Monthly Archives: June 2013
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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The outdated 1972 federal law protecting the seals has worked well — too well, in fact.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
Big Tuna News. Pew: Best Available Science? Credible Scientists in the Field label it an “irresponsible distortion”
Pew: The Best Available Science on Western Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Read it here
Four leading scientists with expertise in large pelagics call Pew Bluefin Tuna fact sheet an “irresponsible distortion” Read it here
Ten lawmakers urge NOAA negotiator to seek increase in U.S. Atlantic Bluefin Tuna quota within ICCAT scientific advice read it here
Rare orange lobster caught in Bay of Fundy
A rare orange lobster was trapped in the Bay of Fundy on Friday and is now on display in Alma. continued@cbcnews
Bluefin tuna and Pew, here we go again! – Nils E. Stolpe, FishNet USA/June 24, 2013
On August 13, 1997 Josh Reichert, then Director of the Pew Trusts Environment Program and now Executive Vice President of the Trusts, in an op-ed column in the Philadelphia Inquirer titled, Swordfish technique depletes the
swordfish population wrote “the root problem is not only the ,,,,,,,,,,In what has become typical Pew style, Mr. Reichert’s article was just a small piece of a frightfully well-funded campaign to “save the swordfish” from the depredations of the U.S. pelagic longline fleet. Involving scientists who had been willing riders on the Pew funding gravy train, enlisting restaurateurs into the campaign who hadn’t the foggiest idea what swordfishing or pelagic longlining was all about, and using the formidable Pew media machine,, continued here
UPDATED: Man shot, run over by boat in fishing dispute – Police statement describes chilling encounter on water with missing fisherman Phillip Boudreau
3 suspects in Cape Breton man’s slaying remain in custody – contined@cbcnews
One of the suspects in the murder of Phillip Boudreau told police the victim was shot and then run down as he sat helpless in a stalled motor boat, CBC News has learned. Boudreau’s overturned boat was found at the mouth of Petit-de-Grat harbour early on the morning of June 1. The 43-year-old’s body has not been recovered. Three crewmen from the lobster boat Twin Maggies face second-degree murder charges in the case. The investigator’s file said one of those crewmen, 65-year-old James Joseph Landry, gave statements to RCMP investigators shortly after his arrest on June 8. continued@cbcnews
Letter to the Editor: Plenty of fish in the sea? Not in Cape Cod’s seas, Fritz Lauenstein, Dennisport Ma. (if it were only this simple)
My grandmother recounted how she and Grandpa used to row down to Nauset Inlet below Fort Hill and catch market cod. As a kid I used to be able to catch them off the backside. In the ’80s I jigged cod in 80 feet by hand for a summer job. continued@capecodtimes
Canadians take International Dory Races
GLOUCESTER In recent years the dory rowers from Gloucester have been exceptionally difficult to beat on their home turf when it comes to the International Dory Races, the annually competition that pits the best ro
wers from Gloucester against the best rowers from the Lunenburg Nova Scotia area. continued@gloucesterdailytimes
Should the government allow mass harvest of seaweed on the British Columbia coast?
Certainly there seems to be an overabundance of it on most beaches, where it often collects in long, thick mats known as wracks. A commercial seaweed harvest has been proposed for B.C. – a new “fishery” that would target an untapped resource potentially worth millions of dollars – but a study led by a group of retired fisheries scientists has raised concerns about its environmental impact. continued@globeandmail
Research into Enhanced Crab Processing Supported by Provincial Government
A research project led by the Seafood Processors of Newfoundland and Labrador and supported by the Provincial Government will test new crab processing equipment that could benefit operators throughout the province. continued@N+L
Coast Guard medevacs man near Nantucket, Mass.from F/V Mekong
BOSTON — Coast Guard rescue crews medically evacuated a 39-year-old male from the fishing vessel Mekong approximately 10 nautical miles east of Nantucket, Mass., at approximately 3 a.m. today. continued@uscgnews
Uncertainty about gillnets on Columbia hurts the bottom line for repair, equipment businesses
ASTORIA, Oregon — Uncertainty over the future of the gillnet fishery on the Columbia River has begun to hurt the businesses that supply the trade. “We’ve had the slowest year so far that we’ve ever had,” said Bob Zakrzewski, a co-owner an Astoria business that repairs boats and motors for gillnet fishermen and that is up for sale. “They’re not sure what to do at this point,” said Steve Fick, owner of Fishhawk Fisheries. “They’re surprised and frustrated.” continued@the republic
Slavery at sea has Thailand teetering toward US sanctions
For years, US officials have urged Thailand, one of America’s closest Asian allies, to rid its $7.3 billion fisheries export industry of these abuses. Though carried out on lawless seas, these crimes risk entangling supermarkets in America, where one in six pounds of seafood is imported from Thailand. continued@globalpost
Miraculously, a sign from the Lord – A fishing boat arrives during the Menemsha Blessing of the Fleet!
Reverend Arlene Bodge of Chilmark Community Church opened the start of the summer boating season with the annual blessing of the fleet ceremony on the Menemsha waterfront. During the service the fishing boat Unicorn, w
ith Captain Gregory Mayhew and his crew, arrived after a morning of fishing for fluke off Gay Head. The time of their arrival into the harbor seemed a blessing. continued@vineyardgazette Miraculously
Icelandic Fin Whale Hunt Resumes, Stirs Debate
Vikingsson estimates the central North Atlantic population could be as high as 25,000 individuals, based on a survey conducted in 2007. Given this population size, Vikingsson does not believe this summer’s quota of up to 184 individuals will threaten the North Atlantic stock. “We have firm grounds to believe that there is an abundance, even using a precautionary approach,” Vikingsson said.”We urge Iceland to honor the ban on commercial whaling and the international trade of whale meat,”National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration continued@yahoo
Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update June 23, 2013
“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update
