Daily Archives: September 17, 2016
Coast Guard monitoring grounded fishing vessel in Florence, Ore.
Coast Guard personnel are monitoring the 50-foot commercial fishing vessel /Ms Nicani after it went aground on a beach north of the Siuslaw River Bar north jetty, Saturday. A shore party from Coast Guard Station Siuslaw River responded, took pictures and noted no obvious pollution concerns, and the master of the vessel is contacting local tug operators for salvage. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Bend received the initial report at 2:17 a.m. from the two-person crew with reportedly no injuries. 19:44
Some New England Fishermen Consider A Fight Over Obama’s Monument. This Is Why They Should.
When the concept of the National Marine Monument arose, it was a surprise to many people, and the notion of it becoming reality seemed far fetched. This week we learned it was reality, and it was a stinging slap in the face. Rep Rob Bishop R-Utah tipped us of with an article titled, “Obama will leave his legacy at the expense of fishermen”, Sept, 14th, on the eve of the State Departments “Our Oceans” conference in Washington, DC. The confirmation the following day was bitter for many. There have been hundreds of articles written in the aftermath from the enviro friendly, to the revelations of the many fishermen that will be affected, including some that say the industry will consider a legal challenge, and challenge that designation they should! Meghan Lapp the Fisheries Liaison for Seafreeze Ltd. and is active in the process of fishery management, wrote an article that appeared in the Massachusetts Lobsterman’s Association Newsletter pre announcement of the designation. As with all good fishery articles, it is timeless and important to be seen by as many fishermen and the general public after the fact, because it lays out the basis as to why this should be a call to action to reverse this Obama Antiquities Act overreach that, quite possibly, may not be legal at all. Click here to read the article with a number of links at the bottom of the page. 17:58
Commentary: Leave fishery management to the pros (not Sam Farr) by Larry Collins
I’m a professional seafood harvester. I offer a service by catching fish and making it accessible to you so you can concentrate on other productive endeavors. As part of my job, I comply with a dense set of rules to ensure the sustainability of the service I provide, and of the seafood at your dinner table.,, It’s the role of the state and federal governments to make sure I achieve those goals. And together we do a great job of making sure your fisheries are sustainable. Overfishing is virtually non-existent on the West Coast, and the types of gear we’re allowed to use are already tightly regulated to protect habitat features. So it’s confounding that non-fishermen who would claim to promote the sustainability of your oceans are actually working to shut your fisheries down. U.S. Rep. Sam Farr, D-Central Coast, recently introduced HR 5797, a bill that would permanently end several forms of fishing at seven ocean ridges and seamounts off the California coast. The justification for the closures is protection of creatures and habitat features on the seafloor. Read the article here 14:39
Atlantic Marine Monument Was Created To “Appease Environmental Terrorists”
Media Matters decided to take a segment from Fox news where they interviewed Captain Keith Colburn in discussing the President Obama creating the first marine monument in the Atlantic Ocean. Gazing at other headlines at the post, it’s easy to understand Media Matters is another liberal leaning website that like to mock anyone that disagrees. Its not a bad interview, and I appreciate a well known fisherman speaking on the subject, bringing attention to the truth. Environmental Terrorism of the elitist ENGO is alive and well, thriving to close off more fishermen from their chosen occupation because its never enough. Video, read the rest here read the comments. The ignorance is astounding. 11:58
US and Canadian Lobster exporters looking to EU customers for help in averting Swedish proposed ban
The American and Canadian lobster industries are looking to countries like Spain, Italy and France to help scuttle the Swedish proposal to label lobster ‘invasive.’ “Our best allies are our customers,” said Annie Tselikis, executive director of the Maine Lobster Dealers Association. “Science should win this battle for us, but we’re not taking any chances because Europe is a huge market for live Maine lobster. So we’re working with our embassies abroad to pressure our major buyers of live lobster to speak up. We can’t have this ban and they can’t have it, either. Italian importers, Spanish dealers, French restaurants. They all want Maine lobster, and we want to sell it to them.” Read the story here 10:21
Some People Think This New Photo of the ‘Loch Ness Monster’ is Totally Legit
Over the years a number of people have come forward with photos claiming to show the legendary Loch Ness monster, but most of them are almost always determined to be hoaxes or cases of mistaken identity. But a new image taken by a amateur photographer and whisky warehouse worker from Scotland has some people convinced that this is actually the real thing. Ian Bremner, 58, says he was riding around the Scottish Highlands looking for deer last Saturday when he snapped the above photo of what he believes is the most convincing photo ever taken of the famous Loch Ness monster commonly referred to as Nessie. Of course the internet has gotten behind the idea: Read the story here 09:49
Deep Thinker Kerry: Ocean Protection Is ‘Life and Death’ National Security Issue
Secretary of State John Kerry spoke Friday morning at an ocean preservation summit at Georgetown University, saying the state of the world’s oceans is a pressing international security issue. “This is life and death. This is national security. This is international security,” Kerry said. He cited black carbon in the Arctic, rapidly increasing acidification in oceans that harms crustaceans, and illegal, unregulated fishing that is “strip mining the oceans and threatens to destroy an entire ecosystem.” The speech comes just two days after State Department Under Secretary Cathy Novelli cautioned in a press briefing that the amount of plastic in the ocean is so high that “if you lined up garbage bags of plastic along the coast, every coastline that touches the ocean in the entire world, you would have five deep of garbage bags.” If current patterns continue, there will be more plastic than fish in the ocean by 2050, she said. Read the dogma here 09:12
The heartbreak of lost Shea Heights fishermen, for friends, families and reporters alike – Jonathan Crowe
In 31 years at the CBC I’ve seen a lot. I’ve covered murders, sex assault trials and every permutation of accidental death, from fire to car crashes. Most of the nasty stuff we cover has already happened. It’s a murder scene with police tape around it, a car crash with a blue tarpaulin draped over the spot where someone bled out or died on impact. There’s already a distance established when the reporters show up. We are shooting the aftermath, trying to piece together the story from the police. But there is nothing as raw as a loss at sea. A boat going down is heartbreakingly different than such other tragedies, especially when it affects a community —especially when that community is as close-knit as Shea Heights. And worse, when two of the men still have not been recovered, the inevitable is cruelly dragged out. Read the story here 08:19
