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4 July 13, 2018 T he C olumbia P ress OCFF: Company facilitates cooperation between fishermen and cable companies the OFCC was born. Prior to the OFCC’s forma- Scott McMullen was an ac- tive fisherman and he and tion, and continuing in most others received a certified parts of the world, cable letter from the cable compa- companies ask fishermen to ny that threatened lawsuits stop trawling over their ca- if they didn’t stay away from bles. Many fishermen ignore a two-mile-wide strip above the requests and some cause the cable. It encompassed 80 damage. In response, cable owners square miles of prime fishing sometimes file law- area. suits to recover dam- “We felt this was a ages, and to make an situation that could example of the “of- get out of hand if we fenders.” had any more ca- “In 20 years, we ha- bles,” said McMullen, ven’t had a single ca- founder and chairman ble break,” McMullen of OFCC. said. “No fisherman The very next cable McMullen has hit a cable. In application drove fish- ermen to band together in most of the world, that’s just hopes of saving their indus- unheard of.” Today there are 17 cables try. “Fortunately, we had a very off Oregon, some connect to creatively thinking project Alaska, others to California, manager for the cable com- Hawaii, and Australia. A cable for science study pany,” McMullen said. “We developed a pact, or agree- goes to the Axial Seamount volcano 300 miles off Sea- ment.” The basic principle allows side. “When we meet, we lis- fishermen to fish over bur- ied cables and requires them ten to each other and, in 20 to stay away from areas with years, we have never had a split vote on an issue be- unburied cable. That company, MCI World- cause of the respect we have com, built a landing station for one another,” McMullen that allowed other companies said of the OFCC board. “If to hook into their system and one person disagrees with a tions have joined the alliance to protect fishing grounds and subsea cable infrastruc- ture, which is the backbone of the internet. The OFCC’s stated goals: • To continue communica- tion, coordination and coop- eration between members of the Oregon commercial fish- ing and fiber-optic cable in- dustries, • To minimize interference with commercial fishing ac- tivities, • To have a 24-hour hotline for fishermen to call if they find their gear is stuck near a submarine cable, • To release fishermen from liability for accidental dam- age to a cable provided they follow a set of simple proto- cols established by the fisher- men’s cable committee Because the OFCC works so well and closely with trawl- ers, cable companies, and state government agencies, it has made Oregon a desirable place to land undersea cables and has an excellent record of keeping cable safe from dam- age by fishing gear, McMul- len said. Companies looking to lay a cable off Oregon receive assistance from OFCC fish- ermen in finding routes that will provide good burial. The cooperation between industries helps speed the state permit process as well. Oregon has one of the short- est permit processes in the nation. based on the food’s energy density. In the study, cats had 24-hour food access. Food container place- ment for both dogs and cats was changed daily to guard against “bowl position bias.” The researchers found the cats on average chose to get 43 percent of their calories from carbs and 30 percent from protein. Dogs went for 41 percent fat and 36 percent carbs. Not a single dog or cat chose to get the highest percentage of its calories from protein. “Because the choice of mac- ronutrients was influenced in both dogs and cats by age and either lean body mass or fat body mass, that suggests a physiological basis for what they chose to eat,” Hall said. Continued from Page 1 Above: FV South Bay, based out of Warrenton Marina, serves as patrol boat for the cable ship Global Sentinel during cable installation off Pacific City last fall. Left: The forward bridge of a cable company’s vessel. Courtesy OFCC proposal, we modify it until all can support it or we drop it.” Tech companies such as Google and Microsoft, as well as telecom giants like Verizon and Tata Telecommunica- Pets: OSU study found interesting food choices Continued from Page 1 high-fat, high-carbohydrate, high-protein and balanced foods. Each day, dogs had an hour to eat all they wanted up to a predetermined caloric in- take – that is, they could get all the calories they needed for metabolic requirements and to maintain weight, but no more. The cats in the study were likewise not allowed to over- eat, though even when given unlimited access, cats tend to eat in a weight-maintenance way by adjusting their intake
