Daily Archives: September 11, 2012

Fisherman survives day at sea adrift in fish bin, “I’m Ryan Hunter Harris and I’m not going to die here.”

SITKA, Alaska (AP) — A fisherman who spent a night adrift in a 4-by-4 foot  plastic fish bin after his boat sank off Alaska says he gave himself pep talksand sang

“Rudolf, the Red-Nosed Reindeer” and “Row, Row, Row Your Boat” to keep  his spirits up.

His fellow crewmember managed to get into a survival suit and washed ashore  on a beach after his own night afloat.

A Coast  Guard helicopter hoisted Ryan Harris, 19, of Sitka, from his plastic  “lifeboat” on Saturday,

more than 24 hours after the boat sank on Friday, the Daily  Sitka Sentinel (http://is.gd/bgoPcT)  reported Monday.

Two hours before Harris’ rescue, crewmate Stonie  “Mac” Huffman of Sitka was rescued from a beach about 25 miles northwest  of Sitka.

Read more: http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/Fisherman-survives-day-at-sea-adrift-in-fish-bin-3854997.php#ixzz26DRfr8tf

R.I. fisherman to officials: ‘We’re hanging on by our fingertips’

NARRAGANSETT, R.I. — The government annually imposes commercial-fishing restrictions. Commercial fishermen annually complain. But this year is different. “We’re hanging on by our fingertips,” said Dick Grachek, 68, a commercial fisherman out of Narragansett. Grachek attended Monday’s meeting in Galilee with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officials. The agency is considering cutting next year’s catch limits for groundfish — in the case of Georges Bank yellowtail flounder, by 73 percent. “How much do we wait before everyone in this room is out of business?” said Tina Jackson, president of the South Kingstown-based American Alliance of Fishermen and their Communities.

http://news.providencejournal.com/breaking-news/2012/09/ri-fisherman-to.html