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SINCE 1878 MONDAY, OCTOBER 3, 1983 .25 CENTS New laws cut Kean si lobster profits down to size $50 million MIDDLETOWN - Eleven hours state's 150 lobster fisherman make of back-breaking work one day their living from a cluster of shacks yielded Al Bigelow only 35 pounds of amid heaps of lobster pots and a lobster worth less than $100, and the fleet of small boats. shore bond Belford fisherman says he foresees Up to six times a day, from early more skimpy hauls because of new spring through late fall, the 30 boats By PETE WALTON "There is no more critical federal regulations. rumble down Compton Creek into need than in these two towns," The regulations setting min- Raritan Bay and the Atlantic Ocean. MONMOUTH BEACH - With he said imum-size standards on lobster that There are fewer and smaller the sound of high waves pounding If passed, the bond issue will can be caught stem from the Fish- lobsters offshore here. Federal of- the sea wall just blocks away, provide $40 million in grants and ery Conservation and Management ficials say the lobster population off Gov. Thomas H. Kean yesterday $10 million in loans to local com- Act of 197i One requirement — that New Jersey's northern coast has signed a bill placing the $50 mil- munities for the creation apd the sixth tail segment of a lobster been depleted by the fishing of un- lion shore protection bond act on maintenance of shore protection measure at least 1 1-16 inches - dersized, immature lobsters and next month's general electin projects. went into effect about three weeks egg-bearing females.. ballot. "There is no fotherl money ago. Bigelow, 33, said small lobsters "The appropriate place to for shore protection and the only In 1985, the minimum meas- make up 70 percent of his natch He sign this bill is not at an ordinary hope for the Jersey Shore is this urement for the main body of the contends the new regulations "have ceremony in Trenton — it's right bond issue." the assemblyman lobster will be 3 3-16 inches, and in nothing to do with conservation" here where people understand said 1986, the separate sale of tails and and that "the New England people what shore protection is all •Without the shore, the econ- claws becomes illegal. want this market for themselves." about, ' Kean told the 150 persons omy of our state would be devas- The requirements were de- "There's maybe 150 guys, in New attending the ceremony at the tated — absolutely devastated," veloped primarily by the New Eng- Jersey lobstering. There's Borough Hall, adding that the said the governor. "Finally we land Fisheries Management Council thousands in the Gulf of Maine," he state's economy would be "dev- can have the funds to do the work in Boston, one of several organiza- said. astated" if anything happened to to protect our shoreline." tions set up to manage marine re- Bruce Freeman, the state's ad- the Jersey Shore. Kean, calling Villane "Mr. sources for the federal government ministrator for marine fisheries, Repair of the sea wall in the Shore Protection," con- under the 1976 act. said, "We feel that half the people borough and in Sea Bright will be gratulated him for pushing the New Jersey's lobster catch com- in the northern part of.the state will KnllWMMIa b» Larry P.m. two of the first projects to be bill through the legislature. The prises just 2 percent of the national probably go-out of business im- CLAWS FOR CELEBRATION — Gov. Thomas Kean and As- funded if the referendum is ap- governor also praised Monmouth total but contributes $10 million to mediately." semblyman Anthony M. vil lane Jr. yesterday Inspect fresh crabs proved by voters Nov. 8, accord- County legislators from both the local economy, according to the However, an official with the Na- outside Monrnouth Beach Borough Hall before the governor ing to the bills chief sponsor, parties for their support of the state Department of Commerce. tional Marine Fisheries Service in affixed his signature to the $S0 million shore protection bond act. Assemblyman Anthony M. Vil- bill Lobstering is important to Gloucester, Mass., said New Jer- The question will now apear on Nov. 8 ballot. lane, Jr., R-Monmouth. See Kean, Page A7 Belford, where about 100 of the See New, page A7 Nine believed dead as floods sweep Arizona TUCSON, Ariz. (AP) - of desert storms which began last rooftops in Tucson and the hard-hit Damage to roads and highways as, and Arizona