Daily Archives: March 7, 2013
StarKist commits to further investment in 50th year
StarKist, the parent company of StarKist Samoa, says as it celebrates 50 years of StarKist Samoa, it has a strong interest in continuing its commitment to the territory and this includes further investment in its local operations. Read more
A fisherman is dead from Western Pacific helicopter collision with purse seiner
A fisherman is dead and another injured following a helicopter crash into a fishing vessel in the western Pacific ocean on Sunday. The United States Embassy in Majuro confirmed that the incident involved both a US-flagged and a Taiwan-flagged purse seine fishing vessel. Read more
Search Suspended For Two Beaufort County Fishermen Missing Off Maryland Coast
The U.S. Coast Guard has suspended the search for two missing fishermen from Beaufort County. The family tells WITN that 80-year-old Captain Walter Tate and his 60-year-old nephew, Stephen Tate, remain missing Thursday. We’
re told Captain Tate lives in Pamlico Beach while Stephen Tate’s residence is in Bath. Read more, video
Regulators worry NE fishermen are cheating
— Regulators say they’re worried fishermen are cheating by fishing in one area, then claiming the catch is from another. Read more
Waterman cleared of illegal clamming due to lack of notice
There was nothing fishy about a waterman digging for clams in a protected zone of the Chesapeake Bay because the state natural resources department failed to publish the area’s specific boundaries, Maryland’s top court has held. Read more
N.L. government will help displaced fish plant workers
The Newfoundland and Labrador government says if three fish plants in the province close permanently, it will help displaced workers. But the mayor of a town that lost its plant more than a year ago said government has been no help at all. Read more
Petitioning Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee – Petition by Lori Scott
To: Washington State Gov. Jay Inslee Molly Keenan, Director of Boards and Commissions Kirk Pearson, Senate Natural Resources Chairman – Respect and follow RCW 77.04.040 The intent of this petition to ask our new Governor to follow the law regarding representation on the fish and wildlife commission. Currently there are no members who represent the commercial fishery which goes against the intent of RCW 77.04.040. Sincerely, [Your name] View the petition
Letter: Protect our salmon — John Polonowski, Anchorage
To all of those lawmakers who voted in favor of Sean Parnell’s HB77. Shame on you. Read more
U.S. Coast Guard to honor Jonesport teen who drowned saving father in 1972
JONESPORT, Maine — It’s been more than 40 years since Alvin Beal drowned on Oct. 17, 1972, at the age of 17 while rescuing his father from a rogue wave off Great Wass Island that capsized the fishing vessel his dad had hand-built for hand-pulling heavy wooden lobster traps. Read more
Maine Lobstermen OK with fee hikes to improve marketing
Robert Baines, a lobsterman from South Thomaston and chairman of the Lobster Advisory Council, said it is usually difficult to unite lobstermen on a single issue, but they see no other way forward. “Our industry certainly needs some help and this is the only way we think we can do it,” Baines said. The Maine Lobstermen’s Association, the Downeast Lobstermen’s Association and other stakeholder groups agreed. Read more
Sappi Fine Paper North America works with Westbrook to be more fish friendly, remove dam
The owner of a paper mill in Westbrook that fought for years against state and federal requirements to build fish passages at its dams on the Presumpscot River is now considering removing its Saccarappa Dam. Read more
Rescue teams race to sinking fishboat in Georgia Strait, off Vancouver
Coast Guard hovercraft arrived before tugboat operators could deploy their rescue boat – Watch video from CBCnews -British Columbia
VANCOUVER – Two people may be safe after a fishing boat sank off Vancouver, but the incident has reignited debate about marine-rescue response times after the closure of a coast guard station. The rescue on Wednesday morn
ing in the frigid waters of Georgia Strait, off Point Grey, occurred just two weeks after shuttered the Kitsilano Canadian Coast Guard station. Read more
Seafood Academy expands industry
Fishermen across south Louisiana are going back to school this month to learn more about their livelihood. “What we’re trying to do is increase professionalism and quality so that we can get a better price for seafood,” said Alan Mathe
rne, a Louisiana Sea Grant coastal and fisheries outreach specialist. Read more
Longline hooking of false killer whale could close Hawaii’s fishing grounds
Hawaii’s longline fishing industry could take a hit this year after a 
was hooked in Hawaiian waters. Under a protection plan that took effect just last November, another fatal hooking will mean the loss of 17 percent of Hawaiian waters that can be used for fishing. Read more
John Steinbeck boat rusts in Anacortes
Time has been less kind to the Western Flyer. The battered old tub, which has been called one of the most famous boats in American nonfiction, has sunk twice in the past six months and was still underwater off a dock in Anacortes as of two weeks ago. Read more
Firm sues over crab quota sale dispute – traps too.
A dispute over a crab quota sale has landed in Nova Scotia Supreme Court. Fish-N-Tales Fisheries Inc. of Richmond County alleged in a notice filed Tuesday that Three Ports Fisheries Ltd. of Alder Point, Cape Breton County, owes it $122,195. Read more
Dad, son fined $11,000 for illegal hauls – Pair sold three catches of halibut that they didn’t report
BRIDGEWATER — A father and son have been fined more than $11,000 for illegally landing fish valued at more than $6,000 and selling it to a Blandford fishing company. The Boutiliers were two of seven fishermen charged following a search of Deep Cove Aqua Farms Ltd. in 2009. Read more
Editorial: Cape Pond Ice’s plight shows impact of fishery losses – Gloucester Daily Times
The Cape Pond Ice case shows once and for all that this economic disaster is not “just” about fishing. It’s about the entire city’s economy – and a rogue agency of our own federal
government should not be allowed to bring it down. Read more
