October 8, 2013 — With a pot of just $10 million to cover no doubt dozens of applications from fisheries groups and waterfront businesses from around the country, it may not be realistic to expect all seven of the proposals coming out of Gloucester to get federal funding.
But it’s also vital that those deciding where to allocate the tariff dollars from the Saltonstall-Kennedy Act – which would top $100 million if NOAA and the Department of Commerce truly followed the law — give all of these plans a good look. For all of these innovative ideas would fit right in with not only bolstering the fishing industry, but with sparking alternative waterfront growth as well.