Julie Eaton For State Representative

What if 4,800 small businesses up and down the Maine coast suddenly disappeared? This threat is real and it's why we're fighting to . We need your help -> savemainelobstermen.org

Why weren't the safety measures we already have in place addressed? Why was the fact that the whale's food source moving north and east due to climate change of Maine not addressed? Maine lobstermen do NOT entangle whales!!!

Gov. Mills asks Trump administration to reject right whale protection proposal A petition from Pew Charitable Trusts asks for seasonal closures to protect endangered whales, but Mills said the proposal would not help whales, but would hurt Maine's lobster fishery.

TODAY is the last day to apply for the PPP!!! It is extremely easy and your bank will help you if you need assistance! You must have your taxes completed for this past year (2019) and they will need your schedule C from your taxes. Good program for those in need!!!

Feds in Last-Minute Move OK Fishing Boat Owners for COVID Loans Vessel owners were given two business days to get their paycheck protection loan applications filed under the CARES Act.

My campaign is NOT about me but rather about US! Your voice deserves to be heard o issues in Augusta whether you are a fisherman, small business owner,, employee, you are a stay at home mom teaching her children remotely or any of the other options we have here in our district, YOU deserve to be heard. We are stronger when we stand together!!!

On the issues: House District 134 Candidate Julie Eaton Voters residing in House of Representatives District 134 will decide who will represent the district in the Maine House of Representatives on Tuesday, July 14. From the Democratic Party, Julie Eaton and incumbent Genevieve McDonald are...

It doesn't look good for us but I am opposed to the Governor stepping in to regulate us further. We as lobstermen & women know when we can't make it pay to go fishing. We should each make our own minds up on that issue. What are your thoughts??

As Price For Catch Falls, Maine Lobstermen Seek Ways To Prevent Crash Dock prices for lobster in Maine are dropping as low as $2.30 a pound, and lobstermen and regulators are looking at options to prevent a full-fledged crash

A Message from Maine Marine Patrol Jay Carroll to Maine's Lobster Industry Earlier this year, the Department temporarily suspended enforcement of the regulatory prohibition on wet storage of gear. We took this action to support industry as it began to face challenges associated with Coronavirus.

It has been brought to my attention that I had a campaign sign at one of the Little Deer Isle houses that have the very disturbing signs on their lawns.
First, I immediately removed my sign. Black Lives absolutely DO matter!!! This man approached me requesting a sign a couple of weeks ago and I had no idea that he would place this hateful sign in his yard.
I condemn this sign and the hateful message it stands for. It does not reflect my beliefs or how I would serve as your Representative.

Interesting

NCFC Executive Director Bob Vanasse Responds to CLF Lawsuit Over Restoring Commercial Fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Monument - Saving Seafood June 17, 2020 – The following was written by Bob Vanasse, executive director of Saving Seafood’s National Coalition for Fishing Communities, in response to CLF’s announcement that it is filing suit over a presidential proclamation restoring commercial fishing in the Northeast Canyons and Seamo...

We could all see this coming! Same groups that are suing the Maine Lobstermen!

Environmental groups sue Trump administration for allowing commercial fishing in protected waters - The Boston Globe The Boston-based Conservation Law Foundation and other groups said President Trump's decision to open the Northeast Canyons and Seamounts Marine National Monument — the only such protected waters off the East Coast — violated the Antiquities Act.

And in the news from Canada...

“Things could’ve been way worse”: Spring lobster season nears end amid coronavirus, “Things are stabilizing” The Maritime Fishermen’s Union predicted a gloomy forecast for the spring season with the pandemic’s safety concerns, crushed markets and reduced processing capacity. But fishermen are taking it “d…

Did you know that you can register to vote by mail in Maine? And thanks to a recent executive order from Gov. Mills, you know have more time to do it before the July 14 election. You can also vote by mail! So when you mail in your voter registration form, include an absentee ballot request form as well.

Find links to forms for voter registration and absentee ballot, along with other information for voting in Maine in Maine Votes 2020:
https://www.suitupmaine.org/maine-votes-2020/

Did you know that you can register to vote by mail in Maine? And thanks to a recent executive order from Gov. Mills, you know have more time to do it before the July 14 election. You can also vote by mail! So when you mail in your voter registration form, include an absentee ballot request form as well.

