Daily Archives: February 21, 2013
BREAKING – Missing fishermen recovery operation taking shape
“If my boy is in that boat, I want to bring him home,” said Stephen Nickerson, father of Steven Cole Nickerson. “I think he’s in that boat.”
The families of five fishermen believed to have perished after their boat overturned in stormy seas off Nova Scotia have been told the Department of National Defence has agreed to send an aircraft out to the boat’s location. RCMP Cpl. Scott MacRae confirmed he has spoken with DND officials who have told him an aircraft will be sent out to where the Miss Ally is.
George Hopkins, Joel Hopkins’s father, said a private fishing boat from Ecum Secum is travelling to the Miss Ally with four divers on board. He said other boats were also planning to assist in the search if the navy decided not to.Hopkins said he’s hoping that the DND aircraft will let the Ecum Secum dive team know where the Miss Ally is. “I feel elated,” he said. “At least we’re doing something.” Read it here.
F/V Miss Ally still afloat, Govt Agency’s lip service of excuses for non action of recovery are shocking to me. Video – Awaiting another update.
The families of the five fishermen believed to have perished after their boat overturned off the coast of Nova Scotia in a storm are waiting to hear whether officials will launch a salvage operat
ion on the Miss Ally. 12:49 PM ET
New research on migratory behavior of oceanic whitetip sharks can help shape conservation strategies
As the nations of the world prepare to vote on measures to restrict international trade in endangered sharks in early March, a team of researchers has found that one of these species – the oceanic whitetip shark
Funding for Kenai smolt study uncertain
Cook Inlet commercial fishing groups are concerned about a potential lack of funding for studying the smolt out-migration on the Kenai River, a basic tool used to help determine future run strength. Read more
A record 300,000 salmon returned to Klamath River in 2012, by Dan Baucher –
indybay.org The Klamath River saw a record fall Chinook salmon run of 302,108 adults, while the Sacramento River hosted a run of 283,871 adult salmon in the fall of 2012. The preliminary estimates of adult and jack (two-year-old) spawning escapements (returns) to the two systems were recently released by the posting of the “Review of 2012 Ocean Salmon Fisheries on the Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) website. Read more
Lobster boat XTreme Measures found 150 miles from homeport being towed to Portsmouth
Homeward Bound
“I’m super happy,” said Jason Hooper, who owns the lobster boat XTreme Measures. Hooper had conducted an extensive search for the boat since it went missing from its mooring off Spruce Head on Feb. 10. Winds during the blizzard that lasted from Feb. 9-11 reached more than 60 miles per hour in gusts. He said the crew of the Amy Philbrook, an offshore lobster boat owned by Shaft Master of Newington, N.H., spotted the missing vessel while it was fishing on the Georges Bank. Hooper said the location is about 150 miles from Spruce Head. Read more
Mammoth tooth possibly found in NH local waters
RYE — A local fisherman landed a mammoth catch this week — literally. Mike Anderson was fishing for scallops on the F/V Rimrack out of Rye Harbor on Tuesday. When he winched up the scallop dredge that trawls behind the boat to catch the bottom-feeding mollusk, he noticed something strange mixed in with the scallop shells and rocks. “We knew right off it was a tooth because it has a nerve at the top,” he said. “I want to get a tusk. That would be something,” Read more
Texas wildlife officials outraged by Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council action
Red snapper fishing is a lure for offshore charter boats on South Padre Island. Yet, a federal regulatory council could soon reduce the recreational fishing season in federal waters to less than two weeks — in fact, the suggested season could dwindle to as few as 11 days. For the companies invested in expensive boats, who already face rising prices for gasoline and other costs, such a short window for trips is disheartening. Read more
Newly minted U.S.Senators Warren and “Mo” Cowan sit with fishing industry
What Elizabeth Warren and William “Mo” Cowan heard was a broad sampling of many of the deep concerns of those groundfishermen whose livelihoods are nearly gone thanks to catch restrictions. Animosity toward government-sponsored researchers at the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution was clear. Rodney Avila, a former regional fisheries council member, said “We need to drop an atom bomb on Woods Hole.” Several in the meeting cautioned the senators to expect a great deal of lobbying from environmental groups that support the sector management and catch shares that are blamed for the collapse of the industry. Read more
Fishermen look to White House – John Bullard, NOAA’s Northeast regional administrator based at Gloucester’s Blackburn Industrial Park, scoffed at that idea.
By default and past experience, what slim hope remains to relieve the declared federal fisheries disaster before it consumes the surviving core of the groundfishing fleet in Gloucester and other New England ports has shifted from le
adership at the Commerce Department to the White House. ”I have not heard one word about fisheries from the president,”said Paul “Sasquatch” Cohan, the Gloucester fisherman who announced at the Warren meeting in Gloucester that he had nothing left to fight with. “I wouldn’t give up, but now I have to give up,” said Cohan, who operated a gillnet day boat. Read more
China says U.S. measures on shrimps against WTO rules
BEIJING, Feb. 20 (Xinhua) —China‘s Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said Wednesday that measures taken by the United States over warm water shrimps from China are against World Trade Organization (WTO) rules. Read more
BEAUFORT NC Grayden Paul Bridge piling damaged by F/V Alex Marie, Point Pleasant, N.J
BEAUFORT — A vessel that broke free late Saturday from the dock where it was tied up caused structural damage to the Grayden Paul Bridge beneath the waterline. Read more