because of high wa the lldoded Santa Cru/ River. Floodwaters up to 8 feet deep week were two helicopter crewmen mining town of Clifton. alone was estimated at $10 million ter or damage to tracks. Babbitt estimated that at least surged yesterday through hundreds killed in a crash during a rescue Gov Bruce Babbitt, who has de- to $12 million in the Tucson area, In Marana, a community of 1.0U0 houses were under water at of homes in southern Arizona, clos- mission yesterday for a mother and clared a statewide emergency, flew said Pima County Emergency Ser- about 3.500 residents some 30 miles Marana ing highways and bridges, forcing baby. over southern Arizona yesterday to vices Director Richard Casanova. A northwest of Tucson, about 200 ptt> The Yaqui Indian village of thousands to evacuate and leaving More rain pelted the state yes- survey the swirling waters. He said Southern Pacific spokesman said 16 pie lined Interstate 10 awaiting adobe homes in Marana was liter- nine people dead or missing. terday, the day after helicopters the devastation was "incredible ... of the railroad's westbound trains 'emergency shuttle transport after plucked stranded residents from ally dissolved by rains and flood- Among the victims in the series the worst damage I've ever seen." were stalled between El Paso, Tex- being driven from their homes by ing. ' Babbitt said. , Democrats court NOW with 'mixed' ticket Democratic presidential con- But the contenders stopped tenders turned their attention to short of promising to put a wom- feminist voters yesterday with an on the ticket, even facing Walter F. Mondale claiming the NOW's insistence on the point. frontrunner's mantle after two Mondale s response was typi- triumphant days in which he won cal: "As for vice president, I see the backing of organized labor some contenders in this room...I and a clear victory in a hotly promise I will not pick anyone contested straw poll. who is not a feminist." Six of the presidential conten- i The former vice president got ders agreed yesterday to con- a warm reception at the NOW sider naming a woman as their convention as he started a new running mate in 1984 as they week following three resounding talked to the annual convention triumphs. r PM« bv L.rry P.m. of the National Organization for On Saturday, Mondale re- SOMETHING'S GAINING —An absorbed surfer after-effects. The crashing waves were not un- Women. The 250,000-member ceived 51 percent of the vote in on the Long Branch beacr^yesterday was on the common, as rough seas were encouraged by the group intends by year's end to the non-binding straw poll of wrong end of what possibly was the best wave of ta.il end of tropical storm Dean. endorse a candidate for the Dem- Democratic Party activists the day, managing to catch only the surprise WALTER F. MONDALE ocratic nomination. See Democrat!, Page A7 Feminists boo Student gripes to be aired MARLBORO - Dr. Harvey ing a meeting with Vice Principal last year to meet with Casey on a Casey, Marlboro High School princi- Anthony Procopio Friday morning regular basis to discuss studentcon- pal, will meet with Student Council outside the school. cerns. President Randi Asher and student "They should have come to the "Our first meeting would have Glenn remarks been coming right up," she said. leaders to discuss conditions which Student Council first," Asher said. WASHINGTON (AP) - John didates who talked to the conven- led to a protest Friday and the sus- "We have a way to work things "But they took it on themselves to Glenn says he did not mean to tion yesterday said they would pension of 50 students. out." protest and I think they went about suggest feminists "loafed" in- consider picking a feminist wom- The meeting will be held "this The council president said a it the wrong way They acted on stead of working hard for the an as their running mate in 1984. week or next," according to Asher, liaison committee had been set up See Student!, page A7 Equal Rights Amendment, but But none of them promised flatly who said she wished the students the Democratic presidential to do.so. had come to her first to air their hopeful's comments got him into Glenn's problem arose as he grievances over gym classes and Monday bathroom conditions. hot water anyway at the National was answering questions posed Index Liteslyie B8 Organization for Women conven- by NOW President Judy Gold- More than 50 students begin serv- Make a Dale B6 Advice :.