Daily Archives: January 24, 2014
The Alaska Fisheries Report
Coming up this week, sportsfishing interests in Soldotna are not giving up on their efforts to force a vote to ban setnets in Cook Inlet, there’s more quota for Southeast halibut fishermen, but less elsewhere, and a breakthrough in excluders for trawl nets might save more salmon. All that, and, when is a pollock a cod? Kinda… now – we’ll explain that, all coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. Listen @kmxt 20:55
Murkowski Commends Wal-Mart Decision – Announcement “Clear Vindication of Our Superior Sustainable Management”
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Wal-Mart today announced that it will continue to buy Alaska seafood for its nationwide stores, concluding a four-month review of Alaska’s sustainability standards and practices. Senator Lisa Murkowski – who has been pushing back against outside groups attempting to question Alaska seafood since last Summer – had the following to say: Read more here 20:49
Walmart OKs Alaska seafood certification – Because they were pushed into it by fishermen!
The State of Alaska announced today that it has reached an agreement with Walmart, and the retailer will continue to sell Alaska seafood.Walmart has agreed to change its sourcing policies to allow multiple certification programs, as long as they meet principles set by The Sustainability Consortium, or TSC. As a result, the retailer will sell Alaska seafood without a Marine Stewardship Council, or MSC, certification. Read more@alaskajournal 19:46
Submitted: Here’s an example of the operational tactics of the reprehensible BOEM as it leases tracts of Mid-Atlantic Squid fishing ocean bottom.
only “insiders” are wanted as attendees “…the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has scheduled a public seminar in Baltimore, Maryland to provide an overview of its proposed auction format for a renewable energy competitive lease sale in federal waters offshore Maryland.”
Note the notice for this seminar to “…explain their leasing auction rules and demonstrate the auction process through meaningful examples.” was sent out on Thurs. Jan. 23 at 5:58 pm in the “Afternoon” of the day before a scheduled seminar in Baltimore, Maryland on Friday Jan. 24 at 12:30 to 4:30 pm. Read more here 18:29
Ottawa files appeal of World Trade Organization ruling on EU seal products ban
OTTAWA – Ottawa has filed its appeal of a World Trade Organization ruling that says aspects of Europe’s ban on importing seal products undermine fair trade but can be justified on “public moral concerns” for animal welfare. Read more@theobserver 18:00
Government Regulations Drowning New England Fisheries
One well-seasoned commercial fisherman says Federal regulations are drowning New England fisheries. He says catch shares, where fishermen are limited to a certain quota of fish per season, are to blame. “90% of the seafood consumed in the United States comes from overseas. So we do all these rules and regulations here, we tie down all our fisherman from going fishing. And the rest of the world don’t [have] the same rules that we do, and they taking our market share,” says Carlos Rafael of Carlos Seafood in New Bedford, Massachusetts. Read [email protected] 17:14
In the Guest Writer Column – Joe Daughty – “Hey Cap! I’ve got you man. He’ll be here within the hour.”
Well, I can’t believe I’m gonna tell this story, because it was kinda a rotten thing to do. But it was insanely funny at the time. I had been running a swordfish longline boat named the “Kelly Ann” out of Ft Pierce Fl. for quite a while. I got myself into a situation where I’d fired an under achieving crewman and couldn’t find a replacement. Decent crew were hard to find these days and I had began to…Read the story
Ocean Choice International (OCI) charged with 8 violations in connection with 2012 death
Ocean Choice International (OCI) has been charged with violations of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and Regulations in connection with the death of a worker onboard a shrimp trawler almost two years ago. The fatal incident happened on board the Katsheshuk II while it was en route from the Funk Island Bank to Bay Roberts in February 2012. Read more@cbcnews 10:46
Whale meat snacks seized at German trade fair
The meat is illegal in Germany and the majority of the EU. “Norway is breaking the law in several ways here,” said Astrid Fuchs of the Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society. “Both the import and the sale are illegal.” Read more@theguardian 08:48
“Crabs Tales And Dipped Rails” | A Tribute To Arthur “Jay” Fisher
So many words of wisdom. The message? Live life to it’s fullest. A beautiful tribute. DDC @JuneauTek Click here to watch 08:01
LIVING HELL: Enslaved aboard 10 ships of shame
WHEN a fisheries patrol vessel intercepted three foreign vessels fishing illegally off the coast they found “modern-day slaves” forced to live and work in appalling conditions. Some of the crew, mainly Indonesian and Taiwanese, had been working on the tuna fishing vessels for between three and five years without being paid. Read [email protected] 07:36
NOAA data shows spiraling fishery – Fish landings, revenues off in 2012
The Northeast groundfish fishery performed at an almost historically low level in 2012, with alarming declines in landings and gross revenues and a continuing downward spiral in the number of vessels actively fishing, according to a report released yesterday by NOAA. Read more@gdt 00:29
NEW BEDFORD — An NOAA Fisheries analysis of fishing year 2012 in the Northeast groundfish fleet concludes that landings and revenues were at their lowest point in four years. Read more@southcoasttoday 00:36
