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Now Here’s an Eel Story! Maine Wardens, take note!
Eel Removed From Man After Getting Stuck- Although this type of eel is known as an invasive species in parts of the United States, this isn’t the first time that it’s made its way into (ahem) foreign habitats. continue on this amazing journey if you can!
Freshest fish traded in the dead of the NYC night
“This is not like ordering tomatoes or potatoes,” Nunez says. “Seafood is wild.” By 2:30 a.m., one of the key items on his handwritten list of orders — 400 pounds of striped bass — remains unfilled from among dozens of vendors. “I’m getting nervous,” he says. continued
More Seal Issues from the other side – Grey seals robbing Danish fishermen of their livelihood
FishUpdate.com – From southern Zealand it is reported that 60-70 per cent of the cod is now either being torn out of the nets by seals or they are being mutilated, which means they cannot be landed or sold. In other places up to 30 per cent of the cod is being bitten or mutilated. continued
China’s fishing numbers don’t add up, UBC researcher Pauly says
But the impact of that wasn’t known until Daniel Pauly at the University of British Columbia’s Fisheries Centre used a statistical technique known as the Monte Carlo method to determine unreported catch data. A spokesman for the UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), which gathers and reports international fishing catch statistics, has criticized the study continued
The global warming campaign is filled with Boris Wormism, and it’s catching up ” the self-serving coalition of environmentalists and big business hoping to create a carbon cartel”.
In Denial – The meltdown of the climate campaign. By STEVEN F. HAYWARD. It is increasingly clear that the leak of the internal emails and documents of the Climate Research Unit at the University of East Anglia in No
vember has done for the climate change debate what the Pentagon Papers did for the Vietnam war debate 40 years ago—changed the narrative decisively. Additional revelations of unethical behavior, errors, and serial exaggeration in climate science are rolling out on an almost daily basis, and there is good reason to expect more. continued
Massive storm spans Atlantic Ocean, coast to coast
The storm shown here stretches west to east from Newfoundland to Portugal. Its southern tail (cold front) extends into the Caribbean and the north side of its comma head touches southern Greenland. continued
Underwater Observations of Square Mesh 4-Panel Codends | HD
Published on Mar 19, 2013 Square Mesh 4-Panel Codends to reduce the discards of juvenile haddock taken in a trawl fishery off Cornwall. This work was Financed by the European Fisheries Fund (EFF) and carried out by Sea Fish Industry Authority at the request of a local fishermen who wanted to conserve juvenile haddock. Underwater video was taken of 2 different types of square mesh using a DSVR type recording system. This video shows that fishermen can reduce discards through voluntary use of conservation measures – like square mesh 4-panel codends. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uShjdHjPu6I
SCU student astounds scientific minds with new discovery – published in the Canadian Aquatic Science Journal
A GROUND-BREAKING discovery which could revolutionise Australia’s fisheries has earned a Southern Cross University student a major government grant and the respect of scientists around the world. continue reading
Wabash River commercial fisherman arrested – harvesting shovelnose sturgeon from the Wabash River and selling the sturgeon eggs
Illinois conservation police officers arrested Aaron Taylor, 34, at his home Thursday in Darwin, Ill., located on the Wabash River. The investigation revealed that Taylor had been harvesting shovelnose sturgeon from the Wabash River and selling the sturgeon eggs for several years. Taylor did not possess a valid Illinois roe harvester permit. Also in the boat was Larry L. Bryan, 66, also of Darwin, Ill. Bryan received several citations for boating violations and was released. continue reading
Michigan DNR: Commercial Fisheries net $20 million for state economy
Lansing — The Department of Natural Resources’ Fisheries Division recently released data from its 2012 state-licensed commercial fishing season, showing that state-licensed commercial fisheries caught 3,762,000 pounds of fish with a dockside value of $4,087,000 prior to processing, marketing and retail sale. continueU.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Urges Creation of Vast Marine Reserve in Antarctica
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for establishing the world’s largest protected marine area in Antarctica and urged stronger global safeguards for oceans. continue
Alright. This 2048 crap is out of control! You gotta read this. (shaking head) – Want to Save Starving Sea Lion Pups? Here’s How
Want to Save Starving Sea Lion Pups? Here’s How– Megan Pincus Kajitani. Tears streamed down my 7-year-old daughter’s face this cloudy, March morning, as we watched the plight of a lone female California sea lion pup, clearly exhausted, struggling to keep her head above water and get herself to our local beach’s jetty. blah blah blah, tears running down my face, and then, Many marine scientists believe that, at the rate we’re going, the seas will be barren by 2048. (Did you get that? No sea life in 35 years!) Read this ! See this article – No fish Left in the Ocean by 2048!!! – Media hype gets you more citations? Well, it did for this fisheries paper. By Dr Bik
Ocean plankton’s absorption of CO2 higher than assumed
In making their findings, the researchers have upended a decades-old core principle of marine science known as the Redfield ratio, named for famed oceanographer Alfred Redfield. He concluded in 1934 that from the top of the world’s oceans to their cool, dark depths, both plankton and the materials they excrete contain the same ratio (106:16:1) of carbon, nitrogen and phosphorous. continue
Big fish catches mean smaller fish – Bangor scientists
Scientists have warned that a fishing rethink is needed after finding that catches of big fish trigger a rapid change in the gene pool of fish stocks. Researchers at Bangor University say they found that over-harvesting larger fish leads to a population of smaller fish that are less fertile. continue
Emails? Man! Do we get emails.
