Daily Archives: June 10, 2013
3 N.S. fishermen facing murder charges await bail hearing
On Thursday, Craig Landry, 40, was arrested and charged with the second-degree murder of Phillip Boudreau. Saturday, James Joseph Landry, 65, of Little Anse and Dwayne Matthew Samson, 43, of D’Escousse were also charged with second-degree murder. continued@cbcnews
West Coast senators try to preempt Pebble Mine in Alaska
Senators from Washington, Oregon and California, in a letter to President Obama, are seeking to preempt a huge proposed mining project in Alaska that would be located between two prime salmon spawning streams of North America’s premier commercial and sport salmon fishery. continued@sanfrancisco chronicle
Saving Seafood -“we find CLF’s characterization of our statement as a “flat-out falsehood”
WASHINGTON (Saving Seafood) — June 10, 2013 — The Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) recently criticized as a “flat-out falsehood” Saving Seafood’s description of the Lenfest Forage Fish Task Force’s report as lacking peer review. Subsequently, the Pew Charitable Trusts made the same argument in a letter to the editor of Seafood News. Saving Seafood would like to clarify our statement referencing the “unproven assumptions, as well as a lack of peer-review of the Lenfest Forage Fish Task Force.” continued here
WCVB-TV Channel 5’s ‘Chronical’ to feature an interview of Richard Gaines, 7:30 pm
Chronicle, WCVB-TV Channel 5’s venerable 30-minute travelogue of New England and its cities and towns, will be re-running a segment on the city of Gloucester tonight at 7:30, and the program will include a recognition of the late Times staff writer Richard Gaines. An interview with Gaines is included in the Chronicle segment, which was recorded last summer and focuses in part on the the Gloucester fishing industry. GDT
Northern cod threatened by new fisheries rules – A Department of Fisheries and Oceans plan to increase northern cod quotas could devastate the species.
Governments should be informed by the best available data and evidence. There are societal, environmental, and economic ramifications of not doing so. Despite this, some decision-makers appear to attach little value to scientific advice. Changes to the Fisheries Act in 2012 provide one example. Another was very quietly communicated by the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) late last week. continued@ the star.com
Alternative fuels entice fishing fleet
Fisherman Jan Margeson has added a hydrogen electrolyzer
to his boat. “It’s like a tube, with two electrodes and it uses distilled water and makes hydrogen gas that goes into the turbocharger and produces cleaner combustion in the cylinder,” he explained. “It cleans a lot of the carbon out of the engine and the exhaust. Usually there is a lot of carbon in a diesel engine. That alone is a big plus. So it’s cleaning that up and is supposed to improve the mileage.” continued @ wickedlocalcapecod
Attend the June 11, 2013 NE Fishery Management Council meeting of the Joint Habitat/Groundfish Committee via GoToWebinar
The public is invited to attend the June 11, 2013 meeting of the Joint Habitat/Groundfish Committee via GoToWebinar. The meeting at the Providence Biltmore Hotel, 11 Dorrance Street in Providence, RI. will begin at 9:00 a.m., although you may access the webinar starting at 8:30 a.m. Webinar Registration: For online access to the meeting, please register. Once registered, you will receive an email confirmation with the information you will need to join the webinar. Register here
Editorial: Fishing limits may be inexact, but reflect a real problem (the problem is, some people lap this crap up!)
But Coakley’s decision also has more destructive potential — both in unfairly reinforcing perceptions of the federal government as an enemy of fishermen and, if she is successful, in depleting the cod stock to the point where it all but ceases to exist. continued @ the Boston Globe
New Gulf of Alaska king salmon bycatch limits passed by North Pacific Fisheries Management Council
There was almost certainly going to be a cap. All the other trawl fisheries had one, and concern over the health of Alaska’s chinook runs has only increased in recent years. The question was just how much chinook salmon could the Gulf’s trawl fleet take unintentionally before they would have to pull up their nets and stop fishing, period. continued @ APRN – Juneau
Times’ journalist Gaines, 69, found dead – By Ray Lamont Editor
Richard Gaines, the award-winning 40-year New England journalist who spent more than a decade as staff writer with the Gloucester Daily Times and carved out a national niche with his local coverage of the commercial fishing industry
, was found dead Sunday afternoon in the swimming pool outside his home in his beloved Bay View section of the city. His coverage helped spotlight efforts by fishermen and lawmakers alike to challenge the actions of NOAA — particularly its law enforcement wing — leading to a federal Inspector General’s investigation and findings of wrongdoing in 2010. continued @ Gloucester Daily Times
Gloucester journalist, voice for the region’s struggling commercial fishermen, found dead @ The Republic
Victim of Random Attack Looks For a Way To Feed His Family – The family of Nicholas Philemonoff is collecting donations at Alaska USA – video
Halibut fishing is how Nicholas Philemonoff supports his family. “I have been doing really good at it for the last five or six years, running my boat, its good money and I love it.” But injuries from what police call a “random attack” have him left him in a wheelchair and his girlfriend in critical care. Now, the father of three is worried about how he will feed his family while his girlfriend recovers. continued @ KTVA Alaska
Golden king crab stocks around Aleutians thriving
Amidst the salmon fisheries starting up all across the state, several Alaska crab seasons also get underway each summer. In mid-June, the summer Dungeness crab fishery opens in the Panhandle, as does red king crab at Norton Sound. Those are followed in August by golden kings along the far flung Aleutian Islands, which might soon take the title as Alaska’s largest king crab fishery. continued @ SitNews
Kodiak man gets prison for seafood plant theft
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — A Kodiak man will serve more than two years in a federal prison for his part of a scheme to defraud the Trident Seafoods plant of nearly a half million dollars. Jeremy Smith, 31, was sentenced this week, also indicted were Anne Wilson, who is also known as Anne Sorio, of Kent, Wash.; Valerie Olivares, of Corpus Christi, Texas; and Jamie Fathke, of Kodiak. continued @ WestPort News
Counsel touts fishery suits as ‘education’ By Richard Gaines – (Peter Shelley said the action was not “hypocritical at all.”)
In drawing a distinction between a federal lawsuit filed by Attorney General Martha Coakley to halt NOAA’s draconian groundfish catch limits and federal lawsuits like one he filed against NOAA a day later for his Conservation Law Foundation, CLF’s senior counsel Peter Shelley said the action was not “hypocritical at all.” continued @ Gloucester Daily Times
