?

 

[owebo]

The dispute lies in the cost of the monitors and who should pay for them: Fishermen are billed on average $700 a day when a regulator is present.

East Coast fishermen file appeal over cost of government-required 'at-sea monitors'

They could replace some of the monitors with 24/7 GPS linked deck cameras at all angles?

Why don't democrats just drone them?

What the fuck business of the ,govs is it to invade their workplace?

 

[BluesLegend]

The liberal filth can't legally ban fishing, so they do end runs around the law and use ridiculous regulations like this to effectively ban it.

The state of California repeatedly attempted to ban gold dredging, the courts ruled against them and for the gold dredgers. The mining laws are crystal clear. So the state of California, thumbing their nose at the courts, claimed they did not have the money to issue the 4,000 dredging permits, effectively banning gold dredging.

These filthy liberals should be locked up.