PENOBSCOT BAY WATCH
418 Main Street
Rockland Maine 04841

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                                  September 28, 2001

DMR Commissioner restricts state research videotapes as "confidential"; bans  
videotaping of future state trawl survey catches.

CONTACT:  Ron Huber (207)594-5717    [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ROCKLAND.  A Maine conservation group has written to Governor Angus King,  sharply 
criticizing Maine Department of Marine Resources Commissioner George Lapointe for 
claiming that videotapes taken as part of the state's publicly funded  research 
voyages are "confidential".  

See group's letter at  <a href="http://www.penbay.org/tapeletter.html";>
http://www.penbay.org/tapeletter.html</a>

The group is calling on the Governor to countermand the commissioner's decision and 
order the release of  videotapes made during the state's controversial  inshore  trawl 
survey carried out last fall.  They also asked him to reverse Commissioner Lapointe's  
September 10th decision to ban  videotaping of catches made during the state's Fall 
2001 trawl survey, which begins this week.

FULL PRESS RELEASE AT 
<a href="http://www.penbay.org/tapepress.html";>http://www.penbay.org/tapepress.html</a>


Penobscot Bay Watch: People that care about Penobscot Bay.



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| Ron Huber              |
| Executive Director     |
| PENOBSCOT BAY WATCH    |
| 418 Main Street        |
| Rockland, Maine 04841  |
| (207)594-5717          |
| http://www.penbay.org  |
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