Daily Archives: June 11, 2013
Missing fisherman may have been shot over lobster dispute – Witnesses tell CBC News gunshots heard morning of Phillip Boudreau’s diappearance
The case police have put together draws a disturbing picture of an out-of-control fight over lobster fishing territory that ended in gunfire and death. Police officers told CBC News last week that they believed Boudreau was involved in an altercation with men on a larger boat. continued @ cbcnews
Opening day brings big shrimp in small numbers
Calm seas and hot weather greeted fishermen Tuesday morning on the first day of shrimp season in Mississippi. Shrimpers were allowed to drop their nets beginning at 6am Tuesday. continued @ wlox
Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet tows disabled F/V Ocean One, finds numerous safety violations
MANASQUAN INLET, N.J. – The Coast Guard towed a disabled 75-foot fishing vessel with three people aboard Tuesday after the boat lost power approximately two miles offshore. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Manasquan Inlet received a call from the captain of Ocean One reporting they lost all power and did not have enough anchor line to anchor. continued @ uscgnews.com
Bering Sea Canyons May Become New Marine Wildlife Preserve
The Federal agency responsible for commercial fisheries in the Bering Sea have made, what some consider, a landmark decision Monday, June 3rd. The North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, or NPFMC, has decided to conside
r classifying the Bering Sea Canyons as a wildlife preserve. continued @ Alaska Public Media
Cod 017 telling amazing story
Of the millions of cod caught in Newfoundland and Labrador waters in the past 500 years, few have stood out in any special way from all the rest. However, that may have changed on August 31, 2012 when Gerry King from Badger’s Quay caught a cod – cod 017 – on Ireland Shoal, which is about 20 nautical miles from his community. continued@ the coaster
State House News Q & A with Markey and Gomez – Markey inconsistent on fishery issues, and we already knew he was in the Cape Win pocket.
Harpswell lobsterman, 90, swims to safety after boat sinks
Phillip Tuttle was home Monday afternoon recovering from cuts and scrapes suffered in the ordeal, according to his daughter-in-law Verian Tuttle. “He’s a pretty stubborn, feisty Mainer,” she said Monday. continued @ BDN
Kake fisherman Cornell Perry Bean Jr, Drowns in Eastern Gulf Coast near Cordova
In a trooper dispatch, the Cordova Police Department received a report from the fishing vessel Esperanza losing a man overboard for ten minutes, retrieving him after a brief search, and attempting CPR around 7:30 a.m. Monday. continued @ ktuu.com
Coast Guard medevacs crewman from F/V Alaska Spirit near Nunivak Island, Alaska
The Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell’s embarked MH-65 Dolphin helicopter medevaced the 28-year-old man, suffering from a crushed finger, to emergency medical personnel at the clinic in Bethel approximately 115 miles away. continued @ uscgnews.com
International Salmon Treaty Fails Yet Again!
Members of the North Atlantic Salmon Fund (NASF) and its North American partner, the International Salmon Treaty Fails Yet Again!are disgusted with the North Atlantic Salmon Conservation Organisation (NASCO) for failing to stop the resumption and escalation of commercial salmon fishing in the waters off Greenland. continued @ fish and fly
Scientists want protections for salmon in Tongass
JUNEAU, Alaska – More than 200 scientists have signed onto a letter asking Congress to enact legislation protecting 1.9 million acres of salmon habitat in this country’s largest national forest. continued @Newsminer
Coast Guard offers dockside safety exams to fishermen in Bristol Bay, Alaska
Examiners will arrive in Dillingham, King Salmon/Naknek and Egegik Monday. Fishermen can sign up for an exam by calling Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, at 907-538-4103, or by speaking directly with one of the Coast Guard examiners working in Dillingham, Egegik and King Salmon’s harbors. continued@ alaskanativenews.com
Settlement reached over alleged flaws in Fairbanks fish hatchery
FAIRBANKS — The state has reached a settlement with the designer of the Fairbanks Ruth Burnett Sport Fish Hatchery for alleged flaws in the building’s design. continued @ Fairbanks Daily News
Seal tagging will be a first on East Coast
Researchers hope to place tags on seven gray seals this week off Chatham and Wellfleet. It will be the first such tagging on adult gray seals in U.S. Atlantic waters, and scientists hope it will answer many of the questions they share with local residents and fishermen about these large marine mammals. Waring hopes the tagging data will begin to answer questions such as where adult seals go when they leave the beach, how deep they dive, what they feed on and whether they are shuttling back and forth between the large Canadian seal colonies off Nova Scotia or north in the St. Lawrence River. continued @ capecodtimes
“It’s like a light has been extinguished — a light that always kept looking for the truth,”
photo credit Jim Kendall
On many a morning, Richard Gaines would walk through the front doors of the Gloucester Daily Times, exchange a few brief hellos, and then walk briskly to his desk in the far left corner of the newsroom, sit down and make the first of what would seem like hundreds of phone calls. continued @ Gloucester Daily Times“I going to cause some trouble today,” he’d proclaim. continued @ Gloucester Daily Times
