Elsipogtog Chief NB Premier keep talks going as blockade continues
(New Brunswick Premier David Alward speaks to reporters Sunday following meeting with Elsipogtog Chief Arren Sock. Photo: Andrea Schmidt special to APTN)APTN National News MONCTON–Elsipogtog Chief, NB Premier keep talks going as blockade continuesA round of high-level talks between New Brunswick Premier David Alward and Elsipogtog Chief Arren Sock have begun with the aim of ending a more than week-long anti-fracking blockade on a highway in the northern part of the province.Alward and Sock both emerged from the three hour meeting saying that talks would continue Monday. The premier and chief, however, addressed reporters separately, indicating both sides are still far apart.“What I am pleased about today is we were at the table,” said Alward. “That discussion will continue…we see the importance of developing our province and our economy for the long term and that is the work we have started to bring forward.”The crux of the dispute centres around the operations of a company called SWN Resources Canada that is exploring for shale gas. Elsipogtog residents, along with people from surrounding communities, want to stop the exploration because it would likely lead to fracking which they believe threatens the environment.“We want the company out of our province and the province wants to do business with the company,” said Sock. “I am still hopeful and the premier has been very receptive to our issues…we might be able to get some sort of compromise.”The meeting Monday is expected to be held in Fredericton.Controversy erupted mid-meeting after the Mi’kmaq Warrior Society issued a statement saying they had been cut out of a promised place at the discussion table. The warriors said anyone representing the warrior society at the meeting did not have the group’s authorization.Elsipogtog War Chief John Levi attended the meeting.A band official said the matter was internal and would be sorted out. There was also talk by some at the blockade that the chief should walk away from the negotiating table.APTN National News has learned that Alward’s office refused to meet with any delegates from the warrior society who hail from outside of Kent County, which is the region covering Elsipogtog First Nation and the anti-fracking blockade.Sunday’s meeting comes days after a New Brunswick judge handed down an injunction against an ongoing blockade on Route 135, in Rexton, NB, which sits about 80 kilometres north of Moncton and about 15 kilometres northeast of Elsipogtog First Nation.RCMP vehicles have sealed off the blockade on both sides. The site sits next to a compound holding several exploration vehicles belonging to SWN.The injunction had not been served at the blockade as of this article’s posting.news@aptn.ca
City trader Daniel Green, 26, leaves the Old Bailey in LondonCredit:David Mirzoeff/PA Wire The woman rang her best friend from the office and she alerted police, who arrested Green, of Walthamstow, east London.Green insisted the sex was consensual but he stopped when she began to cry as he thought his 10in (25cm) penis was causing pain.He said: “Maybe my penis was hurting her. I always have difficulty when it comes to having sex with girls. I find my penis is hard to penetrate females.”The defendant said his penis was 10in (25cm) long and around 4in (10cm) in girth, demonstrating for the jury with his hand.Prosecutor Timothy Forster dismissed Green’s account, saying he had treated his victim like a “piece of meat”.He told jurors: “You perhaps do not need to know the truth of what was going through Mr Green’s mind. He was a new member of the company. Want the best of The Telegraph direct to your email and WhatsApp? Sign up to our free twice-daily Front Page newsletter and new audio briefings. Most of the StratX men went home after the mood soured as the woman’s companion complained her stash of cocaine had gone missing because she was reluctant to share it.The woman, who cannot be identified, was left in the office with Green, her friend and another StratX employee who tried to rekindle the party atmosphere.But she told jurors she became tired and decided to take a nap under a desk, intending to catch the first train home because she did not have enough money for a taxi.Wiping away tears, she described how she awoke to find Green “tugging” her trousers down and asked him “What the f*** are you doing?”. “He was suddenly in this world where everyone was drinking and taking cocaine. To a certain extent he might feel he wants to impress people.”The barrister said the defendant had been jealous that the alleged victim’s female friend was getting close to his co-worker and had acted because he was “frustrated and humiliated in front of his new work colleagues”.The jury took six hours to find Green guilt of rape by a majority of 11 to 1.Jailing him, Recorder Michael Wood QC told him: “I do not punish you for what seems to be City culture of excessive drink and casual use of drugs when you go out socialising.”He told Green he may have been “coming down from the cocaine” he had taken when he wandered around the office, peering at the victim sleeping before raping her.He said the defendant had shown no remorse and behaved with “a degree of arrogance” when he gave evidence in court.The Recorder ordered that he be put on the sexual offenders’ register for an indefinite period.Detective Inspector Anne Medlycott from the City of London Police said: “This was a predatory attack on a vulnerable young woman, who will have to live with what has happened to her for the rest of her life.”Green has shown no remorse for his actions, putting the victim through the trauma of a trial, and we hope this verdict will bring some comfort to the brave survivor of this life-changing crime.”We praise her courage in reporting it to us and we encourage other victims to do the same.” 
