Daily Archives: May 5, 2013

Monday evening (May 6th) Narragansett Town Council Meeting on Deepwater Wind

The AFL-CIO president for R.I. sent out a robocall today encouraging members to come to tomorrow night’s meeting in support of Deepwater’s request to make a landing on the mainland in Narragansett.  My family received the robocall.  I wanted to give you all a heads-up.  I do not see why a national labor organization is getting involved in this project and it just looks like another example of the alliance of Big Government, Big Business (and now Big Labor) trying to shove this project down Narragansett’s (and Rhode Island’s) throats.   It is now more important for you to reach out to ALL your local contacts to make sure they attend tomorrow night’s meeting.
SO, MY NEW FRIENDS:  If you have friends or colleagues who can come to Narragansett, please encourage them to come to this meeting.
Deepwater and their connections in Providence need to know that we will not be intimidated.
Just for you information,  the former CEO of DWW testified under oath at the PUC Docket 4111 hearing that this project will results in SIX permanent jobs.
Hundreds of millions of dollars, degradation of our ocean and our beaches, our fishing grounds, our way of life, so they can make buckets of money and give our economy and state SIX PERMANENT JOBS!!
Thanks for whatever you can do,
Maggie

5 fishing boats burn in Tabusintac, New Brunswick fire

A massive boat fire burned five fishermen’s boats early Saturday morning in Tabusintac, N.B. According to the RCMP, a call came in at around 3 a.m. with reports that five lobster boats on fire. continued

Seward harbor in need of more upgrading

ADN.com – The idea to use it for the CDQ fleet came up a couple of years ago, when Western Alaska’s Coastal Villages Region Fund, approached the city. CVRF is the largest of the CDQ groups, and it brings in an estimated 175 million pounds of groundfish and crab annually. Currently, the group’s fleet docks in Seattle.”And they’ve managed to leverage those initial shares into majority or outright ownership interest in twenty large vessels – crabbers, catcher processors trawlers, and over a quarter billion dollars in assets that they would like to bring home to Alaska.” continued

Bill Passed To Ban Shark Fin Trading in Texas. (Guess theres no sense in selling shark fins from legally caught sharks, huh?)

AUSTIN (CBSDFW.COM) – Texas could become the first Gulf Coast state to enact a ban, which protects shark species. Tens of millions of sharks are killed each year to supply the wasteful demand for shark fin soup. Shark populations can’t sustain current slaughter rates, according to The Humane Society of the United States. continued

Why Aren’t Environmental Groups Divesting from Fossil Fuels? Some of big green’s most powerful players still invest in energy companies.

THEY ARE STEALING OUR OCEAN. FOR PROFIT!!!  SOME BUYING FISH QUOTA!!Why do some of the largest environmental organizations still invest in fossil fuels? As outlined in my new piece, Time for Big Green to go Fossil Free, organizations such as The Nature Conservancy and the Wildlife Conservation Society aren’t taking the simple step of divesting their large endowments and publicly traded investments from energy corporations. Below is a cheat sheet (not comprehensive) for how much money big green groups are investing and for who is—and who isn’t—getting their financial house in order. continued

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update MAY 5, 2013

rifa“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the update

North Carolina HB-983 – A bad, bad bill – Coastal Conservation Association is anti Commercial fishermen, anti consumer

North Carolina fishermen — commercial and recreational — will square off at 1:30 p.m. Monday in public forum in the Legislative Office Building, 300 N. Salisbury St. in Raleigh, as legislators consider HB-983. continued

South Atlantic Red rules under review by the NMFS (noaa fisheries is not an agency)

Miami Herald – NOAA proposes to develop an equation to determine the annual catch limit for both the commercial and recreational sectors if fishing is allowed. But first it plans to establish whether last summer’s mini-season resulted in too many landings and dead discards. continued

Cape Cod: Shark safety: How much is too much?

capecodonline.com TRURO — On July 30, 2012, Denver businessman Christopher Myers had no clue he was about to swim into the history books as the first person in 76 years to be bitten by a great white shark in Massachusetts. If Myers were to return to Ballston Beach this summer, he’d see that little had changed. continued

Mama’s Fish House is starting a new FAD making life easier for Maui’s fishermen ( a new series? Good Cook – Bad Cook?)

The Maui News – Yes, it’s true. The iconic 40-year-old Mama’s Fish House in Kuau is starting a new FAD. That is, “fishing aggregate device,” to assist local fishermen with an effective deep-sea helper. “We are funding a fishing buoy!” she continued. “There are so many reasons this is the right thing to do, including supporting the local fishermen on which our business relies.” continued

California’s Squid Fishing Fight Not ‘David Vs Goliath’ But More Like ‘Boy Who Cried Wolf’

Science 2.0 – Is a David and Goliath battle brewing in commercial squid fishery, with larger purse seiners robbing “scoop” fishermen of their livelihoods, sometimes illegally? That is what Virginia Hennessey wrote in the Monterey Herald. (posted here April 29) Hearing claims of three squid brail (smaller boat) fishermen, one might think that the larger seine vessel squid fishermen are illegally catching all of the allowable quota. continued

Crab glut could halt Newfoundland and Labrador fishery again

cbcnews.com – The Newfoundland and Labrador crab fishery may be brought to a halt for the second time this season because there’s now a glut of crab being landed at wharves around the province. continued

Alaska – Compass: Commercial, charter fishermen target trawl fleet’s bycatch

Commercial and sport fishing interests in Alaska are no strangers to allocation battles over the resources that fuel our businesses and ways of life. It’s a rare but important occasion when those of us usually on opposing sides can agree to get together to speak out for the conservation and health of the very resource we depend on. The current threat to our businesses and livelihoods we are united to address is bycatch. continued

Three Spend Hours Treading Water After Boat Sinks Off La Jolla – Plucked from the sea by F/V New Sea Forth

la jolla patch – A man and two teenage boys were hospitalized after being recovered by a commercial fishing vessel more than three hours after their fishing boat capsized and sank Saturday, the San Diego Coast Guard said. At 2:50 p.m. the New Sea Forth, a commercial fishing boat, discovered the three men treading water in the ocean about 1 1/2 to 2 miles off the coast of La Jolla Cove, U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Jarrad Pellerin said. continued