Daily Archives: July 18, 2013
Fishery Disaster Funds Included In Early Appropriations Bill – AUDIO
Funds have been included in the Senate Appropriations bill. The bill passed out of the Senate’s Commerce, Justice and Science Subcommittee Tuesday and through the Appropriations Committee today. The bill allocates $150 million for fisheries disasters in Alaska, as well as in New England and Mississippi. Senator Lisa Murkowski says it is uncertain how the money would be split. continued@kyuk
Commercial fishermen in Bristol Bay hauled in another 53-thousand sockeye on Wednesday to push the season total to above 15.5-million fish.
The District leading all others in harvest this season is the Naknek-Kvichak District where fishermen hauled in another 24-thosuand sockeye on Wednesday, continued@kdlg
MSC Eco-label seafood body attempts to convince critics
“My first question is, where is the science?” says Jennifer Jacquet, an environmental-studies researcher at New York University who has been critical of the MSC in the past (including in Nature). The report looks at the MSC’s scoring of the fisheries. continued@nature
Is it time to shut down the Department of Homeland Security?
Charles Kenny makes the case that DHS should just be put out of its misery and that now is a good time to do it with Janet Napolitano’s resignation from the top spot. From his piece, here are six reasons Homeland Security should be put to bed: continued@msnmoney
Coast Guard units assist disabled F/V Lady Law
Crewmembers aboard two 47-foot Motor Life Boats from Coast Guard Station Grays Harbor, in Westport, Wash., and the Coast Guard Cutter Fir, a 225-foot Seagoing Buoytender homeported in Astoria, Ore., assisted the disabled fishing vessel Lady Law, a 75-foot commercial fishing vessel, in the Pacific Ocean near Copalis Beach, Wash., Wednesday. continued@uscgnews
Coast Guard medevacs man from F/V Cookie Monster 55 miles east of Cape Henry, Va
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard medevaced a 63-year-old man Thursday from a 74-foot fishing boat approximately 55 miles east of Cape Henry continu@uscgnewsed
Commercial anglers aren’t hoarding snapper
I read with astonishment Capt. Bob Zales II’s opinion in The News Herald (“Red snapper fishing ‘haves’ are suing the ‘have-nots’,” letter, July 14) concerning the commercial red snapper fisherman’s lawsuit (Guindon v. Pritzker) filed June 28 in Washington, D.C. continued@newsherald
ADF&G News Release Announcement: Dutch Harbor Food and Bait Herring Fishery Announcement #3
14:43:31Species – Herring – Gear Type – Seine – Gillnet – Dutch Harbor Food and Bait Herring Fishery Announcement #2 – Westward Region-Alaska Peninsula-Aleutian Islands-Areawi
Commercial Herring Fishery HAS BEEN EXTENDED 24 Hours until noon Friday Link
Menakhem Ben-Yami interviews Robin Alden, Champion of small-scale fishermen
Ms Alden is also a former Maine Commissioner of Marine Resources and a public member of the New England Fishery Management Council. Located in Maine, USA, Penobscot East Resource Center was established in 2003 as non-profit NGO with a mission to secure a future for the fishing communities of eastern Maine, and promote the community-based approach to resource management. continued@worldfishingandaquaculture
US haddock-to-cod swap begins as further price hikes loom
With the global haddock industry facing the possibility the Barents Sea haddock quota going down 25% next year – a decrease that would bring the harvest level to less than 50% of the level in 2011 – it is clear that today’s short supply is not likely to get better any time soon, leaving buyers stuck with high prices for the foreseeable future. continued@undercurrent
Activists: Liberty Natural Gas LNG port will lead to fracking
Jim Lovegren, representing a number of commercial fishing operations from Point Pleasant to Middletown, said his industry contributes nearly $1 billion a year to the New Jersey economy, and the proposed site of Port Ambrose threatens some established fishing grounds. “Let’s talk about my job,” he said, “I’ve been doing it for 40 years. My father and his father and his father — my family goes back 80 years as fishermen off of this coast. These are jobs that matter.” “I have fished where the new proposal is,” he added. “You’re in our fishing grounds.” continued@sentinal
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries officials take critical look at shrimp trawl petition
The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries has not taken an official position on a petition for rulemaking that would effectively ban shrimp trawling in the state’s inshore waters by declaring them “secondary nursery areas,” but a top staffer last week said the agency would much prefer to address trawling bycatch issues through the shrimp management plan amendment process. continued@tidelandnews
Cod quota pilot project extended
Fisheries and Oceans Canada is announcing an extension to the pilot project for the 2013 season that introduced measures to promote greater utilization. continued@thepacket
The East Coast’s Next Big Threat – Seismic Airguns – Oceana starts facing real issues.
Seismic airguns could be the East Coast’s next big threat. In fact, the federal government is currently considering allowing their use to search for offshore oil and gas deposits in an area twice the size of California, stretching all the way from Delaware to Florida. [email protected]
Live Coverage. Lobster in the Trap.
Unlock the mysteries of the deep. Lobster trap Cam. Halifax Harbor. Links to other live cams around Nova Scotia. Link
Loggerhead turtle protection enhanced by National Marine Fisheries Service
WASHINGTON — The federal government moved Wednesday to protect the ocean habitat of loggerhead turtles, listed since 1978 in some places as an endangered species because of threats from pollution, injury caused by fishing gear and loss of nesting beaches. [email protected]
Shark Fight Pits Locals Against Fishermen in ‘Jaws’ Home
They try to make it seem like there is a dead shark hanging on every pylon in Oak Bluffs,” James said in a telephone interview. continued@bloomberg
Commercial large coastal shark season to close 11:30 p.m. Friday in Louisiana, federal waters
Vessels with federal shark research permits may continue to operate. Those permits require a designated NOAA Fisheries observer on board until the research quota is reached. continued@therepublic
Bulger trial Agent details Gloucester gun run to IRA
Bulger is accused of shooting John McIntyre, a crewman on the Gloucester-based swordfishing vessel Valhalla after learning that he was talking to authorities. continued@GDT