A judge has highlighted the City’s “excessive” culture of drink and drug-taking as he jailed a trader for raping a young woman after a cocaine-fuelled office party.Daniel Green, 26, was found guilty of attacking the woman, in her 20s, after she had curled up to sleep under a desk in the early hours of May 16 2015.The pair had met during after-work drinks in the City of London and gone back with a group of Green’s colleagues to the StratX stockbrokers’ offices near Monument, where he had only just started work.While there, partygoers danced on desks to music, drank champagne and took lines of cocaine into the early hours. Daniel Green in custodyCredit:PA 
Daniel Green faces 6 years in prisonCredit:FACEBOOK I was still trying to wriggle away, doing anything I could to stop that. I guess I was in a state of shock at what was happening.Victim “At that point I remember just trying to crawl forward to get away. I knew what was going to happen. I remember being pulled back,” she told the jury.”The next thing I remember was Daniel raping me.”I was still trying to wriggle away, doing anything I could to stop that. I guess I was in a state of shock at what was happening. I was just trying to say no and get across this is something I don’t want to happen.”I just kept saying ‘No, no, no, no, no, no’ but it absolutely didn’t stop anything.”He was making sexual noises, making me feel horrible, so I burst into tears. After realising I was not going to get away and this was actually happening, I started crying, and at that point – it seemed so bizarre as he’d said absolutely nothing before – he said ‘Oh shit, she’s crying’.”He got off then. I was just distraught. Then he was out of the office really quickly.”
The first images of the violence show Ali waving a glass bottle towards Mr Hales before delivering a glancing blow to Mr Barry’s shoulder.“As soon as I see Mr Ali swing the bottle and physically hit them that’s when I took the decision to get involved,” Stokes claimed.“I was trying to stop Mr Ali doing damage to anybody with a glass bottle.” Ben Stokes was supported at court by his wife ClareCredit:Hannah McKay/Reuters 
Afghanistan war veteran Ryan Hale, 27, was also punched to the groundCredit:Avon and Somerset Police/PA Show more 
Ali, his co-defendant, was also found not guilty over the 2.30am attack outside a Bristol nightclub last September.Stokes shook Mr Ali’s hand after the verdicts were returned.Mr Ali said as he left court: “I’m very relieved. I’m glad it’s all over. That’s all I have to say at this time.”Tony Miles, solicitor for Mr Ali and Mr Hale, added: “Both our clients are delighted this is over. They just want to get on with their lives.” Ali denied his version, saying he could only remember banter with Mr O’Connor and Mr Barry.He was unable to explain a scene showing Mr Barry touching Ali around the groin before trying to take his arm.He told jurors the England cricketer “was very angry and looking for someone to pick on”.Both Stokes and Ali claim they were acting in self-defence and blamed each other for being the aggressor.The footageCCTV of the fight was captured on cameras located around the Clifton Triangle area – a popular nightspot in Bristol. Mr Cunningham said Stokes insulted his tattoos and teeth in a foul-mouthed rant.The cricketer then became “aggressive” and was “obviously upset” after his offer of £300 to get back into the venue was refused. The trial heard Stokes acted like a “football hooligan” on the night outCredit:Aaron Chown/PA “Ben Stokes will now join the England squad for the 3rd Specsavers Test against India, which starts at Trent Bridge on Saturday.“Considerable detail has been heard in this week-long court case and, in due course, there will be a range of matters for the Board to fully consider.” Stokes and Ali tussled and fell to the floor and when he got back to his feet Mr Hale was standing in front of him.“I felt under threat by these two and felt I had to do whatever it was to keep myself and others around me safe,” Stokes said.Mr Hales, who had earlier kicked Ali in the head three times, then tried to grab Stokes, repeatedly begging his teammate to stop, telling him “Stokes, Stokes, that’s enough”. From left, England cricketers James Anderson, Jake Ball, Jack Knowles (CEO of Temptr), Alex Hales and Ben Stokes during a night out in Bristol, Credit: Jack Knowles/Temptr Jimmy Anderson, Jonny Bairstow, Liam Plunkett, Jake Ball and Alex Hales had started drinking beers with Stokes at their hotel bar at around 7pm.The party eventually decided to continue their celebrations at a late night bar, taking a taxi at 11.25pm to Mbargo on Bristol’s Clifton Triangle.Ball, who was drinking with Stokes, insisted: “It wasn’t a wild night out.”But shortly before 1am, they left Mbargo and went to another club called Pryzm.The bar was quiet. Some chose to go home, but Hales and Stokes returned to Mbargo.Conflicting evidenceStokes’ denied claims his mood darkened after nightclub bouncer Andrew Cunningham refused to let him back into Mbargo. 
