Daily Archives: January 17, 2013
Skeptics question cash for fishermen – Kitzhaber repeats promise to help gillnetters move off Columbia main stem, video
Kitzhaber unveiled his proposed budget Monday, although it must be approved by the Legislature. It includes money for gillnetters to change their gear and some reimbursement for lost income, as well as investment in hatcheries. In answer to a question from The Daily Astorian, he said fishing traditions can be maintained – even as techniques may change. Read more
United Fishermen of Alaska, is urging the public to file comment’s to FDA on genetically modified salmon
FDA ruling on GMO salmon worries Alaska fishermen Marshall Swearingen – The Goat Blog Jan 17, 2013 05:00 am
Making a living on fishing has always been a gamble, but this year Alaska’s fisherfolk have even more cause for worry. On December 26 the FDA quietly issued its approval of genetically modified “AquaAdvantage” salmon. After more than a decade of regulatory uncertainty, the FDA’s decision all but paves the way for the fish to be “farmed.” read more
NOVA’s NOAA discloses halibut enforcement cases
Thanks to the Deckboss for this post. These items are taken from a NOAA fisheries enforcement report to the International Pacific Halibut Commission. Read more
Tens of thousands of dead fish wash ashore on South Carolina beach
Thousands of dead fish washed up on mile and a half stretch of beach in South Carolina Tuesday, officials said, at least the second such occurrence in the region in a week. Roughly 30,000 to 40,000 menhaden fish, 6 to 8 inches l
ong, were spread along the shore from DeBordieu Beach in Georgetown County, S.C., to Pawleys Island, a town on the state’s Atlantic Coast, and thousands more were expected, Pawleys Island Police Chief Michael Fanning said. Read more
Maine officials consider seasonal adjustments to minimum lobster size, tiered licenses
About 50 people, most of them fishermen, met at the Alamo theater with Maine Department of Marine Resources officials on Wednesday. The meeting was one of more than a dozen scheduled along the coast this month to try to develop a longer-term management strategy for Maine’s lobster fishery, which caught a record volume of 123 million pounds of lobster in 2012. Read more
VIET NAM Shrimp sector fights US shrimpers’ accusations
US shrimp producers filed a petition asking the US Department of Commerce to run an anti-subsidy investigation into frozen warm-water shrimp imported from Vietnam, Thailand and other prominent shrimp farming countries. The US producers also requested that the US International Trade Commission review losses caused to the domestic shrimping sector as a result of cheaper imports. Read more
The American Albacore Fishing Association (AAFA), MSC certified a second time – North and South Pacific albacore
The AAFA includes families that have fished commercially for generations and AAFA’s commitment to sustainability and the MSC programme has both helped stabilize the albacore tuna fishery in the Pacific, and also helped the next generation see an economically viable future in commercial fishing. Read more
Insanity Caused By Eating Bluefin Tuna – Carl Safina
Recently, the owner of several sushi restaurants in Japan paid nearly $1.8 million U.S. dollars for a single bluefin tuna. Last year this same individual paid what was then a record price—about $ 740,000. The man says—as he did last year—that he paid so much, “to give Japan a boost.” What duh? No; the man seems to badly need attention. So I’m not mentioning him by name here. My feeling is, he doesn’t need more advertising from me; he needs counseling. Read more.
Salazar departure leaves ‘green’ posts vacant
With Interior Secretary Ken Salazar’s announcement Wednesday that he intends to resign, the Obama administration finds itself in exactly the same place it was four years ago: looking to fill the three most important environmental posts in the federal government. Interior Dept., EPA, NOAA.
Donald Boesch, who heads the University of Maryland’s Center for Environmental Science and served on Obama’s 2010 oil spill commission, has the support of several key Maryland politicians to replace Jane Lubchenco. Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA’s deputy secretary, is also a contender. Read more
