Daily Archives: May 25, 2013
The Wannabe’s – Have a drink, kiss a fish: Just another Saturday night, Newfoundland-style
There’s a fish in Daphne Izer’s freezer waiting to be kissed. It will be the star of an event next weekend, along with rum, bologna, an authentic Canadian rock and knee-high rubber boots. They’re all elements of a ceremony that, judging by photos from years past, seems to attract uninhibited, shirtless men. continued
Oysters: A complicated economy and ecology
NORWALK Conn– It’s 6:30 a.m., and the oyster boat Grace P. Lowndes was making its way to oyster beds just a mile or two off the Norwalk harbor. The trip only takes two hours. There are two boom-mounted dredges, one port, the other starboard. The dredges are lowered one at a time to the beds, raking the bottom for less than a minute. Then they’re hauled up, their loads of oysters dumped on the steel-plated deck. continued
URGENT:::NEW ENGLAND:::Fwd: National Ocean Policy – Fishermen, are you losing your voice and democratic rights?
I’m fwding this message to anyone in the area who’s interested in what the govt. and Big Biz has in store for our ocean—it ain’t about fishing and they’d rather have you miss these “outreach” meetings. Please see email below. here
(4pm to 7pm) in Narragansett at the:University of Rhode Island, Narragansett Bay Campus, Building 6 (Coastal Institute), Hazards Room220 South Ferry Road Tuesday evening May 28.
Similar to BOEM’s tactic re: the windmills’ “Stakeholder scoping meetings” they pretty much like to keep what they’re up and even the details of these meetings in a fog bank.
Fishermen, are you losing your voice and democratic rights? Read this ——> Flyer NOPDHeditnotrackingREV.pdf
Northeast Regional Ocean Planning Public Meetings here Website here
The Courageous Crew of Miss Ally-Lost at Sea Fundraising Auction raises over $86,000 for the family’s of the men.
The Courageous Crew of Miss Ally-Lost at Sea Fundraising Auction has raised more than $86,000 for the families of the lost fishermen. The fundraising effort, which began shortly after the February tragedy that saw five Shelburne County fishermen lose their lives, received huge support locally and from around the world said organizers. From its humble social media beginnings, the auction eventually saw thousands of items and services donated. continued
Saving Mehaden.org Analysis – Wild Ocean article “Menhaden Science Supports Conservation,”
Early in 2013, the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission’s (ASMFC) Menhaden Technical Committee determined that there is too much uncertainty
in the most recent stock assessment results to determine whether or not menhaden are currently overfished. Despite this development, Ken Hinman, in his Wild Ocean article “Menhaden Science Supports Conservation,” asserts that continued
Something to crab about – Victoria Co-operative Fisheries Ltd.,
Chronical Herald- Not that anyone else in Neils Harbour is putting on airs either, but Osborne Burke doesn’t at first have the look of a man in charge of an empire. He gets around in a pickup that does not gleam; his office is in a former elementary school, a building shared with a Pharmasave. But Burke, the manager of Victoria Co-operative Fisheries Ltd., runs an operation that last year had sales of more than $18 million. No wonder everyone around here knows him. continued
Serving up Asian Carp
It’s survival of the fittest for fish in the Mississippi and Illinois Rivers. Asian Carp, a non-native fish, are rapidly multiplying and threatening other species of fish. Now Shafer fisheries in Thomson, Illinois is harvesting them. They’re catching an average of 80,000 lbs. of asian carp a week, and they’re cashing in on this fish with a bad rep. “We’re pretty much the only ones left,” said Owner Michael Shafer. Shafer said times are definitely changing in the commercial fishing industry. continued
Lobster Glut – Cape Breton plants struggle to handle extra lobster
Record landings along parts of the Cape Breton coast have resulted in a backlog of lobster. As a result, large buyers in Area 26B, from Pleasant Bay to the Canso Causeway, won’t be buying on Saturday, while they attempt to get rid of some of the backlog. continued
Privatized fisheries are poor public policy – Stephen Taufen
What a week. Apple Inc. was further exposed by the U.S. Senate for its global tax avoidance “economic chutzpah.” Tens of billions go untaxed within any world jurisdiction. Its defenders say it is all legal and claim it would be corporate malpractice not to fleece the world and keep more than $100 billion in “ocean income” away from the United States.
One can’t help but think of how Dutch Harbor and Kodiak fish plant artificialities are largely economic branches of Japan’s multinational corporations, and how they think globally too. continued
