Comments Invited re: Cat ferry service

From DSWNA

Update on Bay Ferries Announcement on CAT Ferry Serivce Termination


In light of the recent statement by Bay Ferries regarding the termination of the CAT High Speed car ferry Service between Yarmouth Nova Scotia, Bar Harbor and Portland Maine in the spring of 2010, Destination Southwest Nova Association invites and encourages you to provide your comments and concerns by visiting our website: www.destinationsouthwestnova.com/portal. DSWNA fully supports TIANS position statement on the issue, "to expediate efforts to find viable, permanent solutions to the ferry service in Nova Scotia."

Maritime Communities Mourn

Coastal communities everywhere can share our grief at the loss of a fisher to the ocean that claimed him. David Trask lived in Metegan and was from Sandy Cove on Digby Neck, Nova Scotia. He and his crew were coming back from a dragging trip and nearing the Yarmouth area when the boat flipped, apparently in heavy seas with 3 huge waves that carried the boat to the ocean floor with its skipper- but not before the captain saw to it that the 3 hands on board got into emergency suits and went overside to the life raft. His heroic concern for others saved their lives before he could save his own. Family, friends and the fishing community began mourning his loss yesterday when search and rescue could find neither the captain or his boat and deemed conditions past survival possibilities.