[CINC] Ventura Harbor closure threatened

[Marty Flam]

http://thelog.com/Local/Article/Fed-Dredging-Fund-Cuts-Threaten-Ventura-Harbor
 
Multifaceted article and nice picture by Catherine F.
 
emergency dredging of the sand trap for navigable Ventura harbor serving
75-vessel commercial fishing fleet and 35 squid purse seiners,
access to Channel Islands National Park and IPCO vessels taking 60,000 passengers to the islands annually
(NOAA - Ventura County one of nation's top 10 commercial fisheries)
 
"Shortly after this year’s emergency dredging of the sand trap, Pena discovered that President Barack Obama’s proposed federal budget for 2013 does not include any funds for the continued annual dredging of the harbor. 

“This came as a complete surprise to us and to the Army Corps of Engineers, to have received no appropriations for funding the annual project,” Pena said.  "            

Marty