June 16, 2006 • www.koosnews.com • Koos News • Page 5
Marine Board Meets in Charleston June 29
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The Oregon State Marine
Board will consider funding two
boating access projects worth
$323,000 during their next regular board meeting scheduled for
Tuesday, June 27, in Charleston.
The two projects are in Columbia and Multnomah counties.
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By Mel
Neff
ONE IF BY LAND, TWO IF BY SEA part two.
Last week I discussed battle
lines being drawn, and drawn they
are. I attended the meeting in
Bandon regarding proposed
sanctuaries off our coast within
the three-mile limit. There were
none proposed to the north and
none to the south of us. Just off
Bandon and Charleston. It would
appear that we are the heart of
the snake, with proposed "no
trawl" protected areas in the center of Oregon's coast. Once the
state waters are divided then they
can make the move toward the
south incorporating a few more
protected areas to ensure that a
large percentage of our coast
would be under Federal protection. That would leave the north
part of the state waters from
Newport to Astoria open to recreation for the enjoyment of Portland, Eugene, etc. The Green
Group "OCEANA" and others
must glean a large portion of their
donations from the I-5 corridor
because of their insistence on
adding more and more restricted
areas to OUR prime fishing
grounds and none to the north. It
looked like the usual bait and
switch tactic. Make a dozen outrageous proposals then force the
population to agree to the least
obnoxious, but still a more restricting settlement. Although this closure only affects the Trawl Fleet
at this time, you can bet the recreation fishermen will be excluded from the areas within the
next few years. It's called divide
and conquer. This closure is a
spoke in the wheel that over the
next few years may crush our way
of life on the Oregon Coast.
The battle over aquaculture in
Alaskan waters has so far been
thwarted by their elected officials.
The Governor and others have just
said no. Our Governor and
elected representatives in the
Nations Capitol are strangely silent on this whole subject.
There's a Government publication, although boring as they all
are, that has some informative
subject matter. It's titled, "The
Rationale for a New Initiative in
Marine Aquaculture", published
September 2002 by the US Department of Commerce, NOAA
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and NMFS. The following are
sidebars and not taken out of context. "NMFS clearly needs further Congressional Support to
implement this broad-based initiative for Marine aquaculture and
build its foundation in stone". And
another, "NOAA has already
drafted offshore legislation but it
has not been vetted to the new
administration. It gives the Secretary of Commerce authority to
grant long-term leases for development in the EEZ, subject to specific environmental standards.
Such legislation is identified as a
key need for the aquaculture industry and vital for sustainable
offshore development". This looks
like the fast track. Again a quote:
"NMFS should streamline and
simplify the federal process for
permitting in the EEZ, and create
pre-permitted Aquaculture Development Zones". "NMFS should
enhance its capabilities to advance aquaculture technologies
with a focus on production systems for new species and new
practices". This has been
shopped around for two years and
as yet, has derived no traction.
The driving force behind this is
the growing trade deficit and
America's escalating consumption of seafood.
The silent invaders mentioned
in part 1 are the Government
agencies that very quietly are
changing our way of life. Now
we come to the questions: Can
we continue to harvest the sea's
bounty at a sustained rate? Are
we using the best science? It
seems that yellow eye and canary
rockfish are showing up in numbers and of a size that would suggest that they were misrepresented in the original studies. Is
there enough room for our fishers to survive along side of aquaculture? I only have one answer
to a question that I didn't ask. I
only want to eat "wild caught" fish
from our ocean, not pen raised
mush full of dye and chemicals.
The choice is yours whether
you're involved in the fishing trade
or a house wife raising children.
This subject is important to the
health of you and your family.
Please check the origin of your
seafood and try to buy locally.
Ed. Note: This article was
published last year but it seems
even more timely now with the
closure of commercial salmon
season.
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The meeting will be held at the
South Slough Estuary Reserve in
Charleston. The meeting will begin promptly at 9 a.m. Agenda
items include the following:
* Director's Report
* Consideration of Agency
Budget Request
* Consideration of Facility Grant
Requests
* Final Consideration of
Rulemaking -Hewitt Park, Baker
County
* Final Consideration of
Rulemaking -Reciprocity Provisions for Charter Boats on the
Columbia River
* Final Consideration of
Rulemaking -Lake Billy Chinook,
Jefferson County
Among other items on the
agenda, the board will make final
decisions on proposed boating
regulations for Brownlee Reservoir in Baker County and Lake
Billy Chinook in Jefferson
County. The board will also consider rules consistent with Washington State law for charter boats
operating on the Columbia River.
Other agenda items include initial rulemaking requests for Elk
Lake in Marion County, Illinois
River in Jackson County and
North Fork Siuslaw River in Lane
County.
Boating Facility Projects Two new projects will be brought
to the board at this meeting.
They are:
* Port of St. Helens,
Scappoose -Construction of a
four-stall flush restroom
* Oregon State Parks and Recreation Department, Sandy
Beach, Government Island -Consultant design and engineering for
a new transient tie-up facility and
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The meeting is accessible for
persons with disabilities. Persons
needing some form of assistance
to participate in this meeting due
to a disability should contact Jill
Andrick at (503) 378-2617 by Friday, June 23. Persons wishing to
address the Board on non-agenda
items may do so during a designated period at the start of the
meeting.
Marine Board staff will also
ask the board for consideration
of the 2007-2009 Marine Board
budget.
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PASTRIES
* Initial Consideration of
Rulemaking Requests -Elk Lake,
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