Category Archives: Inland Fisheries
Sen. Durbin criticizes plan to cut Great Lakes program funding
Durbin says cuts would have a major impact on federal programs created to address ecological problems facing the Great Lakes, including fighting the spread of Asian carp. continued@wls
Local investors have received approvals needed to move full speed ahead on a $3.1 million fish Asian Carp rendering plant
The plant primarily will render Asian carp for high-protein supplement products, but can render any fish caught by commercial fishermen contracted to bring in fish for the operation. continued@thetelegraph
Commercial fishing is Petersen legacy as fourth generation continues a Muskegon tradition
MUSKEGON, MI – For a fourth generation Lake Michigan commercial fisherman trying to establish a fresh-fish retail and wholesale business in Muskegon, the 18-hour days are brutal. continued@mlive
U.S. plan to fight Asian carp includes electronic barriers, water guns and love potions! Why not let NMFS take care of it? They know how to make fish disapear!
“This strategy continues our aggressive effort to bolster our tools to keep Asian carp out of the Great Lakes while we work toward a long-term solution,” said John Goss of the White House,,,continued@ctvnws
Paris, Tennessee. Where they WANT you to overfish! The only drawback is getting paid.
A variety of options to deal with the carp — many of which require a collaboration between state and area government leaders as well as commercial fishermen — have been suggested by experts.
Bill to ban Lake Erie oil, natural gas drilling reintroduced into legislature
That’s a NO BRAINER, huh? continued@acronlegalnews
Former chief of fisheries for Michigan DNR John Robertson,receives C.D. “Buzz” Besadny Award
The C.D. “Buzz” Besadny Award is named for the former Wisconsin DNR secretary and 
chair who epitomized the role of the partnerships in fisheries management. Such cooperation is particularly important in the Great Lakes basin as eight states, the Canadian province of Ontario, and U.S. tribes work with federal agencies and the Great Lakes Fishery Commission to manage the shared fishery. continued@grandhaventribune
Program To Explore History Of Commercial Fishing In Door County
The July 11 Gibraltar Talks program will focus on the interesting history of the commercial fishermen who ventured out into the waters of Green Bay from the small port of Fish Creek. They would set, lift, and mend gill nets. continued@doorcountydailynews
Commercial fishing on the Great Lakes – Commercial Fishing: The Way it Used to Be
Trygvie Jensen, who grew up on Washington Island and was always fascinated with the stories he heard while hanging around the old-timers’ fish sheds, provided the program for the June 6 meeting of the Baileys Harbor Historical Society. Both his great-grandfathers, Oliver Bjarnarson and Harry Hagen, were commercial fishermen. continued@peninsulapulse
Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board oversight shifted to lt. governor
BATON ROUGE, La. – Lt. Gov. Jay Dardenne has received new responsibilities from state lawmakers, giving him oversight of a board that promotes Louisiana seafood. The seafood board had only modest funding before the BP oil spill in 2010, with about a $300,000 annual budget. It had been largely autonomous, under some oversight from the wildlife and fisheries department. But the board’s profile was raised when it received $30 million from BP for a seafood marketing campaign, to reassure visitors that Louisiana’s seafood was safe. continued@houmatoday
Lake Erie’s multi-species commercial fishery has entered MSC assessment.
LAKE Erie’s multi-species commercial fishery has entered MSC assessment. If certified, this fishery will provide a significant volume of lake fish to markets in North America and globally. There are six species of lake fish being considered in the assessment: yellow perch, walleye (pickerel), rainbow smelt, lake white fish, white bass and white perch. These six species are caught by vessels based in Ontario, Canada, using trawls, trap nets and gill nets and by vessels based in the U.S. portion of Lake Erie using trap nets. continued@ fishnewseu
Finns visit Michigan to learn about Great Lakes trap net fishing
After spending time with Michigan commercial fishermen, a Finnish delegation returns home with new techniques and knowledge to begin to create a thriving new fishery in their home country. continued
Great Lakes governors seek agreement on invasives
The Associated Press — Despite an unresolved dispute over Asian carp, states that surround the Great Lakes hope to develop a common strategy for battling invasive species during a meeting of governors and other top officials that began Friday. continued
Serving up Asian Carp
It’s survival of the fittest for fish in the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. Asian Carp, a non-native fish, are rapidly multiplying and threatening other species of fish. Now Shafer fisheries in Thomson, Illinois is harvesting them. They’re catching an average of 80,000 lbs. of asian carp a week, and they’re cashing in on this fish with a bad rep. “We’re pretty much the only ones left,” said Owner Michael Shafer. Shafer said times are definitely changing in the commercial fishing industry. continued
Grafton IIlinois to buy 10 acres for light industry – Asian carp fish processing plant to make byproducts such as fish oil and fish meal.
