Daily Archives: January 3, 2013
Did the Obama admin sit on an FDA report for political reasons? why were they just released Dec. 21 — seven months later?
The Food and Drug Administration released long-awaited documents Dec. 21 on genetically modified salmon: an assessment of the fish’s potential environmental effects and a preliminary “finding of no significant impact” of the fish on the environment. This brings AquAdvantage salmon — Atlantic salmon that has been modified with a growth hormone gene from chinook salmon so that it reaches maturity faster — a significant step closer to FDA approval.
Astute readers will notice that the recently released documents are dated May 4. So why were they just released Dec. 21 — seven months later? In a Dec. 21 email, a spokesperson for the FDA explained it this way: “Yes there was a delay. As you are aware, we’ve been working on this for a while, and it was an oversight in our [quality control] process. We are working to address it now.” Read more
Monterey Bay Council protects forage fish – more jellyfish
Oceana commends the diverse, 20-member Sanctuary Advisory Council (SAC) for its continued leadership in protecting the Sanctuary’s resources that are dependent on a healthy food web. While some forage species – like sardines, herring, and squid – are subject to major commercial fisheries, other important forage species – like lanternfish, jellyfish, and krill – are not yet being fished. Read more
As he leaves Congress, Barney Frank criticizes some environmentalists, urges lawmakers to listen to fishermen, and expresses concern for the future of SMAST
WASHINGTON (Saving Seafood) January 3, 2013 – Massachusetts Congressman
Barney Frank leaves office today after 32 years in Congress. In his last Saving
Seafood interview as a sitting member of Congress, Mr. Frank criticized the
policies of some environmental groups as overly rigid, urged lawmakers to listen
to fishermen and called for eliminating the ten-year stock rebuilding
requirement in the Magnuson-Stevens Act. Read More
Listen to the interview with Congressman Frank
ATTENTION! ATTENTION!! We have an Official Inquiry!
An article posted yesterday, January 2, 2012, 2013 has brought an issue to the Board of Inquiry at Fisherynation.com. Scientists fear Canada will fish bluefin tuna and other species to extinction
We are sad to report that the Board has been stumped and ask our loyal followers to present anecdotal evidence that a fish species can be fished to extinction. Or not!
Please leave your expert opinions! BH
Lobstah Lobstah Lobstah, and Clams savingseafood.org
From Nils Stolpe – Remember the fishing-induced “plague of jellyfish” that was threatening the oceans…? Remembering the “Worm” hook! Refuted
Brought to us, of course, by the Walton Foundation, EDF and Dr. Lubchenco as a reason to shift fisheries to catch share management immediately? A National Academy of Sciences study – Recurrent jellyfish blooms are a consequence of global oscillations – refutes that (now there’s a surprise!) contention. The article is available here. National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
Happy New Year – and sleep soundly, knowing that we aren’t being threatened by hoards of slimy, nematocyst-brandishing cnidaria,
Nils
Boris Worm outed himself with an email that oceans full of jellyfish were the future by 2048, and he used it as a “hook’ in “Oceans of Abundance” the EDF, Walmart bought and paid for doctrine that hooked Lubchenco to the Obama administration. Seem’s though there’s more to it, and the “Smart from the Start” program of ocean industrialization along the East Coast of windmills and drill rig’s is the administrations answer to jellyfish aquaculture!
Remember this guy? “Gloucester, New Bedford Mayors foolishly endorsing crazies in New England” a few fisheries malcontents??
SEAFOOD.COM NEWS by John Sackton (Editorial Comment) – June 15, 2011 A
Here is our editorial today, and a video.
Gloucester, New Bedford Mayors foolishly endorsing crazies in New England while the industry thrives, sickness has descended on the political class in New England that has so tied themselves to a few fisheries malcontents that they have lost sight of how they might really support their industry. Read and watch the video
Hot stuff from the Deckboss
Shell, headquartered in the Netherlands, naturally plans to use a Dutch outfit, Smit Salvage, to try to retrieve that behemoth drilling platform stranded at Kodiak Island.
Get your bids in, boys! Looks like Southeast Alaska salmon seiners are pursuing another buyback to further reduce their ranks.
Hard aground! Here’s another view of Shell’s drilling platform, the Kulluk, beached off Kodiak. Read More
Letter: Complex fisheries need experts like Rothschild – Roy Enoksen
I believe the university needs to tell the public if it will remain an independent fishery school or a rubber stamp for National Marine Fisheries. Removing Brian Rothschild from the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute does not appear to me to be a positive move for the fisheries.Dr. Rothschild, as we all know, is renowned throughout the world in fisheries. The reasons given by the school for his removal (“Fisheries institute revamp removes Rothschild,” Dec. 14) do not add up. Read More
The Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industries (COGSI) has asked the U.S. government financial support of special duties to offset unfair trade advantage
The Coalition of Gulf Shrimp Industries (COGSI) has asked the U.S. government financial support, through the application of special duties, to compensate for subsidized shrimp imports from China, Ecuador, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam. “These duties are needed to offset the unfair trade advantage currently held by these countries,” the Coalition wrote. Read More