Find links to forms for voter registration and absentee ballot, along with other information for voting in Maine in Maine Votes 2020:
https://www.suitupmaine.org/maine-votes-2020/

Study shows a "major" negative impact to commercial fishing and is expected to include 2000 wind turbines along the eastern seaboard!

BOEM Releases Long-Awaited Offshore Wind Review - Saving Seafood June 15, 2020 — The U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has released its long-anticipated update to its environmental impact statement (SEIS) for the Vineyard Wind offshore windfarm, including an analysis of the cumulative effects of offshore wind development off the U.S. East Coast. BOE...

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Pretty much sums it up!!!

US trade policy caught in a lobster trap This is the lesson of the lobster wars: Tariffs don’t solve the problems that tariffs create.

As it should! We are stronger together!!!

Supreme Court rules existing civil rights law protects gay and le***an workers The decision said Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which makes it illegal for employers to discriminate because of a person's s*x, also covers s*xual orientation.

Well said!!!

Important!

Regional Lobster Zone Council Meetings - June 2020 The Department of Marine Resources will be holding a series of three Regional Lobster Zone Council Meetings this month. Given the CDC guidance for social distancing and gatherings of less than 50, we will not be meeting in person. While not ideal, we will be holding these meetings through a platform...

And in news out of Canada...

Ships not complying with right whale protections in Cabot Strait Oceana Canada has released one week of results from its ongoing study, which is assessing data from vessels travelling inside speed restriction zones. Between May 19 and May 25, 72 per cent of vess…

Our voice matters! Everyone inshore and offshore, who fish should write concerning this!!! Make your voice heard!!

BOEM issues new draft environmental statement on Vineyard Wind - Saving Seafood June 11, 2020 — A long-anticipated Bureau of Ocean Energy Management study of the 800-megawatt Vineyard Wind offshore energy project – broadened to examine potential impacts of similar projects from Maine to Georgia – has been released for a 45-day public comment period. The draft supplemental...

Thank you, Rep. Golden! It looks like we are going to need all the help we can get!!!

Rep. Golden introduces legislation to make disaster relief funds available to fishermen - Saving Seafood June 11, 2020 — In a bipartisan effort, Rep. Jared Golden (D-Maine) and Rep. Garret Graves (R-Louisiana) on Thursday introduced legislation to make additional disaster relief available to thousands of fishermen whose businesses are harmed by a pandemic. The legislation would amend the Magnuson-Ste...

I have given this issue much thought over the past few days. After asking around, I find that although a few Maine fishermen did fish this area years ago, This will benefit few now. My next question is, if in fact, the Right Whales transit this area when they head to Canada, how will this reflect on the Maine fishermen? I have no doubt that if one gets entangled out there in an area we will probably not fish, it will come back to haunt us. Do we really want to have our good name (and it is good as is our track record for having NO proven entanglements) associated with being in favor of this??? Just a thought and I would LOVE to hear your thoughts!!!

Maine Voices: Trump rights a wrong by reopening marine monument to fishing Though Maine vessels don't routinely fish Seamounts, the process that created the monument raised important issues.

Worth the read folks!!! Imagine 100 wind turbines 1 mile apart running east to west off the Maine coast!! This article is about this same thing happening off the Coast of Mass. Thoughts??

Feds release Vineyard Wind environmental assessment - CommonWealth Magazine FEDERAL REGULATORS on Tuesday released a detailed, 420-page environmental assessment of the proposed Vineyard Wind project that includes predictions about the future of wind energy along the East Coast and suggests the impact on commercial fishing of six possible wind farm configurations would be ro...

Can you imagine they’re soft talking Whales and Wind Turbines? We don’t want to create the UNDERNET! 6/8/2020 Hey! B.H.! This Wind Turbine Sh*t, they’re full of it!!! They have no Data! There’s an impact study in great need! Where the Hell is L**e job Jane? So they are like maybe the Whales…

This is the document that Pres. Trump signed.

Proclamation on Modifying The Northeast Canyons And Seamounts Marine National Monument June 5, 2020 – In Proclamation 9496 of September 15, 2016, and exercising his authority under section 320301 of title 54, United States Code (the “Antiquities Act”), the President established…

Trump Opens New England Marine Monument to Commercial Fishing (2) President Donald Trump said he would allow commercial fishing in protected waters off New England, doing away with Obama-era safeguards meant to conserve deep-sea corals and endangered whales.