The Telegraph – American Heartland is the licensee of Falcon Protein’s patented process of turning Asian carp – an invasive species of U.S. inland waterways – into fish meal and fish oil. Grafton residents Ben Allen and Bryon LeBeau also make up American Heartland Fish Products, formerly known as Inland Fisheries Processing and Marketing Research Center. Last November, the group closed on its building and land. The plant also will bring jobs to the area. continued
Florida Fisherman found dead in Osceola lake
Orlando Sentinel – An Osceola County commercial fisherman died late Monday or early Tuesday when he fell overboard while trying to untangle nylon fishing lines, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission said. continued
Great Lakes Commercial fishing decline hits economies, communities
LANSING – As the number of active state-licensed commercial fishing operations dwindles on the Great Lakes, their downward spiral signals a change in culture as well as economics and environment, according to Laurie Sommers, a folklorist and historic preservation consultant. continued
Jancie Sue & Joy: The Boats of Fishtown on Lake Huron
LELAND — Fishtown is still an active commercial fishing community with the help of it’s two tug ladies: the Janice Sue and the Joy. 7&4’s Holly Baker met with the Executive Director of the Fishtown Preservation Society, Amanda
Holmes, and learned a bit more about the personalities of each boat in Historic Fishtown. video
Cormorants – A problem on our local marshes?
Medina Journal-Register – This destruction of the environment became more evident to me in recent years when I went on a few fishing trips to the Cape Vincent area of the St Lawrence. Not only were the birds everywhere but their 
white crap covered the islands where they nested and had eliminated all vegetation. It turned my stomach to see it and you didn’t want to get down wind of these areas. continued
Fisher could have been paid $16,000 for his ‘wasted fish’ – David Tomasson, Chairman, Freshwater Fish Marketing Corp.
I am dismayed to see the recent stories in the Winnipeg Free Press about the commercial fishing industry in Manitoba, specifically the issue of usable fish going to waste. (posted here 4/20/2013) Your story featured commercial fisher Frank Kenyon — an outspoken critic who represents a small minority of regional fishers. I — along with dozens of other fishers — disagree with both his sentiments and the potentially catastrophic approach this article took to one-sidedly presenting a contentious topic. continued
Tahoe Lobster Co. Crawdad trap theft tops $21,000
tahoedailytribune.com – Tahoe Lobster Co. traps have continued to disappear from Lake Tahoe, threatening the lake’s first commercial crawfish harvest operation. Tahoe Lobster Co. Owner Fred Jackson said 160 traps have gone missing since last fall, a loss of more than $21,000 including the lost crawfish haul. Four sets of 10 traps disappeared late last month from their location off the northeast shore, he said. continued
Tahoe Lobster Co. Crayfish traps missing from Tahoe – again
Forty traps set by Tahoe Lobster Co. – Lake Tahoe’s first commercial fishing operation in decades – were discovered missing Thursday. That’s in addition to 20 others that vanished March 3 for a total of more than 130 since the first disappeared last August and only a month after the company started operations. continued
La. and Texas Fisheries Agencies File Joint Lawsuit challenging National Marine Fisheries Service Red Snapper Emergency Rule
As published in the federal register on March 25, the emergency rule would authorize the National Marine Fisheries Service southeast regional administrator to reduce the red snapper season in federal exclusive economic zone (EEZ) water
s off Louisiana and Texas. continued
Want not, Waste lot, Manitoba fishers throw out millions of kilograms of edible fish a year because there is no viable market
Winnipeg Free Press — Early in the spring on the northeast corner of Lake Manitoba, commercial fisher Frank Kenyon spends an overcast morning pulling up two of the 45 gillnets he’s set below the ice of Portage Bay. continued
USGS tests potential sites in St. Clair River for new spawning reefs
Sturgeon, officially classified as threatened in Michigan, are the dinosaurs of the Great Lakes, with their dramatic armoring and slow maturation rates, growing as long as six feet in length and living as long as 150 years in the case of females, which spawn every four years. The USGS has had its eye on the Hart Light site for a while. But the agency’s models – which emphasize river flow and depth – only recently identified Courtright as a potential reef site, said Ireland. The Courtright and Hart Lights are on the Canadian side of the river, but the reefs would be constructed in U.S. waters. continued
‘Plausible’ that Asian carp have reached Great Lakes – Laboratory analysis turned up positive hits for bighead or silver carp DNA in western Lake Erie
CBC.ca – At least some Asian carp probably have found their way into the Great Lakes, according to a scientific report released Thursday. But there’s still time to stop the dreaded invaders from becoming established and unraveling food chains that support a $7 billion fishing industry and sensitive ecosystems, the report noted. continued
Fishing quotas cut for yellow perch, pickerel
Commercial fishermen on Lake Erie have had their quota for this year reduced. The Lake Erie Committee announced the total allowable catch for 2013 on Thursday. continue reading