“There is a period of about one and a half minutes which is not covered by any footage with the consequence that the footage does not show exactly how the fight began,” Mr Corsellis said. Alex Hales was with Ben Stokes when the fight took place outside Mbargo nightclubCredit:Avon and Somerset Police/PA The spokesman said Stokes had been a victim of “pre-determined guilt” and denied claims he was under a curfew on the night of the brawl. Ryan Ali suffered a broken eye socket following the fightCredit:Avon and Somerset Police/PA In the conversation with police recorded on body-worn camera, the prosecution claimed Stokes mouthed at Hales and winked at him.Mr Hales, meanwhile, initially told police he arrived after officers, but Gordon Cole QC, representing Stokes, asked jurors to consider whether the Nottinghamshire batsman’s kicks were responsible for Ali’s broken eye socket.Mr Hale was found not guilty last week of affray by the jury on direction of the judge.Avon and Somerset Police said in a statement: “We carried out a thorough independent investigation into the events of 25 September before passing a comprehensive file of evidence to the Crown Prosecution Service which subsequently made the decision to charge. “Having reviewed the evidence, the jury has concluded the actions of the defendants did not amount to affray and we respect this decision.” The altercation involving Stokes was captured on CCTV footageCredit:Avon and Somerset Police/PA The incident took place outside Mbargo nightclub in Bristol Credit:Steve Parsons/PA Football hooligansBefore violence flared, Stokes had downed at least 10 drinks – jägerbombs, vodka and beers – while celebrating with teammates.Student Max Wilson said Stokes, Hales and the other men involved in the fight were behaving like football hooligans.“They were clearly drunk,” he said. 
During the row over re-entry to the club, Stokes is said to have told Mr Cunningham: “Look at the state of your teeth… they make you look like a c—.”Stokes had no recollection of the exchange, instead insisting he was joking about his own bad tattoos.As they waited outside, Stokes and Hales were joined by Mr O’Connor and Mr Barry, who were apparently leaving the club.Mr Cunningham claimed Stokes mimicked their mannerisms and voices. CCTV footage appeared to show Stokes flicking his cigarette at the pair. 
Stokes refused to answer questions as he walked away from the court with his wife and legal team.Stokes, who had been drinking heavily and smoking, denied claims he was enraged after a spat with a doorman who had refused to allow him and Hales back into a nightclub hours after England had beaten the West Indies in a one-day international. Instead, he told how he was leaping to the defence of two clubbers, Kai Barry and William O’Connor, but the Crown claimed CCTV evidence indicated he was mocking the “flamboyant” pair. Gordon Cole QC, representing Stokes, asked jurors to take into account the “blows, kicks and/or stamps” carried out by Nottinghamshire batsman Hales as they weighed up whether Stokes was to blame for Ali’s broken eye socket.As the jury of six men and six women returned its verdict, Stokes staggered forward in the dock, and puffed out his cheeks as the foreman delivered his not guilty verdict. Wife Claire sobbing in the public gallery.The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) announced this afternoon that Stokes would join the England squad for the third test against India. A spokesperson said: “Now that the legal proceedings have concluded, the disciplinary process for Ben Stokes and Alex Hales can be scheduled by the Cricket Discipline Commission [CDC]. Hales escapes chargesVideo taken in hospital later shows Ali with a bulging, bruised and bloodied eye socket. He also snapped a tooth.Mr Hale suffered a “1.5in laceration to his forehead”, while Stokes had no obvious injuries apart from a swelling on his right hand.After police arrived at the scene, Stokes is recorded telling officers he got involved with the fight because Ali and Mr Hale “were abusing my friends for being gay”. Mr Cunningham claims Hales intervened by saying: “Stokesy, don’t do that.”Stokes, however, denied the claims, insisting they were exchanging “banter” about his £695 white leather shoes.He added: “I don’t remember every little detail which has gone on that night.”The missing minute that sparked the fightThe brawl erupted shortly after 2.32am – but the true cause of the fight may never be known.Ali, who Stokes would end up fighting, had drunk six or seven Jack Daniel’s and Cokes, and in CCTV footage is seen walking out of the club with Mr Hale, followed by Mr O’Connor and Mr Barry. 