I have an honest question. Although I have fished for 34 years inshore, I am not an offshore fisherman. Do we have any fishermen in Maine who fish in the area that President Trump just opened?? Any fishermen in our District- Stonington, Deer Isle, Isle-au-Haut, Vinalhaven, North Haven, The Cranberry Islands, Frenchboro, Swans Island, Marshall Island Township, Southwest Harbor or Tremont that this will affect and will be fishing there?

President Trump Opens National Monument to Commercial Fishing President Donald Trump on Friday opened 5,000 square miles of ocean off the New England coast to commercial fishing, reversing an order signed by President Barack Obama shortly before he left office.

We DON"T need this here in Maine! Perhaps the environmentalists should address this threat!! Seismic blasting will kill more whales and everything else!! The oil companies already have a permit for "incidental takes" meaning they can kill whales and it is fine!

Victoria fishermen say catch has dropped by 80 per cent since the start of seismic testing Tyson Pollard and his father Tony have been octopus fishing for three years and their catch is sent from Lakes Entrance to Melbourne and Sydney. But in recent months, the pair’s haul has plum…

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For anyone who is involved or interested in our commercial fishing in Maine, here is the recording of the meeting with President Trump yesterday. Thanks to Kristian Porter for bringing up the Right Whale issue. I would be very interested in your thoughts.

President Trump Meets with Commercial Fisherman in Maine President Trump met with commercial fishermen in Bangor, Maine to discuss the fishing industry. The president signed an executive order that will reopen 5,000 square miles of ocean to commercial fishing. In 2016, President Obama closed and designated it as a national marine monument to protect marin...

I support our right to hold PEACEFUL protests and the first amendment to exercise the freedom of speech! I do also believe that we have some amazing police officers here in our area who work hard to ensure our safety and enforce the law & who have run wonderful programs for our children! I have known many of these officers most of my life and they do a great job! Let's all remember that one fisherman who brings in an illegal catch doesn't mean the entire fleet is guilty of this! One bad accountant doesn't mean they are all bad! One bad apple doesn't mean they are all rotten! W**d out the bad apples!!! I believe that things need to change and equality is vital to our country regardless of skin color, s*xual orientation, religion or s*x. These horrific examples of police brutality must end! The killing of innocent people must end. The use of unjustified deadly force must also end. I think those good police officers also agree with this. I don't support the destruction of personal property we have all seen on TV! Some of these businesses are supportive of this cause and are fighting to survive the pandemic! Looting is NOT a peaceful protest!!

******Potential Traffic Delays******
June 5, 2020 3 pm until event is over.

We have information to pass onto the community about potential road closures in the Downtown Ellsworth area.

We are aware of a Black Lives Matter protest that is being held in Ellsworth on June 5, 2020 at 3 pm. Information provided indicates the protest will take place in the downtown area of Ellsworth and may impact traffic flow at different times during the protest. Please seek alternative routes and avoid the area if at all possible.

Law Enforcement along with other City of Ellsworth services will be out rerouting traffic when necessary.

Absolutely!!

It is worth the fight.

Interesting!!!

Maine still not providing basic COVID-19 metric but releases zip-code infection data The Maine CDC is unable to provide full testing data each day but released zip-code level case counts and a searchable map Wednesday evening

To my White friends:
I love you and I believe you care about everyone. I also believe we know that racism exists and that we do our best not to be racist. I think we do try to navigate our lives and be good citizens; but when we see something so blatantly shocking as we saw when we watched the last 8 ½ minutes of George Floyd’s life (although it has happened to many others) under knee of a police officer as three officers watched and did nothing while citizens on the street begged them to help, we really don’t know exactly how to handle this.

I have been seriously struggling with this one…maybe because I watched that video. In fact, when I saw it, I had to fact check it because I didn’t believe it. I’m sure many of you didn’t believe it either at first. For me, the shock of that video hasn’t worn off. I want to help, but in this situation, it is even difficult for me to ask my Black friends how I can help, because as hard as it hit me, I cannot begin to imagine how raw they are feeling.

