Former Navy ship embarks on new career catching and processing fish off Alaska

June 3, 2016 North Pacific, Pacific

cd6ede4c-2900-11e6-a8e0-56660c973af9-1560x1039 Seattle’s fishing industry on Thursday feted the latest addition to the fleet, a 233-foot former Navy oceanographic vessel overhauled at a cost of more than $30 million for a new line of work — catching and processing fish off Alaska. The Lake Union ceremony drew several hundred people to watch the traditional breaking of a Champagne bottle across the bow of the former John McDonnell, newly christened as the Seafreeze America. Later this month, the ship will head north to harvest yellowfin sole and other species in the Bering Sea. In a Seattle increasingly swept up in a tech boom, the SeaFreeze Amercia offers a reminder of the vitality of an older and still potent Puget Sound industry. Read the rest here 14:49

Conversion, F/V Seafreeze America, formerly the Navy vessel John McDonnell, United States Seafoods

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date
December 2024

M T W T F S S

1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15

16 17 18 19 20 21 22

23 24 25 26 27 28 29

30 31

« Nov

December 2024
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28	29
30	31

The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

Recent Posts
- Islay whisky collection up for auction in aid of RNLI – Scotch Whisky News
  
  The Islay Sea Collection, a group of seven malt whiskies from each of Islay’s coastal distilleries presented in a one of a kind display case is Read More »
- Protecting gray seals — when does success become excess?
  
  The ever-expanding gray seal population in our coastal waters is protected in perpetuity by the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972. The success of the act Read More »
- Human remains found inside small plane pulled from the sea off the coast of Scotland
  
  Human remains have been recovered from the wreckage of a missing German plane which crashed into the North Sea more than a year ago. The light Read More »
- Why lobster prices are so high and what it means for the industry
  
  Lobster prices in the Maritimes are high and buyers in Nova Scotia say they’ve never seen lobster on the wharf sell for $8 per pound in Read More »
- Maine Gubernatorial Candidates Publicly Oppose American Aquafarms Project
  
  Earlier this month, Governor and gubernatorial candidate Janet Mills and former Governor and gubernatorial candidate Paul Lepage both indicated they do not support the American Aquafarms Read More »
- Noyo Harbor plan points up longterm needs
  
  The Noyo Harbor District released its long-awaited Community Sustainability Plan on June 13, laying out a roadmap for harbor improvements in coming years. The plan focuses Read More »
- Inquest into Bugaled Breizh deaths sunk off Lizard coast of Cornwall
  
  The Bugaled Breizh went down on January 15, 2004 off the Lizard Peninsula in favourable conditions, with no apparent defects to the vessel. The possibility a Read More »
- Pushing Technology Boundaries
  
  Fishing vessel Aksel Johan has it all – battery hybrid propulsion, heat recovery, peak shaving, and load balancing on the engine, hull and propeller, along with Read More »
- Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Preferred Price List for January 21, 2015
  
  Contact our sales team today @ 401 295 2585 or 800 732 273 Click here for the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd. We are Direct to the Read More »
- F/V Nicola Faith: Grieving families in lasting legacy vow on anniversary of dreadful tragedy
  
  One year ago today three fishermen went to sea on the F/V Nicola Faith and they never returned home. The boat set off from Conwy Harbour Read More »
- Entangled Whale Prompts Criticism Of Gill Nets
  
  The small whale that was freed from a commercial fishing net after becoming entangled off Sagaponack last week has prompted community concern about the safety of Read More »
- Fishing boat aground near Bodega Bay
  
  F/V Aleutian Storm’s owner, watching his fishing boat stuck fast in the sand at South Salmon Creek Beach, didn’t want to talk to a reporter. His Read More »
- South Pacific Tuna Corporation cuts fleet by more than half
  
  South Pacific Tuna Corporation announced yesterday that is selling more than half of its 14 U.S.-flagged purse seine fishing vessels to foreign operators, reducing its fleet Read More »
- A river runs through it, and that’s the problem – Seabridge’s KSM mine will be as deep as any the world has seen
  
  If built, the Kerr-Sulphurets-Mitchell mine near the British Columbian border could produce more than 10 billion pounds of copper, 133 million ounces of silver, 38 million Read More »
- An open letter from the MSC to Alaska – From the Marine Stewardship Council/9/26/13
  
  An open letter and fact sheet to address negative and inaccurate statements about the MSC program by ASMI, Alaska elected officials and trade journal reporting. more@fishradio Read More »
- Federal fisheries minister concerned about size of Mi’kmaq fishery in Cape Breton bay
  
  Bernadette Jordan said Friday that while the government recognizes the Mi’kmaq treaty right to fish, the scale of the lobster harvest in the bay is exceeding Read More »
- Westport Crab Races, derby and more in Westport this weekend
  
  A seafood feast, crab races, crab and clam derbies with cash prizes, and the annual Whale of a Sale are all on tap this weekend in Read More »
- Major Investment in Shrimp Fishing
  
  Canadian factory trawler American Enterprise has been sold to Norwegian owners, who see opportunities in fishing for shrimp across northern waters. Now renamed Karine H, the trawler Read More »
- Irish fishermen fury over ‘unbelievable and outrageous’ secret EU deal talks to give Iceland access to our waters
  
  Irish fishermen are up in arms over secret EU talks to give Iceland access to our fishing waters. Our trawlermen are being allocated an extra 15 Read More »
- Fish, shellfish recovered from Katrina faster than fishermen
  
  As Hurricane Katrina lashed everything above ground, it also caused problems for seafood in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico. With the exception of oysters, seafood does OK Read More »
- Fishing group set to rally in Boston
  
  With fishermen in Gloucester and elsewhere in New England staring at extreme and nearly across-the-board federally mandated cuts in landings of groundfish, the Northeast Seafood Coalition, Read More »
- $1,000 REWARD! Vandalism that occurred on the Atchafalaya Delta Wildlife Management Area
  
  An LDWF bulldozer and utility vehicle (UTV) were first noticed missing on July 24 on the Big Island portion of Atchafalaya Delta WMA. The bulldozer was buried Read More »
- Charleston’s maritime history – The mosquito fleet
  
  They were among the best watermen in Charleston’s maritime history, their small boats a familiar and beloved sight as they sailed out each morning and returned Read More »
- ‘Significant’ fish kill not result of disease: fish vet
  
  An infectious fish disease is not to blame for a “significant” fish kill last month at a salmon farm on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore, according to Read More »
- Former Alaska Board of Fisheries appointee Roland Maw pleads guilty to PFD fraud
  
  A former nominee to the Alaska Board of Fisheries and a prominent Cook Inlet commercial fisherman pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor count of unsworn falsification on Read More »