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Task force gets waterfront tour of Eureka & Trinidad

Posted by: Aqua Blog Maven on November 20, 2009 at 7:39 am

From the Eureka Times-Standard:

“Members of a Blue Ribbon Task Force toured key fishing businesses in Eureka and Trinidad Thursday to gain a perspective on how Marine Protected Areas could undercut an already shaky industry.

Three of eight task force members were joined by representatives of commercial and sport fishing groups, Eureka officials and environmental organizations, and given a run-down of local investments made in the industry and the heavy restrictions on fisheries in the area. The task force is a key component of the state’s Marine Life Protection Act Initiative, which is charged with creating a network of coastal zones in which fishing and gathering is forbidden or restricted.

At the foot of C Street, City Manager David Tyson briefed the group on the city’s multi-million dollar efforts to develop a fishermen’s terminal and market there. With $2.4 million in recently approved federal stimulus funding, the city will be able to begin construction of a building for small seafood processors, with a cafe, loading docks and a fish market. The project has been 15 years in the making, and is intended to bring to the public a better understanding of the fishing business that has long been a part of North Coast culture.

”So the city has quite a bit of dollars in the commercial fishing industry,” Tyson said. … “

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November 20, 2009 · Filed Under Northern California, Other Oceans & Beaches Stories

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