A fella from New Jersey weighed in on the CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION: Saving Seafood is “rather discomposed” article. continue
Poached Fish: Missouri Emerges as Caviar Smuggling Center
The idyllic small town of 
Kentucky commercial fishing competition nets 83,000 pounds of fish
Kentucky Fish and Wildlife officials say the commercial fishing competition was the first ever to be aimed at Asian carp, which breed rapidly and have spread through the Mississippi River and its tributaries. The final two-day total of 82,953 pounds was short of a 200,000-pound goal, but state officials considered it a success on many fronts, said Kentucky Fish and Wildlife spokesman Mark Marraccini. continue
Now this is Real Environmentalism in it’s purest form – Volunteers needed for herring run cleanup April 6
Will GE salmon opposition be the ‘kiss of death’ for Aquabounty?
Avaaz.org, self-described as an international citizens group, has collected nearly 1 million — 991,340, to be precise — signatures for its “Stop the Frankenfish attack” petition against Aquabounty’s application as of last Thursday, and that is just the most recent news to break. Read more
Study contains good news for bluefin tuna
The study, which will go on for several more months, emerges as NOAA Fisheries is poised to propose a rule to reduce bluefin tuna bycatch. Read more
The Fishy History of the McDonald’s Filet-O-Fish Sandwich
Groen was working ungodly hours and had twins to feed at home—$75 was not cutting it. He noticed that a restaurant nearby owned by the Big Boy chain was doing something different—they had a fish sandwich. “My dad told me, ‘If I’m gonna survive, I’ve got to come up with a fish sandwich,’” says Paul. So Groen went to work creating a simple, battered, halibut-based prototype, with a slice of cheese between two buns. Read more
Using Amount of Fish Caught as Measure of Fisheries Health Is Misleading
“The sea is a big place. Most fish are small. So it stands to reason that it is difficult to work out with any degree of accuracy just how many fish live in the sea. One way is to measure how many fish we pull out of it. But is that the best way? Or even an accurate way?” asks an editorial in this week’s (Feb. 21) issue of Nature.The topic is featured on the cover of the journal and debated in two “Point/Counterpoint” commentaries, one jointly written by Ray Hilborn and Trevor Branch of the University of Washington, and the other by Daniel Pauly of the University of British Columbia. Read more here
Part 1 of 3 – The State of World Fisheries – Ray Hilborn Video here
Protecting Fish from Antidepressants by Using New Wastewater Treatment Technique
Researchers at KTH Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm have developed a new technique to prevent pharmaceutical residues from entering waterways and harming wildlife. Read more here
18-year-old survives 28 days adrift
An 18-year-old who worked in a seaside hotel in Panama happily took up an offer by two friends to join them on a fishing trip and earn some extra cash. Read more here
Japan will never stop whaling – minister
Hayashi, a graduate of the prestigious Kennedy School at Harvard University who first entered parliament in 1995, said Japan was tired of being lectured by nations whose own culinary cultures can seem a little off-colour. ‘In some countries they eat dogs, like Korea. In Australia they eat kangaroos. We don’t eat those animals, but we don’t stop them from doing that because we understand that’s their culture,’ Hayashi said in fluent English. Read more
Russian Fishermen Rescue Stranded Dog – Video
A stranded dog on an ice flow in the port of Magadan, Russia ends up getting rescued by brave sailors from a nearby docked ship. Video
Community of missing N.S. fishermen ‘broken’ – ‘It’s been really tough’
Residents of a southwestern Nova Scotia community where five young fishermen were lost at sea are “broken” as they deal with the news that the search has been called off, said a Baptist pastor.
“I was with one of the family members last evening when that news came and of course, they’re broken and in very much pain,” said Phil Williams, pastor of the Calvary United Baptist Church in Lower Woods Harbour.
“As one old fisherman told me yesterday — who has been through times like these himself — he said with tears running down his cheeks, ‘We will get through this.'” Sadly, read more
They tried to sneak it in as fresh, but I knew Ranson Myers was dead!
I dig hard to find the news you can use, looking in a lotta places everyday. I try to find the latest in my quest. I found this, and please note the post date. The tip off was the report was co authored by Ransom Myers, a world-renowned marine biologist and conservationist. But he died in 2007!
Friday, February 15, 2013 – A Global Assessment of Salmon Aquaculture Impacts on Wild Salmonids.Ford/ Myers. Read the report here
TWRA recommendation would aid in Asian carp removal
The TWRA Fisheries Division is now officially recommending that 4½-inch mesh gill nets be legal for commercial .fishing to allow the anglers to remove more Asian carp from state waters. Read more here
Bluefin tuna a remarkable fish indeed
So, to set the record straight: the Atlantic bluefin tuna is a very large (often better than a thousand pounds) predatory species that roams the ocean from relatively inshore waters to the true pelagic regions of the open sea. They are essentially like other tunas in that they are school fish, boast multiple adaptations for high speed swimming efficiency and, pound-for-pound, are immense power houses. To further bear this out, just note how many of the recognised marine game fishes are tunas or are related to the tuna clan. Read more here
