Daily Archives: August 13, 2014
Russian bans add to uncertain picture for salmon prices
Alaska’s commercial fishermen have hauled in more than 125 million salmon this year, but the prices for those fish are still in limbo. Russia’s recent ban on imports from the United States, Canada, Norway and other countries could affect the price for Alaska salmon, however. Read more here 22:58
Coos Bay, Ore: Commercial Dungeness crab season ends this week – Numbers Down, Value up
The commercial Dungeness crab fishing season officially closes at midnight on Thursday, but the numbers are not likely to change much at this point. Hugh Link, executive director of the Oregon Dungeness crab commission, says it is proving to be a unique season, and that is a very good thing. Read more here 22:33
Bluefin tuna found off Greenland suggest influence of climate change
Scientists in Denmark have made an unusual discovery in the normally chilly waters off the east coast of Greenland. Along with schools of mackerel, their research vessel brought in three bluefin tuna – a species known from the Mediterranean and in the Gulf Coast of Mexico. Read more here 17:35
Norfolk crab fishermen forced out to make way for offshore wind farm works
So far 20 out of 24 fishing vessels operating in the affected area have refused offers of compensation made by the company, claiming they are inadequate to cover their lost catch from having to move to a less crab-rich area for a period of up to 90 days at peak fishing season. Read more here 16:57
Communications: Prices Drop and Services Increase
As advances in communications and navigation equipment technology change at a seemingly alarming rate, there is something to be said about mixing the old with the new to keep some semblance of the old familiar functionality for commercial fishermen. Read more here 16:14
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council suspends controversial research set-aside program
A federal fisheries council voted Tuesday to suspend for at least a year a controversial program that allows fishing boats to pay to extend their catch beyond legal limits. The move follows a year of criminal enforcement actions on Long Island related to the program that have resulted in five guilty pleas, and 70 subpoenas issued to other New York fishing interests in an ongoing federal probe. Read more here 13:38
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 2008, 49’9” Lobster Fiberglass, Cummins, 350HP
Specifications, information and 31 photo’s click here 12:55 To see all the boats in this series, Click here Contact John Moran here 12:45
On the Fraser: Return of the sockeye
535!,” bellows Oswald as sockeye slip into a slurry of ice, all destined for a fish-processing plant in Steveston. For the first time this season, 250 gillnetting boats fished the Fraser River from Steveston to Mission during a three-hour opening for the commercial fleet on Monday. Read more here 11:34
Federal agency to shut down 2014 amberjack fishing in the Gulf
NOAA Fisheries
New York: Bill Enabling Easier Transfer of Family Fishing Licenses is Now Law
The new law amends the environmental conservation law allowing the Department of Environmental Conservation to transfer certain commercial fishing licenses to immediate family members in cases where a license holder dies prior to transferring his or her license. Read more here 11:17
Mount Polley mine spill: fish safe to eat, water ban mostly lifted – Neskonlith Indian Band band issues eviction notice to Imperial Metals
A drinking water ban that followed a mine tailings spill in British Columbia was mostly lifted Tuesday and fish from the area were declared safe to eat — the latest signs that health officials believe the spill won’t have a significant impact on people or aquatic life. Read more here 10:16
Opening of Harbour Breton’s salmon processing plant delayed
About 150 people hoping to be employed at the salmon processing plant in Harbour Breton will have to wait another six months. The Barry Group had hoped to employ 150 people at the plant by this summer or fall. Read more here 09:59
Retired boat builder turns his attention to fiddles, genealogy
Between 1946 and 2003, Ralph Stanley built, rebuilt or co-built 70 wooden boats of various designs, including lobster boats, Friendship sloops, sailboats and dories. In 1999, he won a National Heritage Fellowship Award in the area of Folk and Traditional Arts, ,,, Read more here 09:31
Derelict fishing nets have turned the bottom of the sea into a death trap
Each year, at least 640,000 tonnes of nets and other fishing gear goes overboard and never comes back. But just because it’s lost to the sea doesn’t mean that derelict gear stops doing its jobs. The lobster pots, crab traps and dense thickets of nets that litter the sea bottom keep snaring fish and other animals for years or even decades after they go missing. Read more here 09:03
Mississippi oysters make a comeback – for a price
The Mississippi oyster industry is bouncing back from a triple whammy — Hurricane Katrina, the BP oil disaster and the Mississippi River flood — and is still a long way from its peak 10 years ago. Just over 78,000 sacks of oysters were harvested in the reporting year that ended June 30, according to Department of Marine Resources. Read more here 08:44
