Daily Archives: March 4, 2013
Georgia Red fish protected from Commercial Fishermen under House bill
The red fish, or red drum, Georgia’s state saltwater fish, would be protected from commercial fishing under legislation approved Monday in the state House. It would protect the red fish for recreational fishing by designating it a game fish. 
“It does not take the red fish off your dinner plate,” Watson said. “You’ll still be able to catch the limit.” Watson said the fish is farmed commercially in North Carolina and Texas, so it should still be available to restaurants. link In case you want to write to him http://www.house.ga.gov/Representatives/en-US/member.aspx?Member=784
Fish farmer denies disease killing fish
Activity at Snow Island’s salmon farm on the Eastern Shore is a reflection of a harsh winter, not disease, says the company’s operations vice-president.“We’ve had a harsh winter.” Read more
Meanwhile, over in Scotland, Fish farms are ‘wiping out Scotland’s wild salmon’
NEW research has raised fresh claims that fish farms are wiping out Scotland’s iconic wild salmon. Read more
Coast Guard and Navy Rescue Guam Fisherman
Coast Guard and Navy search and rescue crews partnered to provide assistance to a local fisherman whose vessel began taking on water and quickly capsized 13 nautical miles off the coast of Guam, in the vicinity of Galvez Banks, south of Merizo. Read more
Wild Fisheries Are Sustainable by Law – Vito Giacalone, third-generation commercial fisherman based in Gloucester, Mass.
If your seafood is coming from a United States fishery, it is, by law, coming from a sustainable fishery. Read more
Vito Giacalone’s entry is one included with other’s. The comment’s at these blogs are interesting and revealing about how uninformed the general public is when it comes to harvesting seafood.
Adak’s seafood processing plant won’t open this summer
That’s disappointing news for Pat Davis. He owns the 48-foot F/V Cascade, and fishes for halibut and black cod near Adak. He says being able to deliver to the Icicle plant saved him a 450-mile run each way to Unalaska. Read more
Alaska fishermen reaffirm Responsible Fishery Management (RFM) support
04 March, 2013 – The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute released a resolution this week supporting the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s decision to withdraw from the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC)’s process for certification. Read more
SSC: Scientists Recommend Management Options for South Pacific Albacore, False Killer Whales, Hawai`i Bottomfish
Honolulu – The Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC) that advises the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council concluded its three-day meeting Thursday in Honolulu. Read more
Fisherman fights to keep Moque Head fog horn
A fisherman from Main-a-Dieu, N.S., is challenging a plan by the Coast Guard to shut down a fog horn on Moque Head. Ken
Wadden says the fog horn is used by 60 boats at the height of the fishing season Read more
Shell abandons Arctic drilling in 2013
Royal Dutch Shell announced Wednesday that it will not drill in the Arctic Ocean off the coast of Alaska this year, declaring a cease-fire in one of the nation’s fiercest political battles over energy development and environmental protection. Read more
‘Who Fishes Matters Tour’ comes to Portsmouth
PORTSMOUTH — The Who Fishes Matters Tour is coming to the Port City tonight. “In every industry where consolidation has taken place, we have seen rapid signs of ecological, social and economic degradation. The fishing industry is proving to be no different,” said Brett Tolley of the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance. “Most at risk are the fish and the family fishermen, particularly those with the smallest ecological footprint and less capital to buy or lease access to fisheries.” Read more
Gloucester man ‘pardoned’ for ’80s fish scam
Bordinaro was among roughly a half dozen New England fishing industry executives who pleaded guilty to such scams, according to a 1991 report. All were charged with falsifying documents in their contracts with the Defense Personnel Support Center of Defense certifying that Canadian fish were caught by U.S. fishermen in U.S. waters, a requirement of all Defense-related government contracts. Read more
To the editor: Fishing rules are about government control – Beverly Johnson Gloucester
Between 1932 and 1933, Joseph Stalin determined to centralize control of agricultural production in the Soviet Union. Read more
To the Editor: Why can’t fishermen earn a living? by Sam Parisi Gloucester
What will it take to have our government help or even allow our fishermen to earn a living? Read more
At-Sea Monitoring Costs Too Expensive
The letter asked NOAA to fully fund the at-sea monitoring program, and even suggested a system of virtual monitoring. Read more
To the Editor: Frank clarifies lobbying for fishermen – by Barney Frank
I am writing write to clear up confusion caused — embarrassingly — by my failure to fully remember a law I co-authored. Read more