So, I thought about some of the conversations I have had with my Black friends in the past, and in an effort to support them, I have listed a few things that I believe White people can do to show solidarity and empathy with Black people during this moment in time:

Stop posting “Blue Lives Matter” or “All Lives Matter” on your timelines. Although these statements may be true, during a time when clearly George Floyd’s life didn’t matter, it gives the impression that White People are making excuses for bad behavior in our police departments and/or that White People are MORE important than Black People. Right now BLACK LIVES MATTER and we White People need to make sure Black people know that.

Stop blaming peaceful protesters for the actions of those that clearly are using the situation to PROMOTE racial violence and fuel hatred.

Stop quoting Dr. King. We aren’t Black and to use the words one of the most beloved Icons of the Civil Rights Movement to stifle the voices of Black People isn’t helping.

Stop posting pictures of graffiti or other vandalism and immediately blaming protesters for that vandalism. Some of this crap is from years ago and didn’t even happen during the protests, and some of it is perpetuated by divisive organizations and not peaceful protesters. Fact check your stuff.

Stop posting crap from Black People blaming Black People for the deaths in their communities. The wounds are OPEN. Remember what your Mother said, ”If you don’t have anything nice to say then don’t say anything.”

Listen for opportunities to help. They will come, and when they do, show up.

Finally, I will leave you with the final words of George Floyd and I will ask you to own that this was wrong, to not make excuses for it or place blame, and if you can’t do anything else, say a prayer…because unless we White people do something about this, it WILL happen again.

“It's my face man
I didn't do nothing serious man
please
please
please I can't breathe
please man
please somebody
please man
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
please
(inaudible)

man can't breathe, my face
just get up
I can't breathe
please (inaudible)
I can't breathe sh*t
I will
I can't move
mama
mama
I can't
my knee
my nuts
I'm through
I'm through
I'm claustrophobic
my stomach hurt
my neck hurts
everything hurts
some water or something
please
please

I can't breathe officer
don't kill me
they gon' kill me man
come on man
I cannot breathe
I cannot breathe
they gon' kill me
they gon' kill me
I can't breathe
I can't breathe
please sir
please
please
please I can't breathe" - George Floyd

This guy has lost his mind!! We MUST stand united in this fight against this disgraceful display of ignorance!

“Prince of Whales” threatens lawsuit against Maine Lobstering Union members - The Ellsworth American BANGOR — Richard Max Strahan, a New Hampshire-based whale protection activist with a history of filing federal lawsuits aimed at protecting endangered

More news about what Canadian fishermen are dealing with!

Cape Breton lobster fishermen struggle – ‘This is the first year I had to tell my fishermen I couldn’t move their product,’ There is a lack of demand due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As a result, the price for lobster has dropped to $4.25 a pound. In some areas, buyers are restricting the amount they purchase from fisherme…

Quoted from this article about a pilot whose job for NOAA is to look for Right Whales, regarding finding Right Whales in the Gulf of Maine "“It can be like finding a needle in a haystack,” and doesn't this say something about how common Right Whales are in the Gulf of Maine which by the way is FAR offshore from the Maine Coast!

Flying High to Save North Atlantic Right Whales Allison Henry is a fisheries biologist with the large whale team at the NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center. She flies in a plane over the Gulf of Maine collecting critical population data about the North Atlantic right whale.

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I would like to know about how other lobstermen & women feel about this?? I personally feel that this researcher failed to consider the fact that the Canadian fishermen are subsidized by their country, failed to consider climate change and biggest of all- FAILED to consider that MAINE lobstermen have for years already taken steps to mitigate the chances for entanglement and there have been NO entanglements proven to have occurred in Maine gear since we took these measures in 2002!! (19 years ago)

Less Effort, More Lobster? New Research Suggests That Fewer Traps Can Still Yield Profitable Results New research suggests that the U.S. lobster industry could place fewer traps in the water and still gain just as much profit. And that finding could play a

In news from Canada....

‘You’re not making a whole lot of money but you’re making a little bit’ – Cheap lobster on P.E.I. is bittersweet A P.E.I. lobster fisherman who couldn’t sell part of his catch on Saturday decided to pack his blue half-ton truck with lobster and head to the city to sell the once-lucrative crustaceans at …