Doorman Andrew Cunningham told the court he was verbally abused by StokesCredit:Ben Birchall/PA Police body cam footage showed the moment Stokes was arrested in Bristol city centre Credit:Avon and Somerset Police/PA When asked if he had become “enraged” at any point during the incident, Stokes replied that it was a “difficult question to answer”.The 6ft 2in sportsman added: “I didn’t know they could be carrying more weapons on them.“They could decide to attack me at any time if I was to turn my back on either of these two. At all times I felt under threat from these two.” Appearing outside court, Stokes’ spokesman said the cricketer had been minding his own business before violence flared. 
Stokes said he and Hales were trying to find a nearby casino on his teammate’s iPhone map.He said he shouted at Ali and Hale to stop insulting the two gay men.”Leave it out…you shouldn’t be taking the piss because they’re gay,” Stokes claims he said.He claimed Ali then turned his brown beer bottle upside down and shouted: “F— off or I’ll bottle you”.During cross-examination, however, Stokes was unable to remember exactly what was said to spark his intervention. Want the best of The Telegraph direct to your email and WhatsApp? Sign up to our free twice-daily Front Page newsletter and new audio briefings.
There are more than 50,000 OSHA recordable incidents involving “struck by falling object” every year in the USA, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. That’s one injury caused by a dropped object roughly every 10 minutes. Many of these injuries are significant and some fatal. The cost of accidents and the effects on the worker and company are well documented. But what about the cost of a near miss or an incident that damages expensive machinery? A new tool has been developed to help reduce incidents of dropped fasteners and the related costs.The patented Washer and Nut Keeper is a flexible rubber socket set that can be loaded with any combination of nuts, bolts or washers of a given size. Once loaded, the fasteners stay in the flexible socket and in perfect alignment for starting them either in a tapped hole or on a stud or bolt. The flexible socket has ribs for easy gripping. Once the fastener stack is started, the Washer and Nut Keeper is removed and the final torqueing is done with conventional sockets or wrenches.What is the cost of a dropped fastener? It could be as little as the time it takes a staff member to leave the work station and find the fastener or, if dropped in a machine such as a pump or into a process, it could be catastrophic — ruining expensive equipment or product quality. What if it was a specialty fastener and the last one on hand? Is it reasonable to risk final assembly while short one fastener, or is the project put on hold until a replacement is found?While in most cases being struck by a falling fastener isn’t lethal, OSHA calculates the direct cost to the employer for a lost time injury due to a contusion is over $27,000. If a worker is just one floor up and drops a fastener, it can take several minutes to retrieve the fastener and try again. Even at a total labour cost of just $50/h, says RToddS Engineering, “that’s a couple of dollars or more every time a nut, washer or bolt is dropped — assuming that it can be found again! When trying to start a combination of fasteners (for example, a nut, flat washer and lock washer) in hard-to-reach locations or at an awkward work position, it’s not uncommon for there to be multiple mishaps before they are started without dropping or cross-threading them.”The Washer and Nut Keeper can help solve this age-old problem, improving safety and productivity at the same time. Fasteners can be preloaded into the flexible sockets before work is started to ensure the proper sequence of fasteners and speed up site work. Gloves can be worn while using the device to reduce lacerations, which OSHA estimates the direct cost to the employer at over $19,000 per incident.Each socket is designed with a series of cavities that securely hold the fasteners in place, and the base has an opening for a standard ratchet drive or extension. A Washer and Nut Keeper can be designed for any combination of standard, metric or specialty fasteners. A typical set of eight is a ¼ inch through ¾ inch set for US Standard and SAE fasteners. The Washer and Nut Keeper is protected by US patent 9,416,810 B2 and foreign patents pending.
