Daily Archives: March 8, 2013
Has the Time Come? Joel Hovanesian ask’s a provocative question.
Many years ago I often wondered what would have happened if the entire nations commercial fishermen went on strike. And I mean all aspects of the commercial fishing industry. All coasts, all fisheries, everything, the whole kit and caboodle. It was at a time when the industry was beginning to feel the effects of legal abuses of the court system by the environmental organizations that were itching to control the way fishermen went about their business. It was probably in the early ninety’s. Read more
Alaska Board of Fisheries okays 1/3 trawl ban
Unalaska Bay trawl ban supporters won a partial victory, when the state fish board voted last weekend to close the bay to trawling in August, while keeping it open in September and October. Read more
Alaska Otter-bounty bill faces opposition
Legislation proposing sea-otter bounties will get its first hearing next week. It’s already drawing opposition from environmental groups and the federal marine mammal protection agency. Read more
Maine’s shrimp fishing days and limit expanded
Maine’s shrimp fishing will be expanded to seven days a week until April 12 due to the low catch rates so far this season, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission said on Friday. Read more
Fisherman Patrick Small, Survivor of capsized Hyde Co. fishing boat recalls experience
The Beaufort County man, who was rescued from a fishing boat that capsized off the Maryland coast, talked about how he almost lost his life. Read more, watch video
Cape Fear Community College getting new ship for Marine Technology program
WILMINGTON, NC– The ship has finally come in for Cape Fear Community College. After a nearly decade-long search for a new training vessel for the college’s marine technology program, CFCC will acquire the nationally-known r
esearch vessel the R/V Cape Hatteras. Read more
Shrimp Trawling Comes With Big Risks
“Deck winches are extremely hazardous mechanisms, with entanglements causing death to some workers and amputated limbs and other permanent disabilities to others,” the investigators conclude in their analysis, which was published Thursday in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Read more
Crewmember aboard F/V Amy Lynn medivaced
VENICE, Fla. — A 46-year-old man was medically evacuated by Coast Guard helicopter crewmembers after suffering from chest pains aboard a 48-foot fishing vessel, 100 miles west of here, Thursday. Read more
Huge support for Miss Ally fundraisers shown
Bracelets in Memory of the Miss Ally
Fundraisers for the families of the five fishermen who lost their lives are getting a huge show of support. The Courageous Crew of Miss Ally-Lost at Sea Fundraising Auction and the Bracelets in Memory of the Miss Ally are two Facebook fundraising sites that have spread support throughout the country. Read more, Buy a Bracelet!
Jindal Administration clashes with lawmakers over reef fund raid
BATON ROUGE — If Gov. Bobby Jindal redirects money from an artificial reef fund as he has done in the past to balance the state budget, three lawmakers from the region warned Thursday that could negatively affect coastal projects Read more
The Drill Baby Drill bunch Like Sally Jewell’s continuance of Salizar’s Smart from the Start, All of the Above Offshore Energy Strategy
Interior secretary nominee grilled about offshore drilling stances – WASHINGTON — U.S. Interior Department secretary nominee Sally Jewell said Thursday that she wants to find an “appropriate resolution” for increasi
ng revenue sharing for states like Louisiana that allow offshore oil-and-gas production near their coasts. Read more
NOAA Regional Administrator John Bullard explains stock stands
NOAA Regional Administrator John Bullard said Thursday fishermen’s testimony he’s heard that the inshore waters are teeming with yellowtail has made him concerned about proposed draconian catch limits for the species of flounder. Yellowtail, cod, haddock, hake, and other flounders are found in close proximity, making up the Northeast multi-species groundfishery, and low allocations of prevalent stocks create the nightmare for fishermen who must stop work once they’ve come to their limit on any single stock. Read more
