August 2014 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 11.


D. E. L. A. REPORT FROM THE DIRECTOR Commercial Fishing News


From the Director – How is everyone doing so far this


season? We are more than half-way through July and the “new shell” lobsters are just starting to take hold. This tells all of us that the catch is going back to “normal.” This should be a good thing! After the confusion of a couple of years ago with the big catch in April and May and all of the wear and tear that it put on our nervous systems, at least we have some new legislation on tap as a learning curve from it all. This new legislation came from all of the paranoia and fear of this happening every year. The new legislative proposal is


named: An Act to Provide Guidance for the Development of Marine Fisheries Management Plans; which is a guideline for the People of the State of Maine. Management Plan: The commissioner may adopt a management plan or other policy on the conservation or regulation of marine organisms only after prior notice and public hearing and with the advice and consent of the Marine Resources Advisory Council under section 6024. Please understand that this plan is a guidance document with provisions A. 1 – 6 and B. 1 – 8 and C. A management plan must be developed with advice and input from the advisory council for the species for which the plan is developed, if such advisory council exists. Please take a look at this on the Maine


Jasper’s Restaurant, Ellsworth May 8, 2014


Attendance: President; Hilton Turner, Executive Director; Sheila Dassatt, Sec/ Treasurer; Mike Dassatt, John Chipman, Sr., Gerry Chipman, John Chipman, Jr., Theresa Chipman, Terry Savage, Sr., Clay Savage, Bob Fortin, Mike Faulkingham, Ethan Turner, Sarah Redmond


The meeting of the D.E.L.A. opened with President Hilton Turner presiding. The minutes were reviewed with no corrections to be made. Bob Fortin made the motion to accept the minutes with John Chipman, Sr. seconding the motion. The motion passed. The Treasury report was discussed by


Sec/Treasurer, Mike Dassatt. There were questions as to how the scholarships are awarded for D.E.L.A. The questions were answered and carried over to the next meeting for further discussion. Terry Savage made the motion to accept the minutes with Clay Savage seconding the motion. The motion passed.


Sheila gave her Director’s report which


Legislative page on the web if you want to read the entire document. This plan should help us if this situation should ever arise again.


D.E.L.A. held a meeting at the


Fishermen’s Friend in Stonington on Thursday, July 10th with Sarah Cotnoir of the D.M.R. present to go over the fi nal whale rules with us and update us on the issues that were on the agenda for the Lobster Advisory Council meeting that was July 16th in Hallowell. We had a very good meeting with a lot of our questions and concerns answered by either Sarah or Rep. Walter Kumeiga, who was also present at the meeting. I would like to Thank Sarah and Walter for their participation with their knowledge of the current concerns. The current whale rules are in place and if you need further information, Sarah has great hand-outs with the explanation and a map that shows the designated lines for exemption, 3 mile, 6 mile, 12 mile and the lobster zones. These information sheets were passed out also at the Lobster Advisory Council meeting, so you can also contact your zone representative, your association or the D.M.R. for further information. The D.E.L.A Board of Directors voted to open our Scholarship Fund for students that would like to send their letters of application in. We are proud to say that our fund has exceeded the $2,000.00 goal that


D. E. L. A.'s Minutes for 8 May Meeting


included D.E.L.A.’s dredge letter. There has been a lot of work involving composing letters and going to Penobscot Bay Dredge meetings. Sheila asked about how far we share our letters. A motion was made by Terry Savage and seconded by Mike Dassatt not to share all of our letters with private participants. The motion passed. Sheila’s entire report will be submitted to the Maine Coastal News for further reading. Hilton introduced Sarah Redmond, our new member from Maine Sea Grant. Sarah is working with kelp and seaweed aquaculture. She gave a background on how the fi shery works. She had fl yers with pictures, diagrams and contacts if you are interested in trying this fi shery during the “off season.” This is considered a new fi shery for Maine – when we’re not fi shing, this is a good winter project. This is still in the developmental stage.


Once this product is dried and packaged, it can also be sold in the Farmer’s markets. You can Google “Kelp Farming


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43 Year Old Hinckley Wins in Newport to Bermuda Race Continued From Page 10.