THE 79-YEAR-OLD PEACE protester jailed last week yesterday received a visit from the wife of President Michael D Higgins.Sabina Higgins paid a visit to jailed Margaretta D’Arcy, who told anti-war campaigners that she wanted to “continue her conversation with the State”.D’Arcy was last week jailed for three months, having refused to sign a bond that pledged not to enter restricted areas of Shannon Airport.D’Arcy was protesting the use of the airport by the US military.A statement by anti-war campaigners Shannonwatch said that D’Arcy was “in good spirits”, but had no intention of pledging to end her protests.“With regard to signing any documents or bonds that could lead to her release from prison she was adamant that she will only sign such undertakings if the Irish Government takes steps to end the US military use of Shannon airport. Margaretta does appreciate that support and solidarity that she is receiving but wants to emphasise that the real issue is the misuse of Shannon airport, not Margaretta D’Arcy.The group is holding two weekly protests, on Wednesday afternoons outside the Dáil and Fridays outside Limerick Prison, until D’Arcy is released.Aras an Uachtaráin earlier told RTÉ’s Six One that the visit by Mrs Higgins was a “private and personal” visit.Read: Protest being held condemning the jailing of Margaretta D’ArcyRead: 79-year-old jailed for three months over Shannon protest
ATMS ACROSS IRELAND will soon start dispensing €10 notes as part of the National Payments Plan, it was revealed today.Spokesperson for the Central Bank told TheJournal.ie that the change will come into effect after the summer.He also confirmed that €10 notes will not be available from every ATM – just a percentage.The move has been welcomed by Labour TD Ciarán Lynch who has lobbied the Central Bank on the issue to ensure those on tight budgets have access to all of their money.“Currently the minimum withdrawal from ATMs is €20, and it can even be difficult to find a machine that dispenses this amount. For those who are on lower incomes, this limits the access they have to their money.”He says he hopes the plan will be extended to all ATMs around the country.“While this development will benefit all ATM users, it will have the biggest impact on lower income families, and I am glad that consideration is being given to the harsh realities many families are facing, where budgets are extremely tight and access to all available funds is crucial.”The spokesperson for the Central Bank said the regulator believes the decision will be beneficial for both consumers and retailers.There are currently no plans to introduce smaller denominations to ATMs.OECD report recommends mandatory pensions for private workers
Samsung has been proudly showing off progress on Tizen, the open-source Android alternative project it’s been shepherding since 2011. Its latest time in the spotlight shows that Tizen can indeed do all the things you’d expect a mobile OS to be able to do — and that includes shopping for and playing popular casual games.Ecosystems continue to be a huge factor in the success of a mobile OS. iOS and Android still lead the way, and Windows Phone has gained a lot of ground. BlackBerry continues to struggle. Firefox OS is taking a different approach, of course, by putting the entirety of the mobile web on display as “apps.” Does Tizen really stand a chance?Sure it does, as long as the company keeps showing off popular titles like Cut The Rope and Gameloft’s Asphalt7 running on Tizen. Samsung is the top seller of mobile phones in the world, and its Wave 3 devices with the in-house Bada OS enjoyed plenty of success when they launched two years ago. Samsung’s brand clout has grown considerably since then, and it’s not hard to imagine a Galaxy device with Tizen getting a warm reception from the public — provided it can deliver the apps, too.Tizen’s cutting-edge HTML5 support should ensure that it can match Firefox OS in terms of mobile web apps. HTML5 is something that the Tizen Association has been bullish on ever since the evolution from Meego began. The Tizen 2.0 release is also packed with new developer goodies, and it’s clear that Samsung understands the importance enticing top-flight studios to build for Tizen. The company has mentioned adding BlackBerry-style support for running Android apps in the future, but that could remain plan b if Samsung can prove Tizen can stand on its own and attract developers without dangling a compatibility layer.The fact that so many carrier are already involved with Tizen development won’t hurt it’s chances to succeed, either. With NTT DoCoMo’s director of marketing chairing the Association and big names like Orange, Vodafone, Sprint, SK Telecom and KT (Korea Telecom) on board, it’s not hard to imagine a flood of Tizen phones on retail shelves over the next couple of years.It’s already trickled out that Google isn’t too happy about Samsung’s Android dominance. It’s starting to feel a bit like the Galaxy brand carries more weight with the public, after all. And with Samsung showing off how capable Tizen 2.0 really is, you can almost hear the Google execs snapping their pencils in Mountain View.
