Monthly Archives: November 2012
Fisheries nations set to discuss bluefin tuna
The United States, another key player at the negotiations, has said it supports “the rebuilding and term sustainable management of the western and eastern Atlantic bluefin tuna stocks by adopting science-based and precautionary conservation and management measures that ensure continued stock growth.” But environmentalists also said it was too early to celebrate.
Florida’s gift to veterans for Veterans Day – easier for Florida veterans to enter the commercial fishing industry.
The Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission estimates the program will open the door to the commercial fishing industry for hundreds of veterans. http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/florida/article/281818/4/Floridas-gift-to-veterans-for-Veterans-Day
“The fishing industry, in general, is in a very negative mood,” The Controversial Science of Counting Fish
At the meeting in Portsmouth on Friday, scientists detailed the complexities and uncertainties of counting fish that live out of sight. They also took questions from fishing industry advocates frustrated over what they say are shifting and incorrect population estimates that have led to lower catch limits and damaged their businesses http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20121112-NEWS-211120323
Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update Swordfish Dinner to benefit Heating Assistance Fund
A Swordfish Dinner to Benefit Heating Assistance Fund will be held on Friday, November 16th at the South Kingstown Elks Lodge. The event is sponsored by The R.I. Commercial Fishermen’s Association and The South Kingstown Elks. Dinner will be served from 5PM to 7PM, or while supplies last. Ticket Price is $15.00. For more information or tickets call The Elks at (401) 783-7819. Read More http://hosted.vresp.com/1181479/d9843a49d3/545568053/ad93d20bca/
BP Disaster Survivors Removed From Federal Courtroom during Fairness Hearing
Three BP oil disaster survivors and community advocates were forcibly removed from the fairness hearing on the BP class-action settlement yesterday, moments before the federal court heard objections to how that settlement would compensate people made sick by the disaster. The fairness hearing allowed U.S. District Judge Carl Barbier to hear arguments from those who negotiated the deal, as well as those with objections to the class action, before the settlement is accepted or rejected. http://bridgethegulfproject.com/node/713 Also from BP Oil critic http://bklim.newsvine.com/bp-oil-spill
AUDIO: Highlights of NOAA’s Fishermen’s Northeast Groundfish Science Forum. Great Report from savingseafood.org
November 
9, 2012 — Today, NOAA conducted a Fishermen’s Northeast Groundfish Science Forum in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, allowing fishermen and members of the public to interact with NOAA officials on groundfish science.
The following is a summary of the morning session. A summary of the afternoon session will be published next week. Throughout the summary below are links to audio highlights of the day’s meeting. http://www.savingseafood.org/science/audio-highlights-of-noaas-fishermens-northeast-groundfish-science.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SavingSeafoodRss+%28Saving+Seafood%29
It’s Lights! Camera, data for NOAA video program
“There’s a large number of these reef fish species from Florida to Cape Hatteras,” Dr. Bacheler said. “They’re mostly associated with hard bottom habitat.”http://www.carolinacoastonline.com/news_times/news/article_2e3ed33e-2a87-11e2-83a1-001a4bcf887a.html
Fightin windmill’s ain’t enough, right? NROC Aquaculture Working Session These discussions are an essential part of the regional ocean planning effort in New England
November 9, 2012 — The following was released by the Northeast Regional Ocean Council (NROC) about their upcomming Aquaculture Working Session. We are holding three working sessions (with similar agendas) in the hope that you can attend. They will be: Wednesday November 28 from 10:00am – 3:30pm (Barnstable, MA) Monday December 10 from 10:00am – 3:30pm (Walpole, ME) Thursday December 13 from approximately 1:00pm-5:00pm (Groton, CT – at the Northeast Aquaculture Conference & Exposition – NACE) To help cover travel costs, we are pleased to offer a small stipend of $75.http://www.savingseafood.org/management-regulation/nroc-aquaculture-working-session-2.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SavingSeafoodRss+%28Saving+Seafood%29
Editorial: Fishermen’s fight fits Warren’s promise – I Don’t Believe That. But she can prove me wrong. PROVE IT , Liz.
