Daily Archives: September 20, 2012
Buying Out Maine’s Fishing Communities? by Ben Martens
Fisheries represent a unique opportunity to think about our natural environment and how it interacts with society. Fish are the last of our wild food sources and, because of their cultural importance to New England, there is still a vast diversity in how these resources are managed, harvested and even consumed. Within the management system, there is uncertainty surrounding this resource because it is highly mobile and out of sight; it is much more difficult to count fish,,,,,,
http://www.workingwaterfront.com/articles/Buying-Out-Maines-Fishing-Communities/15009/
SMAST issues scallop industry yellowtail bycatch advisory, warns industry approaching quota
WASHINGTON (Saving Seafood) Sept. 20, 2012 – To avoid reaching the yellowtail limit prematurely, the Fisheries Survival Fund, an industry group that includes the majority of full-time,
limited-access scallop permit holders, urged scallopers to avoid yellowtail by-catch by utilizing SMAST’s by-catch avoidance program. To view SMAST’s yellowtail advisory,
which contains a graphical summary of the closed areas and areas of high yellowtail by-catch, click here
Fisheries committee proposes alternatives to help struggling fishermen
The groundfish committee proposal would allow fishermen to work inside large areas currently closed to fishing that are not considered critical habitat areas. Under the proposal, access to closed areas would be allowed only from May 1 to Feb. 15 to allow fish time to spawn and all vessels would be required to use approved types of fishing gear.
Former New Bedford mayor John K. Bullard, who recently began work as the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s regional administrator for fisheries, attended Wednesday’s meeting and spoke in favor of the measure. “There are now only 400 active groundfish vessels in the Northeast,,,,,,,
http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120920/NEWS/209200360/1011/TOWN10
Pacific Oyster Genome Shows Stress Adaptation And Complexity Of Shell Formation- Brett Smith for redOrbit.com
Some proteins such as Laminin and different collagens were highly expressed in shells, suggesting some relation to animal connective tissues.
Fishing fund hires ex-AG for probe
Former state Attorney General Scott Harshbarger is under contract to — and has already begun an assessment of — the “governance,
policies and operations” of the Gloucester Fishing Community Preservation Fund, the locally-based nonprofit corporation announced.
Fund President Vito Giacalone declined comment Wednesday, a day after the fund announced the hiring of Harshbarger
who agreed to take on the task last month, the former attorney general said in a telephone interview. Instead,
Giacalone referred questions to the fund’s newly hired spokesman, David Guarino.
http://www.gloucestertimes.com/topstories/x550074880/Fishing-fund-hires-ex-AG-for-probe
MD’s Crab Harvest Leads Nation – WBAL News
Maryland’s crab harvest last year led the nation. That’s according to figures released Wednesday by the National Marine Fisheries Service.
http://www.wbal.com/article/94116/2/template-story/MDs-Crab-Harvest-Leads-Nation
Sometimes all it takes is a comment to remind me of why I started doing this. Activism.
An article in the Washinton Examiner was posted. “A fisherman sues the feds for acting like crooks” August 16, 2012 by Ron Arnold. From the article: As raw December 1998 swept over the Atlantic off New Bedford, Mass., scallop fisherman Larry Yacubian brought around his boat, Independence, hailed by the Coast Guard. The officers who boarded his fishing vessel didn’t tell Yacubian it was a setup to coerce out of him a ruinous fine and to destroy his life so thoroughly he could never get it back…… Two weeks ago, Captain Yacubian filed the lawsuit that may well restore his money and his life after nearly 15 years of gut-wrenching bludgeoning by the NOAA.
I was going through my emails and saw this [email protected] , Kligo, First: How is the government responsible for a case 15 years ago. Second: Do you think once a government changes that everybody is fired and every position refilled with “conforming” ones? Third: Illegal presidency?
I did respond and linked some articles that he needed to read.
http://www.fishnet-usa.com/NOAA_OLE_GCEL%20Shakedown.htm
http://www.fishnet-usa.com/Decade_of_law_enforcement.pdf
http://washingtonexaminer.com/a-fisherman-sues-the-feds-for-acting-like-crooks/article/2505139
Activism. Live it. Be it.
