Contact: Matt Stout FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
12/10/96
Applications from 76 fishermen have been selected for further review under the Northeast vessel buyout program, the National Marine Fisheries Service announced today. The program is designed to provide economic assistance to fishermen adversely affected by the collapse of the groundfish fishery, while helping fish stocks recover to a sustainable level.
The successful applicants, who were selected from a total of 164, are mostly from Massachusetts and Maine, with one each from New Hampshire and New York.
"We want to quickly process these applications, approve them, buy out the vessels and have the owners dispose of them as soon as possible," said Leo Erwin, chief of NMFS' financial services branch. "But first we need to ensure the vessel owners are eligible, qualified, and meet the requirements of the Fishing Capacity Reduction Initiative."
These 76 vessel owners must now provide full documentation for all aspects of the original bid statements, including number of fishing trips over the past two years, gross revenues for all species and New England multispecies for years 1991-94, records of trips made during and after the application period, and other financial information. The fisheries service will then verify all information before processing the buyout.
The remaining applications will be held by NOAA. If the low scoring applications drop out either because they are found to be ineligible or because the applicants voluntarily withdraw, NOAA will notify the next lowest scoring applicants.
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Editors note: The list of selected applicants is attached.
STATE/ NAME CITY
MA TRIPOLINA INC. BOSTON
TAYLOR, PETER W. CHATHAM
TOLLEY, STUART WAYNE CHATHAM
HORNE, ROGER W. CHATHAM
KAMINSKI, BRUCE CHATHAM
JACOBSEN FISHING CO. INC. FAIRHAVEN
GIUSSEPPE & CATERINA, INC. GLOUCESTER
GIACALONE, ANTONIO GLOUCESTER
S. ANTONIO CORP. GLOUCESTER
LADY FRANCESCA INC. GLOUCESTER
THREE FRIENDS VESSEL CORP. GLOUCESTER
BRANCALEONE, GAETANO G. GLOUCESTER
BROWN, WILLIAM G. IV GLOUCESTER
BALBO, DANIEL GLOUCESTER
ALL TRAWL INC. GLOUCESTER
SANTAPAOLA, JAMES GLOUCESTER
RUSSO, VINCENZO GLOUCESTER
NAPOLI, FRANCESCO P. GLOUCESTER
VINCIE & JOSEPHINE ,INC. GLOUCESTER
C & N FISHING CORPORATION GLOUCESTER
GPN CORP. GLOUCESTER
DIDRIKSEN FISHING CORP. MATTAPOISETT
J & A FISHING CORP. NEW BEDFORD
AM FISHING CORPORATION NEW BEDFORD
BARCELONA GROUP INC. NEW BEDFORD
BOAT IMIGRANTE INC. NEW BEDFORD
DE CAMPOS, ANTONIO J. NEW BEDFORD
THREE FRIENDS FISHING CORP. NEW BEDFORD
R & P FISHING CORP. NEW BEDFORD
MARINALDO FISHERIES, INC. NEW BEDFORD
S & S FISHERIES INC. NEW BEDFORD
CURLEW II, INC. NEW BEDFORD
COWBOY FISHING CORP. NEW BEDFORD
RAFAEL, CARLOS NEW BEDFORD
KAVANAGH FISHERIES INC. NEW BEDFORD
SLEEPY HOLLOW FISHERIES NEW BEDFORD
LANE FISHERIES INC. NEW BEDFORD
MURTOSA FISHING CORP. NEW BEDFORD
SANTO ANTONIO FISHING CORP. NEW BEDFORD
CRUZ FISHING CORP. NEW BEDFORD
F.A.T. FISHING CORP. NEW BEDFORD
OLIVEIRA & SILVA FISHING CORP. NEW BEDFORD
LADY LAURA FISHING CORPORATION NEW BEDFORD
NEVES & SON FISHING CORP. NEW BEDFORD
WALSH FISHING CORP. NEW BEDFORD
BOA VIAGEM FISHING CORP. NEW BEDFORD
S & N FISHERIES, INC. NEW BEDFORD
BOAT MONDEGO INC. NEW BEDFORD
SHEENA CORP. NEW BEDFORD
INDEPENDENT FISHING CORP. NEW BEDFORD
JOAO CARLOS FISHING CORP. NEW BEDFROD
LITTLEFIELD, FREDERIC K., JR. NEWBURY
VASQUES, JOHN T PROVINCETOWN
ALBA, JEAN CATHERINE REVERE, MA. 02151
SHEA, KEVIN ROBERT SCITUATE
CHRIS-STAM INC. UPTON
DWYER FISHING CORP. WAKEFIELD
L& H FISHING CORP. WESTPORT
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ME BREWER, ROBERT E. BOOTHBAY
COUSINS, JOHN D. JR. BROOKSVILLE
HANSON, STEVEN MICHAEL CAPE ELIZABETH
MCLELLAN, MYRON CAMERON NEWCASTLE
MOORE, LEWIS C PHIPPSBERG
RO-JO INC PORT CLYDE
FAIRTRY INC. PORTLAND
NORTH ATLANTIC GROUP INC. PORTLAND
CELTIC PRIDE II INC. PORTLAND
HAROLD F. SEAL INC. PORTLAND
ATLANTIC RESOURCE CORP. PORTLAND
GUOBA, THOMAS RAYMOND
KEENE, BRUCE G. SOUTH PORTLAND
F/V SCOTSMAN JAMES & CATHY HOMSTEAD SOUTH PORTLAND
STODWELL, ERNEST F. IV SOUTHPORT
RAMS CORP. TENANTS HARBOR
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count 16
NH STEVENS, LEILAND HAMPTON FALLS
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count 1
NY TRAWLER GOLDEN EAGLE INC. BROOKLYN
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count 1
76 selected.