Fishermen, however, should take heart in the fact that Warren has been – and is being — advised on fishery issues by state Rep. Ann-Margaret Ferrante, whose persistence on behalf of the industry led to federal lawmakers’ and the Inspector General’s office involvement in the first place. And they should keep in mind that, as Warren seeks to deliver on her promise of fighting for working families, fighting corporatization, and for crossing political lines to fight injustice, their case against NOAA’s excessive federal regulation and bullying enforcement tactics should be exhibit and priority No. 1. READ MORE http://www.gloucestertimes.com/opinion/x1499661109/Editorial-Fishermens-fight-fits-Warrens-promise
Cape Wind considers R.I. for staging area
Governor Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island has met with officials of the Cape Wind offshore wind project planned for Massachusetts about possibly using Rhode,,,,,,,,There’s plenty of time. This ocean destroyer will not be built. All the greenheads that think this is eco friendly had better rethink as the ripping and gouging that WILL occur to put this big pile of industrial junk in the ocean habitat they claim to care about WILL destroy it. I realize Chris Matthews was ecstatic for Hurricane Sandy, but when something like that rips through the foolishness of the ENRON leftover Cape Wind? Think about it. http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/2012/11/10/cape-wind-considers-for-staging-area/QjTINFMJoaqJ7MQEMF7s1J/story.html?comments=all#readerComm
John Greenleaf Tell’s It Like It Is! His F/V “David and Jenna” sustained little to no damage following her unmanned adventure. (video- photos)
Live update – Groundfish Webinar – Dave Goethel Sensored? – UPDATED
WTF? Dave is tearing it up with real truth, and they pull the plug? STANDING BY. DON”T KNOW WHY!
I missed a big chunk of Dave’s presentation, but what I did hear makes me want to hear more. There were a lot of very smart people there today. The breaks in the webinar seemed to happen at the wrong times!
There was a lot of passion in that meeting today, and I can foresee some progress of including fishermen in the process of stock assessments. John Bullard continues to intrigue.
Election alters fishing’s landscape GDT.- Barney’s Gone. Scott’s Gone. Huge Ramification’s, and they ain’t good.
“Elizabeth Warren will be the champion of the fishing industry,” Ferrante predicted in an interview Wednesday. “She has experience up against Wall Street, big oil, and lost the chance to open the consumer financial protection bureau because of her feuding with Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner when Obama refused to submit her name for Senate confirmation.http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x1499661062/Election-alters-fishings-landscape
millionaires and billionaires…beep…..millionaires and billionaires…beep…..
The Noise of EDF – What Has Been Known to Fishermen and Must Become Reality. or. Putting Lipstick on the EDF Pig?
November 8, 2012 — EDF supports greater involvement of fishermen in the stock assessment process. … Taking steps to engage non-government scientists in the stock assessment process for the New England region would pay significant dividends. Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) supports greater involvement of fishermen in the stock assessment process and encourages fishermen to work with scientists to ensure that their knowledge and experience add to our understanding of these valuable resources. EDF has developed recommendations aimed at producing the most dependable stock assessments possible. The accumulated knowledge of the fishing industry can contribute to improved stock assessments, and greater industry participation can increase confidence in fishery science. http://blogs.edf.org/edfish/2012/11/08/edf-supports-industry-participation-in-science/
LIVE – Northeast Groundfish Science Forum – Listen via Webinar set for November 9 begin at 8:30AM,
Registration is not required, but we are trying to get a headcount. To confirm your participation or for more information, contact Teri Frady at [email protected] / 508 495 2239.
Speakers have been added and the agenda has been further developed since the first announcement. The forum will also be available via webinar . An audio recording will be posted afterward. http://www.nefsc.noaa.gov/groundfish/meetings/
Feds reverse, keep commercial yellowtail harvest open
Hopefully, these extra fish will be enough to keep everybody working,” Roy Crabtree, regional administrator for the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Southeast Region, said Tuesday. http://www.keysnet.com/2012/11/07/483126/feds-reverse-keep-commercial-yellowtail.html
Task force members named to study Kenai’s late run of kings
The Alaska Board of Fisheries members in charge of filling seats on a task force to recommend adjustments to the Kenai River Late-Run King Salmon Management Plan have announced their choices. http://homernews.com/stories/110712/seawatch_kings.shtml#.UJvHsM1siEM
Editorial: Unjust debt cuts, fish report need prompt attention GDT – Cameron Kerry, sits at the flashpoint
Enough is enough. And answers are needed to each of these issues — not in January, but now.
Look, 550 pages is comprehensive enough, and aptly named acting Commerce Rebecca Blank needs to turn it over now, without any additional comments or responses apparently being added in-house. Again, Tierney, Brown and all of their colleagues need to begin next week making the case not only for the release of this document, but for a federal prosecutor with subpoena power to step in and give NOAA’s entire enforcement record the true investigation that’s needed. http://www.gloucestertimes.com/opinion/x121543028/Editorial-Unjust-debt-cuts-fish-report-need-prompt-attention
NOAA: New Opportunity Proposed for Groundfish Fishermen to Target Redfish
November 7, 2012 — NOAA Fisheries is proposing a new measure to allow members of the groundfish industry to use smaller mesh sizes in their fishing nets in certain areas to target healthy Acadian redfish stocks.
