Daily Archives: July 7, 2014
Southerland Introduces MAST Act To St. Andrews – Video
Local recreational and commercial fishermen say they’re losing out on fun and profit because of so many regulations. US Representative Steve Southerland from Panama City says he believes he can help in at least one way. His “Marine Access and State Transparency Act” would take away the president’s ability to shut down up to 780,000 square miles of ocean to fishing and energy exploration. Read more here 22:01
Shrimp’s New Path to the Plate – With Wild Stocks of Shrimp Dwindling, Tank Farming Is on the Rise
STOUGHTON, Mass. — In a warehouse south of Boston, miles away from the city’s bustling harbor, James Tran, a semiconductor designer, is incubating an unlikely product: shrimp. Mr. Tran, who started Sky8 Shrimp Farm two years ago, is one of a growing number of small, high-tech shrimp farmers in America racing to meet the country’s seemingly insatiable appetite for, Read more here 20:12
Crabs can hear! This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch
Creepy soundtracks of noises made by predators had crabs running for shelter and proved, for the first time, that the animals can hear. Marine acoustic experts at Boston’s made the discovery in lab tests on 200 mud crabs during a two year study. Read more here 18:44
Whitfield Responds to Obama’s Latest “Green Energy” Gamble
“We’ve seen time and time again this administration provide billions of dollars of taxpayers’ money for green energy projects that have failed, leaving taxpayers on the hook. I have a number of concerns with this administration’s reckless decision to back Cape Wind,” Read more here 18:36
A halibut issue impacts south coast fishermen
“This is absolutely the wrong way to run a fishery,” McCurdy said. “Fish should be allocated to active enterprises, not to wheeler-dealers sitting on the wharf.” He said halibut is a crucial component of a mixed-stock fishery in 3Ps. Without access to halibut, fishing becomes uneconomical. Prior to 2011, fixed gear enterprises in 3Ps could retain halibut up to 10 per cent of their total catch. Read more here 14:45
The Supreme Court’s Fish Tale
Holy mackerel! The biggest Supreme Court shredding case since the justices overturned Arthur Andersen’s conviction for destroying Enron-related records in 2005 turns out to be a fish story. Former Florida commercial fisherman John L. Yates was convicted in federal court in 2012 for violating the document-destruction provisions of the 2002 Sarbanes-Oxley law by dumping overboard three undersized groupers netted in federal waters five years earlier in an effort to avoid a $500 penalty. Read more here 13:40:23 I’m sorry to inform, there is now a pay-wall up.
Land-based fish farming cleaner, cheaper
When considering the costs of growing fish, specifically Atlantic salmon in land-based operations, it is imperative that there be a level playing field. It can easily be shown that if ocean-based open pen operations were required to be environmentally sustainable, without government assistance and no compensation for mass mortality, these farms would in fact be an economic disaster. Read more here 13:04
Natural News gets an A+ for integrity! – Obama now seizing ocean territory via executive orders
I mean, What the Hell is an extra 700,000 square miles, right?
(NaturalNews) President Obama’s efforts to destroy American commerce by limiting U.S. companies’ abilities to explore new sources of energy took another turn recently when the nation’s chief executive used his phone and pen to put new vast areas of ocean off-limits. The announcement was made in June by Secretary of State John Kerry , who also urged leaders at an international summit to take rapid steps to reduce “overfishing” and pollution. Read more here 11:08
Herring return to Auke Bay – Significant spawn for first time in decades
At the end of June, herring returned to Auke Bay to spawn in significant numbers for the first time in more than 20 years — and though the ultimate success of the eggs remains to be seen, it’s a promising sign for those working to increase herring’s abundance in Lynn Canal and Southeast Alaska. Read more here 10:44
FFAW PRESS RELEASE – 3Ps Fish Harvesters Affected by Unfair Quota Allocations
ST. John’s, NL – For the second year in a row, groundfish harvesters on the south coast of Newfoundland have been effectively put out of business in midseason because of unfair quota allocations by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans. Read more here 10:16
Global Ocean Commission (Pew): Race to the bottom of the ocean must end
The human footprint on the ocean, from the shoreline to the deepest abyss, is growing.,,With agricultural land under threat from climate change, it has never been more vital to our long term food security that we combat chronic overfishing, illegal fishing and worsening pollution that are pushing fish stocks to the point of collapse. Read more here if you can stand it! 08:02
Creating a Safe Harbor for a Village Heritage
MORRO BAY, Calif. — Anyone seeking to learn about the fishing heritage of this port city, named for the huge rock that dominates its harbor, need only amble over to the “Liar’s Bench,” a sitting area along the Embarcadero for fishermen prone to telling tall tales.,,their brethren in Cape Cod? The Liar’s bench. huh! Read more here 07:09 CLF and CLF Ventures: or we get rich by litigating the hostile takeover and trading away of public resources for corporate exploitation while claiming to save the planet.
