Daily Archives: August 27, 2013

DFO POACHER PATROL: DFO blitz nabs Maple Ridge poachers – “I’m using every Fishery officer I have right now,”

A Maple Ridge resident had his boat seized for illegally fishing salmon over the weekend. It was the second boat belonging to a local offender the Department of Fisheries and Oceans has taken during a late-summer enforcement blitz to protect spawning sockeye. Since announcing a closure of all salmon fishing on the lower Fraser River on Aug. 16, the DFO has seized nine vessels, including the two local boats. It has also taken 60 nets out of the water – more@mapleridgenews 20:17

Commercial fishing on the Yukon River will be open until Friday.

863a4ac9dc_64635696_o2Commercial fishing on the Yukon River was opened up near Dawson City at Noon today. Fishing will be allowed until Noon on Friday. But officials say depending on the level of interest and the size of the fall chum run, a second opening may be possible. more@cbcnews 19:05

Right whale breeding ground discovered off N.S. Males, whose four to 4.5 metre-long prehensile penis is one of the largest in the animal kingdom

Why that little tid bit was included in the article is open to speculation! Anyway, Back to the,, Nova Scotia scientists believe they have located the breeding ground for the endangered North Atlantic Right whale in the Gulf of Maine. more@cbcnews 18:00

Court backs shark fin ban, undercuts Obama’s bid to drown law

The U.S. District Court for Northern California rejected claims from Chinese-American businesses, especially restaurants, that the law was discriminatory and that it conflicted with federal management of ocean fisheries. (It Does) more@washingtonexaminer 17:27

NOAA: Virus likely causing dolphin deaths – “At this point there isn’t anything we can do to stop the virus,”

Posted: Aug 27, 2013 4:05 PM EDT– Federal officials identified a virus Tuesday as the likely reason hundreds of bottlenose dolphins died along the East Coast, but they say there’s little they can do to stop the deaths. “At this point there isn’t anything we can do to stop the virus,” Rowles said. “We don’t have a vaccine that is developed that could be easily deployed in a wild population of bottlenose dolphins or subpopulations.” more@wfmi 16:22

New waterkeeper says Portsmouth NH needs new sewer plant now

Known locally as a founding volunteer for an oyster recycling project for improving water quality in Great Bay — and as president of the state chapter of the Coastal Conservation Association — Jeff Barnum has been named Great Bay – Piscataqua waterkeeper. Just a few days on the job working for the Conservation Law Foundation, an environmental advocacy group, and Barnum is already taking aim at Portsmouth for its “incessant pleas for delay” with regard to upgrading its circa 1964 sewage treatment plant on Peirce Island. more@seacoastonline 15:03

Imagine the backlash if the fishing industry called for a ban of oil rigs on the Grand Banks? Georges at Risk!

Tonight we’ll tell you about a major fishing grounds in Nova Scotia that has been off limits to oil exploration for more than 20 years. listen@thefisheriesbroadcast   with Jamie Baker 13:23

The Lone Star is Still Stuck in the Mud of the Igushik River!

radio-microphoneThe 78-foot sunken fishing tender Lone Star is still stuck in the mud in the Igushik River as responders try and figure out a new way to recover the vessel. KDLG’s Mike Mason has this update. listen@kdlg with Mike Mason 13:08

Gulf oil spill settlement claims administrator says BP’s allegations of fraud are ‘spurious,’ ‘unfounded’

Patrick Juneau, court-appointed administrator of the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill claims settlement program, came out swinging in a response to BP allegations that his payment program is rife with fraud, charging the company with making “spurious allegations of breaches of duty” and “broad, unfounded criticisms of the program’s internal controls and fraud detection processes.” [email protected] 12:46

Cabinet members Gina McCarthy, Sally Jewell tackle controversies in Alaska

Both Environmental Protection Agency administrator Gina McCarthy and Interior Secretary Sally Jewell inherited thorny issues involving Alaska upon taking office this year. So they’ve both chosen to tackle these controversies head on during what happens to be the nicest time of the year to visit the nation’s 49th state. OF COURSE! more@wapo 10:31