Today, Google has announced it is kicking off an experiment that will allow a small number of people to receive goods they order through a new Google storefront on the same day.It’s called Google Shopping Express, and for the moment it will be limited to the San Francisco Bay Area. More specifically, Google says you are eligible to take part if you live in the city of San Francisco or the Peninsula from San Mateo to San Jose.The stores taking part in the experiment include American Eagle Outfitters, Office Depot, Staples, Target, Walgreens, Toys”R”Us, Blue Bottle Coffee, Palo Alto Toy & Sport, Raley’s Nob Hill Foods, and a few others. But importantly, you won’t be visiting those stores online directly to order, rather Google has created a single location from which to order all these goods online.Anything you order will be delivered the same day depending on what time you order. The details of cut off points for same day dispatch haven’t been made public yet, but you will have to choose a delivery window, which currently include Anytime Today, 10am-2pm, 2pm-6pm, and 6pm-9pm.It looks like Google intends to roll out Shopping Express as a subscription service. If you are eligible and sign up now you will get six months of free and unlimited same day deliveries. The pricing for subscriptions is another thing Google is still figuring out, but it’s sure to be popular if it means getting your goods that much faster even if it does come at a premium.If you’re interested, you can sign up to be a tester on the Google Shopping Express page.
The Council of State, Greece’s highest administrative court, cast doubt on Tuesday on recent legislation that granted citizenship and voting rights to second-generation immigrants living in the country. Known as the Ragousis law, after Interior Minister Yiannis Ragousis, who drew it up, legislation passed through Parliament in early 2010 allowed those who had been born to immigrant parents that had been living in Greece legally for five years to obtain Greek citizenship as long as they had studied at a Greek school for at least six years. The legislation was opposed by New Democracy and its leader Antonis Samaras. The Council of State questioned in a ruling on Tuesday whether these criteria were suitable for deciding a person’s citizenship and whether stronger ties with Greece should be required. The court also deemed unconstitutional the part of the law that allows non-Greek citizens to vote and stand as candidates in local and regional elections. Judges said there had to be a constitutional review for this legislation to apply. The Council of State ruled on the matter after a Greek citizen lodged a complaint about the Ragousis law in April 2010. The ruling will not automatically lead to the law being repealed as it could be appealed at the Supreme Court. Source: Kathimerini Facebook Twitter: @NeosKosmos Instagram
People often complain of skin dryness and opt for varied beauty products to cure it. Avoiding long, hot shower bath or drinking at least two litres of water can help you rid the problem. Femalefirst.co.uk shares tips to take care of dry skin.Avoid long, hot shower bath – True, that hot water bath relieves stress but it can also make your skin dry. Hot water reduces natural oils from body much faster than lukewarm or cold water.Use a gentle cleanser or shower gel with moisturiser – Cleanser or nice shower gels make skin smoother and removes dryness. Also Read – ‘Playing Jojo was emotionally exhausting’Use good moisturiser – If face is moisturisd properly using a good moisturiser, it helps make skin soft and smooth. Moisturisers lock in moisture and help reduce dryness.Drink plenty of water – Experts recommended to drink two litres of water every day. Drinking plenty of water will ensure your body can produce the minerals it needs to function properly. Eat healthy – Food items or ingredients like fish (salmon and sardines), flax and walnuts help maintain body’s natural oils. Eat food items, which contain Omega-3 acids that produce natural oil and minerals to keep your body healthy. Exfoliate – Dry skin can produce dead skin cells so it is important to exfoliate weekly to get rid of these cells so your body can produce new ones.
