Director has ties to congressman who asked for AG investigation into Exxon
The Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen’s Association (PCFFA), which is currently suing dozens of energy producers for damages resulting from climate change, has refused to answer multiple inquiries from the Washington Free Beacon about the number of fishing boats in the association that have gone green or to detail other “green” changes members of the group may have made.
The majority of the nuisance lawsuits currently being brought against major oil companies have been from governments—usually coastal, but not always—like Rhode Island, Baltimore, and California cities like San Francisco and Oakland.
That is one of the main reasons the announcement by the PCFFA last November of the suit was seen as breaking a new ground.
“The fishermen’s lawsuit appears to be the first time food producers have sued the fossil fuel industry for allegedly harming the environment,” a contemporary report from NPR noted.
At the same time, however, several academic and media reports over the last decade illustrate the interdependency of the fishing industry and fossil fuel usage.
During price spikes for gas and diesel fuels in 2013, a report from the U.K. Daily Mail drove home that point, saying, “The cost of fish and chips could rise by up to 50 per cent because of rising fuel costs, a government body warned today.”
“The Sea Fish Industry Authority (Seafish) said rises in the price of diesel used to power fishing vessels would have a ‘significant effect’ on the cost of fish over the next 12 to 18 months as trawlermen struggle to break even,” the article added.
An academic investigation into seafood production by British and Canadian researchers in January of 2014 noted in an online summary that, “similar to most contemporary food systems, many fisheries and aquaculture resource supply chains are heavily dependent on fossil fuels.”
Stupid
You mean the guys who lie about what they call tuna? The oil companies should counter sue the fishermen for destroying the oceans wildlife.
Change the can from “charlie the tuna ” to “flipper the dolphin ” instead.sorry if you are to young to remember that t.v. show.😉
Do fish farts add to climate change?
So……would the fuel industries be able to “boycott” the fishing boats that are members of, and support, the PCFFA (association = union)?
No fuel, no fishing. That would put a crimp in the association quick.
If the fish were not in that area of the sea, they would go where the fish are.
Just because the area is overfished until they cannot make as much money with their current fuel budget is not the problem of the oil companies.
they’re just acting as chum for the green new deal buffet, trying to get the feast started
Pegs my Bullshitometer.
How many of those lefty’s boats are electric? Or have sails? Or expensive, environmentally harmful to produce photovoltaic cells? Asking for a friend.
“I don’t need oil: I ride the bus.”
Woid to da wize – stay away from the green snapper…