Daily Archives: July 8, 2014
The Morons at Delaware North Companies Sportservice of Buffalo, NY Have Dumped Linda Bean’s Maine Lobster
The decision by Delaware North Companies Sportservice of Buffalo, New York, was made after the animal rights group PETA released secret video footage last September of lobsters and other crustaceans being processed at the Rockland facility. “Smart companies know that consumers object to the unnecessary suffering of animals killed for food, so Bean should be prepared to lose even more customers as word gets out,” PETA Executive Vice President Tracy Reiman said in a statement. Idiots. Read more PETA Influenced foolishness here 21:05
Fishing captain who threatened witness over Facebook sentenced to federal prison for red snapper violation
The captain of a fishing vessel was sentenced to more than five years in prison for charges related to a federal sting set up to catch and sell illegal red snapper and other fish. However, according to court records, Braley also threatened physical violence against a government witness over Facebook, which netted him an additional 63-month sentence. Read more here 19:11
UPDATED: Court Rules Seismic Blasting off Ocean County Can Move Forward
The state’s commercial fishing industry, boating industry and environmentalists all strongly came out against the seismic blast testing, which will involve air gun blasts 11,500 feet underground that will reach sounds of 250 or more decibels and occur every five seconds, 24 hours a day, for a month. Read more here 18:00
Russia shrimp ban worsens as over half of Canadian, Greenlandic volumes now shut off
A leading coldwater shrimp importer warned Russia is heading towards a shortage of small shrimp as the country’s import bans on Canadian and Greenlandic shrimp trawlers continue to worsen. Ten trawlers representing more than half of Russia’s coldwater annual shrimp imports are now shut off from the country entirely due to “temporary restrictions” by the country’s veterinary authority Rosselkhoznadzor, which are effectively indefinite bans. Read more here 17:33
The Red Snapper War – Gulf states fight back as feds seek to reel in recreational fishing season
Gulf Coast charter captains say the feds are ruining their businesses by needlessly cutting their fishing season in response to complaints from commercial fishermen, and now their state lawmakers are stepping up to tackle the issue. “Environmental organizations, who have infiltrated our federal government — they are hell-bent on reducing the fleet of fisherman,” Zales said. Read more here 16:58
Injunction to stop offshore Rutgers study denied
A federal judge has denied a request by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection for an injunction to stop an offshore sea level study, the Associated Press is reporting. The state said it was not granted an adequate opportunity to evaluate the plan, but earlier today Judge Peter Sheridan on disagreed. Sheridan said he would order the blasts to stop for one day if the state notifies him that it intends to appeal. Read more here 16:13
Fisherman dies after falling overboard near Alaska Peninsula
Alaska State Troopers say a 53-year-old man has died after falling overboard a commercial fishing vessel near King Cove. Troopers were notified Sunday by the Coast Guard about the death of Rudy Paul Duskin Jr. of King Cove. Read more here 13:31 A more detailed report @ Deckboss
Selling the silver: the enclosure of the UK’s fisheries
Fishing quotas were meant to conserve stocks and support fishing communities, writes Emma Cardwell. But they have achieved the reverse – rewarding the most rapacious fishing enterprises and leaving small scale fisherfolk with nothing.The UK’s fisheries quota system, introduced in 1999 and comprising the creation of a private market for the right to catch fish, has been called “the biggest property grab since the Norman invasion”. Read more here 11:58
DFO says halibut sharing arrangement in place since 1990s
The department was responding to a story (posted yesterday) on The Telegram website Monday in which , the union representing most fishermen in Newfoundland and Labrador, claimed fishermen on the south coast of Newfoundland have been put out of business midseason because of unfair quota allocations by DFO in the halibut fishery. Read more here 11:44
Over 20-Million Sockeye Harvested in Bristol Bay – Mike Mason
The sockeye harvest in Bristol Bay has topped 20-million as the run has exceeded the pre-season forecast. Sunday’s harvest was 954-thousand sockeye to push the season total to just over 20-million.,,Now looking at the latest escapement numbers. Read more here 11:06
Atlantic City: Local lobster business getting lonelier
Goff remembers when here was booming. An abundance of high-rollers meant brisk business for the area’s lobster-mongers. “It was nothing for them to get 3-pound lobsters for everybody in their party,” he said. But people in town aren’t eating lobster like they used to, he said. Read more here 09:32
Long-time NC fishing leader, head boat operator elected to Council for Sustainable Fishing board
MURRELLS INLET, SC – Sonny Davis, owner of the Capt. Stacy Fishing Center in Atlantic Beach, NC and a life-long fishing industry veteran, last week was elected to the board of directors of the Council for Sustainable Fishing, a nonprofit fishing advocacy group focused on optimizing and sustaining fishing opportunities for commercial and recreational fishermen in the South Atlantic region. Read more here 09:18
Alabama Man Sentenced for Lacy Act Violations in Red Snapper Case
The United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama, Kenyen R. Brown, and NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement Special Agent in Charge Tracy A. Dunn announce that David Braley was sentenced yesterday in two related cases. Read more here A copy of this press release may be found on the website of the United States Attorneys Office for the Southern District of Alabama here 09:08
Maine’s shrimp fishery may face new restrictions
Federal regulators (ASMFC) may limit the number of fishermen allowed to catch northern shrimp in the Gulf of Maine once the depleted fishery reopens.,,considering restrictions that could limit the number of licenses to fish for shrimp or the number of vessels allowed in the fishery. (catch shares?) The number of vessels in the fishery has fluctuated since 2000, with a low of 144 in 2006 and a high of 342 in 2011. Maine issued an average of 463 licenses per year from 2001 to 2011. The shrimp section also sets a total allowable catch limit every year. Read more here 07:30
