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2017 port meeting for Trawler Captains, Crews, and
Managers (draggers, shrimpers, whiting) is in Seattle,
NWFSC Montlake Auditorium before the NOAA Pre-Season Hake
meeting, date TBD - probably early May. It starts at noon
and lunch is provided. We'll give you information on new cable
projects going in this year. Drawings for $300, $200,
and $100 gift cards from Cabela's
and Englund Marine Supply from all the entries
at all the port meetings will be held. We hope you will attend!
For more information, please call our office at (503) 325-2285,
Scott at (503) 440-3569, or email us at staff@ofcc.com.
Randy Layman, winner of GPS EPIRB donated by
TE SubCom, manufacturer and installer of cables for this year's
projects off the Oregon coast.
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NEWS...
FASTER Cable Completed
The OFCC and Google began working on a route for the FASTER cable in July 2014. As part of this process, Google and OFCC reps worked with fishermen on their trawlers in Charleston to design the route to maximize burial in the fishing grounds by using the local knowledge of the trawl fleet. This was highly effective, as the route resulted in good burial through the trawl fishing grounds out to over 800 fms. Google continues to work closely with and has good relations with the OFCC.
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NEWS...
New Cross Pacific Cable
The NCP cable, slated to be ready for service at the end of 2017, will span more than 13,000 km and extend from Pacific City to Japan, Korea, two points in China, and Taiwan.
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NEWS...
Hawaiki Submarine Cable
Hawaiki Submarine Cable USA LLC joined the OFCC on October 14th, 2016, becoming the eighth submarine cable owner, joining General Communications, Inc. (GCI), Alaska Communications (ACS)...
(click to read more...)
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The Oregon Fishermen's Cable Committee
is an association of concerned Oregon commercial
trawl fishermen who have negotiated cooperative agreements
with fiber optic cable companies to protect the integrity of
the fiber optic network and the fishing grounds. |
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Since
its inception, the committee works to follow the goals of
its charter - to facilitate communication, coordination and
cooperation between the fishing industry and the submarine
cable industry and to inform the fishing fleet of appropriate
operation procedures.
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