Public Hearings Re. GBFT: April 25/26

Meeting Reminder!

On April 25/26 are the final two public hearings on the proposed rule that would take the longline discards off the top of the overall U.S. quota.

• The first meeting is on Monday, the 25th, at 6pm at the Holiday Inn By the Bay, in Portland, ME (88 Spring St)

• The second is on Tuesday, the 26th, at 6pm at the Seaport Inn in Fairhaven, MA (110 Middle St)

While we did a great job at the first New England meeting in Gloucester, we need to pack these two rooms next week. ABTA worked hard to get these meetings added on (as well as the extension that allowed them to happen) and so we need to take advantage of this oppurtunity to show NMFS how many people would be impacted by this rule. These are the last two meetings and so this is your last chance to help!

Keep in mind, too, that we have an ESA decision coming in roughly a month and filling meeting rooms can only help in that regard, too.

Please try and show up for one of the meetings and also please spread the word to all those you know. Whether in person, via email, or on Facebook, etc, anything you can do to notify others will be much appreciated.

Also, if you want to submit a comment, or sign the petition, go to one of the links below.

Thanks! Steve James

Links: Submit a comment: http://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2011/03/21/2011-6563/atlantic-highly-migratory-species-atlantic-bluefin-tuna-quotas-and-atlantic-tuna-fisheries

Sign the petition: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/stop-the-wasteful-discarding-of-bluefin-tuna/

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