New Bedford Mayor to NOAA Fisheries Science Center: Fishermen have no confidence in Groundfish Assessments
New Bedford Mayor Jon Mitchell has written to NOAA’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center Science and Research Director Bill Karp regarding anticipated cuts in 2013 Annual Catch Limits. The mayor says the forecasted cuts are impossible for New Bedford fishermen to accept due to the growing concerns about the accuracy of the groundfish stock assessments. http://www.savingseafood.org/fishing-industry-alerts/new-bedford-mayor-to-noaa-fisheries-science-center-fishermen-have-no-confidence-in-groundfish-assess-2.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SavingSeafoodRss+%28Saving+Seafood%29
Fisheries Survival Fund to hold forum on Georges Bank Yellowtail Incidental Catch Avoidance
The Fisheries Survival Fund will be hosting a forum on Georges Bank Yellowtail Flounder and Incidental Catch Avoidance on Tuesday, November 13, at 5:30 pm.
The presenters at the forum will be:
– Dr. Steve Cadrin and Cate O’Keefe of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s School of Marine Science and Technology
– Dr. David Rudders of the Virginia Institute of Marine Science,
– Capt. Ron Smolowitz of the Coonamesset Farm Foundation.
View the bulletin for the forum here
Listen to a July 7, 2011 interview conducted by Saving Seafood Radio with Cate O’Keefe and Greg DeCelles on the SMAST yellowtail bycatch avoidance program here
Environmentalists object to 2013 sardine limits-SANTA CRUZ
Some environmentalists are upset that federal regulators continue to set sardine catch limits they say are too high given the declining population. Advocates for the fishing industry say environmentalists’ concerns are overblown. They argue the sardine fishery is already tightly managed, and believe regulators have been missing fish in their stock assessments.
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_21942996/environmentalists-object-2013-sardine-limits
Scott Brown, the voters and the Okie-Doke
Okie-Doke: “to swindle, cheat, hoodwink or hoax.” Popular synonyms include bamboozle, baffle, befuddle, confound, delude, dupe, and my favorite – flimflam. It’s antonym is “to be forthright.”
What has been lost to the flim flam?
One of the only Senators that really has dogged Jane Lubchenco for full accountability.
Elizabeth Warren in her victory speech reached out to the Brown supporters.
Senator Elect Warren, action speak louder than words.
You have called for the release of Special Master Charles Swartwoods second report.
It’s time to deliver.
I urge the People of Massachusetts to Get That Vote to Scott Brown.
Scott Brown has been a fighter for all US Fishermen, not just Massachusetts Fishermen. We are losing the roar of Barney Frank. We CANNOT lose Brown. Accept no substitute! She’s hooked on the Obama fairy dust of Cape Wind, and all that will be detrimental to New England fishermen. VOTE SCOTT BROWN.
Presidential race radar never hit fishing crises
The crisis threatening the survival of Gloucester and other East Coast fishing communities — which have declined into officially declared disaster during the last four years — has not registered a blip during the 2012 national election campaign, even as voters go to the polls today. Neither Mitt Romney nor President Obama has paid a whit’s attention to an $331 million industry, though Obama has given silent support to his team at NOAA Fisheries, headed by Jane Lubchenco, over calls for her ouster from several fedral lawmakers. http://www.gloucestertimes.com/topstories/x121541642/Presidential-race-radar-never-hit-fishing-crises
Fish council eyes December for ’13 limits By Richard Gaines Staff Writer GDT
The New England Fishery Management Council has set a special one-day meeting Dec. 20 to take final action on most groundfish allocations for the 2013 fishing year that begins May 1, and take near final action on Framework 48 which updates and refines Amendment 16 and its catch share maagement system. The special meeting was spun off the November council meeting set for Newport, R.I., due to the welter of issues. http://www.gloucestertimes.com/local/x1499658911/Fish-council-eyes-December-for-13-limits
This fisherman promises to rebuild after storm destroys home
In the truest sense of the word, I will be starting over. There are many saving graces in this disaster, beginning with the outpouring of love from friends, family, and people in the fishing industry who have all offered prayers and help. That’s a true testament to our industry of fishermen as a close-knit, caring family, and I am thankful. Read more http://www.courierpostonline.com/article/20121105/NEWS02/311050020/This-fisherman-promises-rebuild-after-storm-destroys-home
New Bedford Fire Department boat saves critically injured fisherman
NEW BEDFORD — The father of a critically injured fisherman is crediting a speedy rescue effort by the New Bedford police, fire and EMS departments with saving his only son’s life after a serious accident at sea last Saturday night. “He’s still critical but he’s breathing on his own. Thank God for New Bedford fire and rescue. They did a fine job,” said Carl Albert, the mate aboard the clam boat Misty Dawn. “I already lost a brother and my father at sea so I didn’t want it to go to a third generation.” http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20121108/NEWS/211080369/1011/TOWN10 http://bore-head007.newsvine.com/_news/2012/11/08/15031119-new-bedford-fire-department-boat-saves-critically-injured-fisherman-southcoasttodaycom
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