Amateur Dinghy Club, in Bermuda, on Wednesday. The Cones and their crew of six started the Newport Bermuda Race with fellow Class 1 competitors on Friday, June 20th at 1:00PM EDT. Actaea had inched out each of her 96 competitors in the St. David’s Lighthouse Division on corrected time, and ended up beating the second place fi nisher, “Flyer,” by 40 minutes. The race has fi ve divisions, but the winner of the St David’s Lighthouse Division is generally considered the winner overall. “It’s remarkable a boat launched in 1971 performed so well in this race,” Mr. Cone said Saturday. “We just cruised at fi rst,” Mrs. Cone said. “Then we sailed a distance race and wanted to play with the big boys in Bermuda.” Mr. Cone refl ected, “It took us about 15 years to learn how to sail her;” “people think yawls are easy to sail, but they’re not easy to race.”


After a disappointing last place fi nish in the 1996 Newport Bermuda Race, Mr. Cone recalls, “I swore I’d never ever do this race again.” But listening to a speech from the ’96 race winner changed his mind; “I was really upset, and he addressed that feeling in his wonderful speech.” So Cone decided to give the 635-mile race another go. Ten successive Newport Bermuda Races later, and Actaea came out on top. The Cones have sailed their Hinckley over 75,000 miles in the past 25 years. The Actaea crew has placed in sixteen of the seventeen mid- to long-distance races they have competed in since 2010. Bill Tripp Jr. designed the Bermuda 40 in 1958; it was Hinckley’s fi rst fi berglass boat. Tripp’s son, Bill Tripp III, has just recently designed the heir to the Bermuda 40, the new Bermuda 50. Hinckley plans to launch the fi rst Bermuda 50 next year. With a sleek and sophisticated design the sailboat is sure to be a serious contender at Newport Bermuda Races in the future.


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we have needed to start awarding funds once again! The Scholarship Fund was originally set in at $2,000.00 to be divided among the qualifi ed recipients that send in record of completion of their fi rst semester grades. Depending on who successfully fi nishes their fi rst semester, we may have more funds available at the end of the school year. Please contact me if you have further questions about the scholarships.


I can proudly say that our Scholarship Fund has been primarily raised by our own membership which is a defi nite “labor of love” for our next generation. Thank you, once again for your support! (We are always taking donations for the Fund to make it larger). Our Annual Meeting is scheduled for


Thursday, September 4th @ 6:00 p.m. at the Fishermen’s Friend in Stonington (by popular vote) and the Board will go over the scholarship letters at that time. Our Commissioner, Patrick Kelliher will be our guest at the Annual Meeting and once again, update and answer questions that we have for him.


Please feel free to attend, if you are a


member, bring a family member or friend. If you are not a member, perhaps you are interested in membership. You are welcome to attend; Come along for just the meeting if you aren’t interested in having a meal. The important issue is that you are comfortable to come along and bring your questions of concern along with you. We are all happy to answer questions and explain our representation for the industry.


This has


been a very busy couple of years! On the agenda for the future L.A.C. meetings are issues such as revisiting drug testing, whale rules, green crab update, trap tag replacement, ocean acidifi cation, dredging projects, Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative Update and the Lobster Fishery Management Plan. So you can see, the work is set before us and as your


association, we need your input and support to keep us working for your interests to maintain our industry.


When people ask me about joining,


please don’t think that joining an association is to just put insurance on your boat or get a discount at your local marine store. You won’t need that discount if you don’t have a fi shery in the not so distant future if we don’t take care of it now! By the way, we do have membership benefi ts such as discounts... check it out.


Had a great time at Stonington


Fishermen’s Day! Thank you to the Island Fishermen’s Wives Association for all of the work that you do. I had the pleasure of having my entire family attending this year and it was great. I’d also like to Thank our Associate members for their help and support, Marty, Alan Hamblen, Mike Giles and Mark of Spencer Insurance of Deer Isle and of course, our President, Hilton Turner and Sec/Treas. Mike Dassatt. We had great representation and a lot of friends and family stopping by. Personally, I’d like to “Thank” Nancy


Griffi n for the great article that she wrote for the Landings newspaper about the Lobster Boat racing over the years. She told the story about my Dad and my husband, Mike in the Stonington race and coming over the fi nish line sideways…it was all so true! I read the article and couldn’t help but feel fortunate to be part of the Old Heyday and the stories that go along with it. Those were the best years of my life and I think we can achieve more “best days” in the future with our children and grandchildren. This is why we keep doing what we are all doing, I’m sure. Remember---Winter Harbor is celebrating 50 years of having their lobster festival this year! Let’s make it a good one. See you around, Sheila


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