Something’s Fishy – The Central Pacific Nation of Kiribati Boasts It Has Created One of the Largest No-Fishing Marine Reserves in the World. Unfortunately, It’s Not True

Meet President Anote Tong of Kiribati, a Central Pacific country of three-dozen postcard-pretty coral atolls that may become uninhabitable some day because global warming is causing ocean levels to rise. Tong, 61, has been in power for a decade, during which time he has become a darling of the environmental community,,,Now meet  a prominent marine scientist, former Pew Fellow, and senior vice president of the New England Aquarium. more@earthislandjournal 10:23

Landing a brand – In a decade, Oregon seafood haul has been worth a billion dollars

COOS BAY-The Oregon Dungeness Crab fishery plopped tens of millions of dollars on the Oregon coast this year. In a fishery known for its up and down nature, it has contributed enormously to the state’s economy over the past decade. Hugh Link, Executive Director of the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission, recently returned from an economic summit where he touted some staggering numbers. more@worldlink 09:40

The Wind Energy Kooks: Environmentalists plan 6-day march in Mass. To Support the Enron Fallacy

FALL RIVER, Mass. (AP) — Environmental activists are planning a six-day march from a Massachusetts coal plant to Cape Cod to push for a quicker transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy. more@bostonglobe 08:19

High prices, low hauls: Louisiana shrimpers battle for the bottom line – “Everybody is scrambling,”

The price of Gulf of Mexico shrimp has soared this year, the beneficiary of a malady that has beset the competing Asian shrimp farm market and some U.S. sanctions on unfair trade practices elsewhere. But for many shrimpers, a scarcity of product in the Gulf this year has made the suddenly higher prices seem an empty victory. more@towntalk 07:57

Forum by JAMIE MILLER: It is my hope every penny of taxpayer funds misspent will be returned to the state

The truth is, the dedicated employees of the Mississippi Department of Marine Resources and I are working hard to put the troubled past behind us and move forward. I hope the following will only add clarity to the information the Sun Herald provided to its readers last Friday. more@sunherald    related story’s – Mississippi fires marine resources department director – Draft audit raises questions about spending at Marine Resources 07:44

Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology Researchers identify new factor in global warming

radio-microphoneResearchers at the Max-Planck Institute for Meteorology in Germany have studied a factor in climate change which has not been included in previous climate change projections. They say that as the oceans take in more CO2, they will produce less of a sulphur compound which blocks radiation from the sun. listen@abcnetau  07:28

P.E.I. lobster fishermen question marketing levy – Lobster Council of Canada wants to collect 1 cent on every pound caught

CBC_News_logoThe Lobster Council of Canada wants to collect one cent on every pound of lobster caught in Canadian waters, arguing the fee is required to market Canadian lobster on the world stage. Maine has just decided to increase its fees on its lobster catches. Three years from now a $3-million pot of money will be available for marketing.  more@cbcnews    07:14 (another tax on working people to subsidize a social program employing marketers)

Local lobsterman previously convicted for lobster-trap theft was arraigned Monday on three charges alleging he assaulted a woman

seacoastonlinelogoAaron Marconi  threatened to kill her if she called police, and broke a glass-pane door. Blaisdell asked a judge to set $2,500 cash bail, prompting Marconi to say, “The only way I can make money is if I’m out lobstering.”  (that’ll be tough being caged like an animal)  more@seacoastonline  06:52

Coast Guard medevacs female from the 109-foot F/V Tuxedni near Sitka, Alaska

uscg-logoThe Jayhawk crew rendezvoused with the Tuxedni in Tebenkof Bay, 67 miles southeast of Sitka, hoisted the woman aboard and flew her to Sitka where she was transferred to local emergency medical service personnel for evaluation and treatment. more@uscgnews 03:24