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Despite an initial wave of support from environmentalists, Costa Rica’s planned shrimp trawling ban has come under fire over the past month, and now, with a new bill being drafted, it may be done away with altogether.The Constitutional Chamber of the Supreme Court, or Sala IV, found the practice of shrimp trawling unconstitutional on Aug. 4, due to its damaging effects on the marine ecosystem. While the courts barred the Costa Rican Fisheries Institute (Incopesca) from issuing new shrimp trawling licenses, the 44 vessels with trawling permits granted before the ruling will be allowed to use them until they expire, the last of which is in 2019.While environmental groups celebrated, the shrimp fishing industry mobilized. A week after the ruling, shrimp trawlers clogged the main route from Caldera to Puntarenas, both on the central Pacific coast, blocking traffic for hours. That same day lawmaker Rodolfo Sotomayor, from the Social Christian Unity Party, introduced a bill that could, once again, make shrimp trawling legal.“Our intention is to regulate trawling using the parameters established by the courts in regards to sustainability and reason,” Sotomayor told Costa Rican news radio host Amelia Rueda the day of the bill’s announcement.That bill comes has the support of Incopesca – a semi-autonomous agency that has long supported industrial fishing – the Fishermen’s Union of Puntarenas and both the ministers of agriculture and livestock and labor. According Luís Dobles, Incopesca’s executive president, the draft hinges on a line in the Sala IV ruling that would allow for trawling if there was a “significant reduction” in the amount of bycatch.The trawlers currently licensed to operate in Costa Rica do so with almost no restrictions. Without bycatch limits, shrimp trawling boats are able to cast their nets over schools of any type of fish. This intentional “bycatch” is sometimes more valuable than the shrimp the vessels are licensed to catch, and depletes fisheries that support small-scale fishing operations.According to MarViva, the environmental organization that spearheaded the Sala IV lawsuit, shrimp make up slightly more than 13 percent of the species captured by trawling nets.“Right now without regulation we have no control over whether these fleets capture 30, 40, 50, even 70 percent bycatch,” Dobles told The Tico Times. “If we regulate it we can lower those numbers.”Bycatch caps, and depth and time limits are among the regulations on the table. Dobles said that internationally accredited inspectors would join trawlers on fishing trips to enforce the regulations.However, the use of inspectors in the past has been easily circumvented by industrial fishing fleets facing little enforcement, and promises of restrictions have done little to allay the fears of environmental groups and small-scale fishing operations that still oppose trawling.“They say they’ll make it sustainable,” said William Carrión, a member of the union for artisanal fishermen and fishing industry workers, “but we fishermen know that that isn’t possible; there isn’t a country in the world with the technology to make trawling a responsible and selective practice.”Trawling is widely regarded as one of the world’s most destructive fishing practices. In Costa Rica it is estimated that shrimp fisheries declined by more than 50 percent between 1997 and 2007. Other fisheries also have depleted, leaving 12,000 artisanal fishermen on the Pacific without jobs, according to MarViva.Fishing unions also have questioned Incopesca’s ability and will to enforce the regulations, based on a long history of the agency siding with industrial fleets on conservation issues.“Right now in the Gulf of Nicoya there are people fishing with illegal nets,” Carrión said. “If Incopesca can’t enforce the little regulation there is now, how will they be able to enforce all of these new regulations?”Complaints of unenforced regulations are nothing new for Incopesca. In 2009, the United States banned the import of Costa Rican shrimp after discovering that the regulatory agency failed to sanction vessels that did not use turtle excluder devices (TEDs) on their nets. More recently, illegal long-line fishing in the southern Pacific’s Golfo Dulce led to the deaths of more than 290 turtles. The perpetrators were never caught.Even with a shrimp-trawling ban, fishermen affected by declining fisheries say it is not a catch-all answer to the problem.“The solution is not simply to eliminate trawling,” said Rolando Ramírez with the Fishermen’s Association. “We need to regulate nets, we need to find alternatives for these communities that rely too heavily on fishing, but every time we try to do these things we just end up hitting a wall.” Facebook Comments Related posts:Tuna company, fishermen and environmental groups squabble over unpublished fishing decree Costa Rica’s dolphin-safe tuna designation under scrutiny Solís signs tuna fishing decree, but will it help Costa Rica’s oceans? Winners of Costa Rica Fishackathon create tool to help track fuel subsidies for fishing
February 23, 2009 We return the our report about the AOT ramp from the Visitors Parking Lot to the Crafts III Visitors Center. Construction staff Andrew Woodard and volunteer Chihiro Saito measure the individual railing posts and cut the tops to align to an exact slope. [Photo: Darina Trendafilova & text: sa] Andrew and Brian Fritz grind to even the tops of the posts. See snow on the Bradshaw Mountains in the background. [Photo: Darina Trendafilova & text: sa] Landscaping chief Ron Chandler has cut individual extension pieces for each post and is welding a small plate onto each piece, on which the railing will rest. We continue this report on 2/25/09. [Photo: Darina Trendafilova & text: sa]
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