Daily Archives: December 12, 2015
Coast Guard, U.S.S. Zumwalt rescue fisherman off the Maine Coast
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew in conjunction with the crew aboard the Zumwalt, the U.S. Navy’s new stealth destroyer, medevaced a 46-year-old man 40 nautical miles southeast of Portland, Maine Saturday morning. At approximately 3 a.m Saturday, Coast Guard Sector Northern New England watchstanders received a call from the 45-foot F/V Danny Boy stating the captain was experiencing chest pains and needed medical assistance. Read the rest here 12:13 – WATCH: First Footage of Future USS Zumwalt (DDG 1000) at Sea Click here
Meanwhile on Old Cape Cod, Joe’s Lobster Mart legal battle gets ugly
There is a seafood fight underway in Barnstable Superior Court over accusations of embezzlement, disputes about property and allegations of derogatory comments. The suit and countersuit involve Scott Thayer and his former boss at Joe’s Lobster Mart in Sandwich, Joseph Vaudo — two men who worked side-by-side for 30 years and who appeared so close, Thayer went with Vaudo to Boston on several occasions as Vaudo tried to save his licenses to sell seafood. The state Department of Public Health revoked Vaudo’s licenses after he pleaded guilty to receiving stolen oysters at his Sandwich seafood business. Read the article here 10:48
NPFMC – Pollock gets a 30,000 mt raise, flats take cut
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council raised pollock quota for 2016, but only by half the requested amount, locked in by the two million metric ton cap for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish fishery. The 2016 pollock limit for the Eastern Bering Sea is 1.34 million metric tons, a 30,000 metric ton increase from the 2015 limit but less than half the 65,000 metric ton increase the Advisory Panel recommended and the pollock biomass could’ve handled. Groundfish — which includes pollock, Pacific cod, and flatfish — is capped at two million metric,,, Read the article here 09:50
Offshore Wind Spin in Morro Bay – trawling and netting would be off limits
At a public forum Thursday in Morro Bay, residents grilled officials from a Seattle-based wind-energy company on how their proposal to install 100 windmills off the coast might affect fishing, views and the environment. Officials with Trident Winds (UK) sought to put the audience of about 100 people at ease, saying the structures would have minimal impacts while supplying renewable energy for up to 300,000 California households. Read the article here 09:03
WATCH: Blue lobster molting at Maine State Aquarium
The Maine State Aquarium says their maintenance team caught Lila the blue lobster molting earlier this week. Typically, lobsters shed once a year once they are at a reproducing age. When they are young and growing it is much more frequent, and when they are older, it is much less than this. Eventually it stops altogether, but there is no set time frame or age for this. Berried females also skip the annual molting cycle, according to the Maine State Aquarium. Watch the video here 08:10
