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New Homeland Security
The Department of Homeland Security has added Eastport to the ports of entry that will utilize “biometric procedures” for certain visitors from Canada as part of the US-Visit program. US-Visit applies to “all visitors who apply for entry with a nonimmigrant visa, including those using a Border Crossing Card to travel beyond the border zone
New Study: Open the Gates at Moncton
New Brunswick has produced an Environmental Impact Assessment on the Petitcodiac River causeway at Moncton, near the head of the Bay of Fundy, rekindling a long-standing dispute between environmentalists and commercial fishermen. The environmental community, led by the Riverkeepers, wants the causeway gate opened, which they maintain will clean the river. Fishermen maintain that the
FFAW official blames EU tariffs for shrimp fishery’s problems
The Canadian east coast shrimp fishery is in serious trouble, says David Decker, secretary-treasurer of the Fish, Food and Allied Workers in St. John’s Newfoundland, and it’s time to take serious action to save it. Furthermore, he says that only a united Atlantic Canadian effort will solve the problem, and to that end he and
Canadian panel recommends dismantling NAFO
A report by the Canadian Advisory Panel on the Sustainable Management of Straddling Fish Stocks in the Northwest Atlantic has called for the dismantling of the Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization (NAFO). NAFO is an organization that includes Canada, the United States and European countries that have fishing fleets. It is mandated to protect North Atlantic
Eastport Boat School – “alive and functioning”
“The Boat School is alive and functioning,” says Dean Pike, the Eastport school’s last remaining faculty member. “We’ve opened with 11 enthusiastic freshmen.” Last spring, citing a funding shortfall, Bill Cassidy, president of Washington County Community College, had announced plans to move the Boat School to the WCCC Calais campus. Pike spearheaded the drive to
Newspapers sue Passamaquoddy Tribe over access
The Bangor Daily News reported on Sept. 13 that the newspaper, in conjunction with the Quoddy Tides in Eastport, has filed a lawsuit in Washington County Superior Court against the Passamaquoddy tribal government at Pleasant Point under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA). The newspapers’ complaint allege that the publications have been denied access to
Industry expert: Is there enough LNG for new facilities?
With proposed Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facilities at Split Rock on the Pleasant Point Reservation and in Robbinston by Quoddy Bay LLC, along with a competing proposal in Robbinston by Downeast LLC, an oil industry investment banker has raised a concern that has nothing to do with safety or danger to the environment — whether
REPORT:Atlantic snow crab fishery is in trouble
When the Atlantic Canada cod fishery collapsed, fishermen turned to snow crab to support themselves. Now, the lucrative snow crab fishery is in trouble, according to a report delivered in June to federal Fisheries and Oceans Minister Geoff Regan by the Fisheries Resource Conservation Council. In a letter to Regan, FRCC chair Jean Guy d’Entremont
Funding package could keep Boat School in Eastport
“The Boat School will stay in Eastport,” declared Dean Pike, the last remaining faculty member, after a July 15 meeting in Machias that included Maine Gov. John Baldacci and Bill Cassidy, president of Washington County Community College. Last spring, citing a funding shortfall, Cassidy had announced plans to move the Boat School to the WCCC
WCCC plans to move Eastport Boat School to Calais
Bill Cassidy, president of the Washington County Community College, has announced plans to move the school’s Marine Technology Center programs from Eastport to Calais. In making his May announcement Cassidy said, “WCCC is facing a projected $500,000 shortfall in the upcoming FY 2006 fiscal year. The shortfall is a result of: State funding not keeping