Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Fisherman meets officials on Shell standoff
ÁINE RYANTHE NORTH Mayo fisherman involved in a standoff with Shell EP Ireland over his rights to continue fishing in Broadhaven bay met Department of Transport officials yesterday to complain about Shell contracted vessels.
Crab fisherman, Pat ODonnell claims his fishing licence has precedence over the rights of Shell contracted sub-sea vessels.
Over recent weeks, a number of Shell vessels have been preparing the pipeline route, ahead of the arrival of pipe-laying vessel the Solitaire, presently berthed in Killybegs.
In a letter sent last week to the chief surveyors office and copied to Minister for Transport, Noel Dempsey, Mr ODonnells solicitor stated that the Garda Water Unit failed to come to his clients assistance on August 21st last, after the skipper of the Highland Navigator used marine notices to threaten him to give way.
As a result there have been claims and counter-claims of near collisions.
The Marine Notice cites Section 38 of the Maritime Safety Act (2005) which refers to a person without reasonable excuse failing to comply with a direction. Well surely, since I have a license and have been fishing here for nearly 30 years and depend on this for my familys livelihood, I have a reasonable excuse, said Mr ODonnell yesterday.
He said also that he employs people locally at his fish factory and, moreover, buys crab from other craft in the area.
I have the law on my side and will watch over my fishing gear for as long as it takes, said Mr ODonnell.
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Royal Dutch Shell conspired directly with Hitler, financed the Nazi Party, was anti-Semitic and sold out its own Dutch Jewish employees to the Nazis. Shell had a close relationship with the Nazis during and after the reign of Sir Henri Deterding, an ardent Nazi, and the founder and decades long leader of the Royal Dutch Shell Group. His burial ceremony, which had all the trappings of a state funeral, was held at his private estate in Mecklenburg, Germany. The spectacle (photographs below) included a funeral procession led by a horse drawn funeral hearse with senior Nazis officials and senior Royal Dutch Shell directors in attendance, Nazi salutes at the graveside, swastika banners on display and wreaths and personal tributes from Adolf Hitler and Reichsmarschall, Hermann Goring. Deterding was an honored associate and supporter of Hitler and a personal friend of Goring.
Deterding was the guest of Hitler during a four day summit meeting at Berchtesgaden. Sir Henri and Hitler both had ambitions on Russian oil fields. Only an honored personal guest would be rewarded with a private four day meeting at Hitler’s mountain top retreat.
IN JULY 2007, MR BILL CAMPBELL (ABOVE, A RETIRED GROUP AUDITOR OF SHELL INTERNATIONAL SENT AN EMAIL TO EVERY UK MP AND MEMBER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS: 
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