Daily Archives: June 25, 2013
Battle over natural gas port proposal resurfaces
Gov. Christie’s Office reaffirmed to the maritime administration that the state was opposed to the amended application [withdrawn in 2012], which essentially is this current project,” he said. “They are avoiding New Jersey at all costs.” In a statement, LNG officials said they incorporated previous feedback from federal and New Jersey state officials in the design of Port Ambrose, reducing the number of buoys by half, locating the port completely offshore, and avoiding impacts to adjacent shorelines, fisheries and area tourism. continued@independent
Ahead of Bluefin Tuna Meeting, Congress, Industry urge NOAA to support U.S. interests; Scientists call Pew Trust “factsheet” a distortion
WASHINGTON (Saving Seafood) June 25, 2013 — On June 26, the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT) will convene in Montreal to discuss the stock assessment for Atlantic bluefin tuna. In adv
ance of the meeting, a debate has arisen among marine scientists, environmental groups, and industry stakeholders over the appropriate level of allowable bluefin harvest. This debate revolves around several unresolved scientific questions about the nature of the bluefin stock. How those questions are addressed at the Montreal meeting will impact how the international bluefin quota is set. continued@savingseafood
Bristol Bay’s Sockeye Harvest Hits 4-Million
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game reports that another 725.5-thousand sockeye were harvested bay-wide on Monday to push the season total to just over 4-million. continued@kdlg
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American Samoa – Dr. Claire Tuia Poumele has been appointed to the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council.
She was among 20 new and returning members named by the US Secretary of Commerce yesterday to the eight regional fishery management councils that partner with NOAA Fisheries to manage ocean fish stocks. Dr. Tuia Poumele begins her three-year term on August 11. Also reappointed to the council is Taulapapa William Sword who has been an active member of the board for several years. The Western Pacific Council includes members from American Samoa, Guam, Hawaii, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands. [email protected]
Over 1-Million Sockeye Harvested in Bristol Bay on Sunday
The daily harvest of sockeye in the massive Bristol Bay commercial fishery topped 1-million fish on Sunday. Through Sunday the total catch Bay-wide is over 3.2-million sockeye. continued@kdgl
OPINION Bob Vanasse: What U.S. can learn from a thriving scallop fishery
A May 16 Commentary piece by Peter Baker of the Pew Charitable Trusts (“Inviting the cod to follow the scallop”) misleads readers on the ecological status of New England’s fisheries, and attributes the recovery of the scallop fishery to strict management under the Magnuson-Stevens Act. He argues that the same model would work for the cod fishery. continued@The Providence Journal
NL: Workers still without compensation after closure of the High Liner Foods fish processing plant
[BURIN, NL] – Six months after the closure of the High Liner processing plant in Burin, N.L., former workers are still waiting for compensation owed to them. The money, believed to be in $2-million range, is being held in trust and still hasn’t been distributed. continued@Daily Business Buzz
The outdated 1972 federal law protecting the seals has worked well — too well, in fact. Time to stop tagging and start bagging seals – Chris Yerkes, Brewster
The Seal Problem – The population of gray seals on the Cape has exploded in recent years. Is it time to cull the herd?
“Seeing these adorable mammals in their natural habitat,” one tour operator promises, “will make your family vacation one to remember.” Not everybody loves the local seals, though. “Wolves that went into the water” is what my neighbor Bill Amaru calls them. He began noticing seals in the late 1980s, and then watched as their numbers gradually increased over the years—until the mid-2000s, when the population exploded. continued@bostonmagazine
Summer chum symposium Thursday 9 a.m.-3 p.m.in Shelton,Wa.
The symposium will be 9 a.m.-3 p.m. at Mason County Public Works, 100 Public Works Drive in Shelton. For reservations, call 360-394-0046 or email [email protected]. more info@ KitsapNews
Lobster boat crew’s court dates set in murder case
PORT HAWKESBURY — The crew of the Twin Maggies appeared in provincial court Monday to set new court dates for the second-degree murder charges they all face. The three men — James Joseph Landry, 65, of Little Anse; Dwayne Matthew Samson, 43, of D’Escousse; and Craig Landry, 40, of Petit de Grat — are charged in the disappearance and presumed death of Phillip Boudreau from Petit de Grat. continued@chronicleherald
Letter: Richard Gaines, a true journalism original Mark Leibovich – Washington, D.C. Chief national correspondent, New York Times Magazine
Richard Gaines gave me my first job in journalism.
I was right out of college, and he was looking for an assistant. He was nice enough to meet with me, and then take a flier on a 23-year-old kid with not a day of journalism experience.
I loved reading The Phoenix back then. I was a fledgling political junkie, and the Phoenix was all over politics — none more so than its legendary editor, Richard Gaines, continued@gloucesterdailytimes
Fishing dispute victim’s family upset at court mix-up – Three accused in Phillip Boudreau’s death transported together despite court order
“What a way to jeopardize the case right now, at this moment. I don’t think that it’s fair. It should’ve never happened,” said Margaret Rose Boudreau, the victim’s sister. “I’m very appalled by it because the judge ordered, a few weeks back that 
there should be no contact.” Dan MacRury, the Crown prosecutor in the case, said the mix-up is a concern because it gave the three accused a chance to speak to each other and that could taint the evidence in the case. continued@cbcnews
Bullard seeks support for fishery initiatives (the conference call)
NOAA Fisheries regional administrator John Bullard conducted a conference call Monday to drum up interest in a collection of initiatives he hopes will help pull the groundfishery through its current crisis. But there was little discus
sion of the 20 items he had already placed on the list, and more about some frustrations about what is not on the list. Some of the ideas seemed to miss the mark. Low-interest loans, for example, drew criticism from seafood consultant Jim Kendall of New Bedford. “If a man is dying of thirst, you don’t offer him a loan. You give him a glass of water and a sandwich,” he said. continued@southcoasttoday
Borough Mayor Jerome Selby Sheds Light on NPFMC’s Chinook Cap
“I thought for a while they would go to the 10,000 level, which would take a lot of pressure off the fishing fleet for Kodiak, because we’ve never gone over 10,000 a couple of times, historically. But they went with the 7,500, which puts us a little bit at risk as a community, of shutting down our bottom fish fishery prematurely before the quota is caught.” continued@KMXT News Blog
Woman gets jail for embezzling about $500,000 from seafood plant
The U.S. attorney’s office says in a release that 33-year-old Isairis Wolfe of Kodiak was sentenced in U.S. District Court in Anchorage on Monday. Prosecutors said Wolfe claimed methamphetamine use clouded her judgment. [email protected]
Fairfield County Lobstermen Praise Anti-Pesticide Bill
DARIEN, Conn. — Fairfield County’s lobster industry has been decimated in the past 15 years, but a new bill signed into law by Gov. Dannel Malloy last Friday is giving the few remaining lobster fishermen hope of reviving the population of the marine crustacean in Long Island Sound. continued@ridgefielddailyvoice
