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Lobstermen say stripers' fancy diet a pain in the bass

http://news.bostonherald.com/localRegio … leid=80795

By Laura Crimaldi

Apparently, the striped bass is celebrating its population rebound with a lobster feast.

More than 20 years after the region's striped bass population hit a low of 5 million, about 50 million stripers are swimming the Atlantic coast looking for a lobster dinner as lobstermen watch their livelihood be eaten alive.

"There are some people who say (the striped bass) are following our boats," said Massachusetts Lobstermen Association Director Bill Adler, whose agency is trying to stave off a lobster shortage by stocking the waters with millions of baby lobsters.

Adler doesn't think the striped bass' appetite will force consumers to swallow higher lobster prices this summer, but that may change if the hungry stripers keep chomping on crustaceans.

"We found lobsters in striped bass stomachs, but we can't estimate how much of the lobster population that they are really consuming," said Gary Nelson, a senior marine fisheries biologist for the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries.

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If this is true, does it suggest that shorts should be thrown back at locations only where stripers are less prevalent?  Does anyone sense they are being followed by a school of foraging stripers?

Cliff

Hair Balls in Lobster Meat Sends Alarm on Alternative Bait Use

http://www.mainelincolncountynews.com/i … m?ID=11439
By Victoria Wallack

Some lobsters have developed hairballs after eating chunks of cowhide used by fishermen in their traps

Tom

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Fishing Families for Harpswell is pleased to announce the recipients of the first Fishing Families for Harpswell Community Scholarships. Using a blind process where members did not know the names of the applicants, Fishing Families for Harpswell selected two outstanding Mt. Ararat seniors to receive scholarships of $500 each.
    Marianna R. Ponziani of Harpswell Neck and Robyn Lynn Copp of Cundy

I think that, when one is forced to be away from this town for an extended period, it becomes only too evident how much is missed when one is away.

It's good to be back for 2005.

You lucky ducks.

Kev.

Hi everyone, Donna and I are going to Augusta on Tuesday, March 22

A sad footnote to the LNG battle in Harpswell. Sometimes I wish those Anchor boards could have been kept up as a sort of museum. There was a lot of wasted time represented there, but also a few truly heroic moments.

I admit to being a bit troubled at the prospect of having two out of three selectmen be in the construction business.  It seems to me that we need some new thinking on the Selectboard, not a further narrowing of ideas. 

But to me, the most troubling aspect of Sam Alexander's candidacy is the across-the-board endorsement he has received from the two current and one out-going selectmen.  This suggests an unfortunate power consolidation; one that is bound to further close the town's governance process to all but the few and the well connected. 

Sam

The Committee will meet on Tuesday to decide what, if anything, it would like to propose.

Needless to say, the committee would be very interested in any opinions for or against that are out there. The committee is David Moody, Bruce Dyer, Matt Rogers, Peter Darling, Jim Hays, Frank Kibbe, Stewart Tuttle, Wes Coffin, Burr Taylor.

Please comment with a committee member or here.

Burr Taylor

Thanks to those who attended our Shore Dinner last August where we raised the money to start this scholarship.

Bush Prepares for Possible Shutdown of GPS Network in National Crisis

http://www.technologyreview.com/article … asp?trk=nl

     WASHINGTON (AP) -- President George W. Bush has ordered plans for
     temporarily disabling the U.S. network of global positioning satellites
     during a national crisis to prevent terrorists from using the navigational
     technology, the White House said. .....

So, let me get this right.  Intelligence learns of a dirty bomb set to go off when the container or FedEx box reaches its predetermined GPS coordinates.  So the satellite system is shut down to prevent it.  In the meantime, every plane, ship, and lobsterboat is left without GPS navigation.  I can only imagine the result. 

I suggest keeping hold of that Loran set and practice using it from time to time. 

Cliff

December issue:

"Farmer Johnson's Cornfield"

"....an attractive town favored by the super rich.  It attracts 'starter castles' and monster homes funded in part by federal tax law."

"In addition to raising the valuation of all homes in the harbor, the 'Mansion Subsidy' induces tear-downs of buildings of scale and historic importance."

Also, an excellent article on the cost of sprawl

"Rough Seas For LNG"

Article on the proposal for LNG at Pleasant Point. Including another project for New England fishermen to keep an eye on.  Atlantic Energy's "Neptune Regional Transmission System" a four-phase underwater cable project.

Subscriptions to Fishermen's Voice are available and are also distributed at stores and newsstands in the area. Bill Crowe and staff do a great job on all issues facing coastal towns.

From the Boston Globe, December 1, 2004

Mass. Bay gas line buried improperly

http://www.boston.com/news/local/articl … mproperly/

Highlights:

     A new 29-mile long gas pipeline under Massachusetts Bay remains
     improperly buried in 21  locations,  marring the seabed with open
     trenches and piles of dirt despite the developer's promise to fully
     bury the pipeline  and return the seafloor  close to its natural state. .....

     .....Algonquin,  a subsidiary of  North Carolina-based Duke Energy ,
     downplayed the seabed problems, saying the company did  its best
     and  completed  a majority of the project as promised. However, the
     geology of the  seafloor prevented  the company's crews from burying
     the pipe as deeply as they had planned  in certain locations. In others,
     weather and other problems  hampered the company's efforts to cover
     the trench.

What's most troubling about the situation is that the Army Corps of Engineers is ordering that only eight of the locations be fixed, and only where the pipeline is at risk from ship's anchors. 

Cliff

Ordinance: Has examples of recall ordinaces around Maine, some news about recall, and a chart comparing Harpswell's proposed recall ordinance with other ordinances.

Charter: News and information about Charter Commissions and Charter in Maine.

Property tax: News about Property Tax relief in Maine.

I would be interested in suggestions. Please let me know.

I also hope people have comments about these ordinances.

Burr Taylor