Saturday, March 26, 2011

Center for American Progress: The End of Overfishing in America


Center for American Progress: The End of Overfishing in America

Sunday, January 30, 2011

Coastal Caucus Q&A 1/26/2011


The Coastal Caucus met on 1/26/2011.
The event was taped and can be found here:
Link to Meeting

What can we learn from the California MLPA Initiative



Article summarizing the MLPA process in California:
Link to Article

Wednesday, January 19, 2011

Urge your Oregon Legislator to Keep ODFW Funded


The Oregon State legislature has reconvened and is scrambling to plug the $3,000,000,000+ budget gap.
Everything is on the table including dedicated funding to ODFW (you know, license fees).

Please write your legislator and urge them to keep ODFW dedicated funding just that - dedicated to ODFW.

You can find your legislator information at the following link:
Find Your Legislator

Sunday, January 16, 2011

Oregon HB2190 Is A Dangeous Bill !


Oregon HB2190 is a dangerous bill:
Link to HB2190

1) Defines "community" involvement as anyone, anywhere in the state. This effectively takes decision making away from coastal communities and transfers that decision making to metro areas.

2) Will setup two more government entities that will be designed to receive and dispense funds outside of the legislative process - bypassing the will of the people. With ocean oversight already the purview of ODFW, LCDC, Parks Department and OPAC - do we need yet ANOTHER layer of government at a time when the state budget is facing a projected shortfall in excess of three billion dollars?

3) Sets up the mechanism for the State of Oregon to direct funds to NGO's (PEW Charitable trust)

Write your legislator and urge them to kill this bill!!

Find Your Legislator

Saturday, January 8, 2011

OSU study on giant plastic garbage path in the Pacific

Link to study

Has overfishing ended?

Has Overfishing ended?