Daily Archives: July 14, 2013
Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Sunday, July 14 – Mike Mason
The Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Sunday, July 14 includes the latest information on the prices being offered by the major processors and an update on the response to the sunken tender Lone Star. We also tour the Icicle Wood River plant and hear about a new vessel that will be entering the Bering Sea long-line fleet. All of that and more in the Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Sunday, July 14. listen@kdlg
A Coast Guard Station Juneau 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew medevaced an ailing Fisherman from F/V Jessie Girl south of Juneau Sunday.
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ast Guard Sector Juneau command center watchstanders received a distress call over the radio from the master of the fishing vessel and immediately directed the launch of the small boat crew. The crew rendezvoused with the fishing vessel, safely embarked the ailing man and returned to a pier in Juneau to transfer the man to emergency medical personnel. continued@uscgnews
Allegedly inoxicated fisherman hoisted from sinking F/V Charlie & Carol off Ilwaco, Wash. coast Sunday morning – video
Coast Guard Sector Columbia River in Astoria received a call from the only man aboard the 36-foot fishing vessel Charlie & Carol at approximately 11:30 p.m., Saturday, stating the vessel was taking on water. He estimated more than 400 gallons of water aboard the ship and reported that his pump was unable to keep up with the water coming in. continued@uscgnews
NOAA wants fewer lobster fishing buoy lines to protect whales
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eral officials want Northeast fishermen to use more traps on fewer buoy lines to keep whales from getting entangled in vertical ropes, according to an announcement Friday — a proposal at least one Cape Cod fisherman says is dangerous. continued@bdn
Whale hunting: ‘It is like killing an ox’
(Warning: This piece contains descriptions and pictures which some readers may find upsetting). Whale hunters tend to shy away from publicity because of the controversy surrounding their profession. But the cr
ew of the Jan Bjorn in Norway – a country whose fishermen kill around 500 minke whales a year for commercial purposes – agreed to let us join them on a hunting trip. continued@bbcnews
Historic B.C. fishing boat Nishga Girl, to stay in national museum
A historic B.C. fishing boat will have a place in the future Canadian Museum of History after all.
The Nishga Girl, a traditional wooden gillnetter, had been taken down and put in a warehouse storage facility as the Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Que. transitions into the Canadian Museum of History.
Mass Fishermen, do you remember when the delegation asked Gov. Patrick to talk to the President? He did! About Cape Wind!!
Nantucket Sound is home to several species of endangered and protected birds and marine mammals and has been designated an Essential Fish Habitat. Cape Wind’s construction and operations would threaten this rich and fragile environment· Located in an area with more than 200 days of fog per year and quickly changing weather, Cape Wind would create significant navigational hazards for thousands of commercial and,,, For example, a June 24, 2011, email (acquired through APNS FOIA requests) describes a request by the White House to include Cape Wind in an economic briefing for the President on the loan guarantee program: “The WH was very direct about what should be included in the slides so we don’t have much flexibility.” The email specifically stated that the White House wanted: “1 slide on status of Cape Wind (because he [the President] has heard from Gov. Patrick a few times – they are close friends).”
VIMS study: Dead zones bad for bay-bottom fishes, too
Now researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science, or VIMS, have completed an exhaustive 10-year study that they say provides the first quantitative evidence of the impacts on demersal fishes baywide. continued@dailypress
DAVID G. SELLARS ON THE WATERFRONT: Boat linked to former U.S. president gets a paint job in Port Angeles
Platypus Marine Inc., the Port Angeles-based, full-service shipyard, yacht-repair facility and steel-boat manufacturer, recently launched Adamant, a 58-foot limit seiner that the company custom-built for a longtime customer..
.While Eliza Joye was out of the water, personnel painted the bottom and installed a new set of zincs.
Fisherman Survival, Perverted ENGO Logic, and another NOAA/NMFS Fumble. Plan to reopen New England fishing spots debated
BOSTON (AP) – A plan to allow certain New England fishermen back into fishing grounds where they’ve long been banned was so objectionable to environmentalists that two groups sued to kill it months before it was officially released. And after the proposal was unveiled last week, fishermen who once backed the idea called the plan a useless gesture that does nothing for their struggling industry. None of the criticism surprises the Northeast’s top fishing regulator, John Bullard. But he says it doesn’t mean the proposal to reopen 3,000 square miles of Atlantic Ocean can’t work. “We recognize it’s probably not going to make anyone happy,” Bullard said. But, he added, “We think it’s a responsible way to make abundant stocks accessible to people.” continued@myfoxboston
Grants will help Mass. undersea “kites” project – Kite’s?
Worcester Polytechnic Institute will receive more than $300,000 for a project looking at the harvesting of hydrokinetic energy using tethered undersea kites designed to take advantage of powerful tidal forces.The other grants are going to unrelated projects by the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, which is getting two grants totaling about $1.4 million. Tufts University will receive $300,000.
Maine lobstermen continue to struggle with low prices
YORK, Maine — Local lobstermen are waiting to see if a new global marketing campaign for Maine lobsters will keep prices stable….Yet Sinclair said what’s hurting lobstermen is a changing industry made up of investors who want bigge
r profits and who have never stepped foot on a lobster boat. Sinclair brings his catch to a smaller dealer in Kittery who pays fairly, he said. The bigger dealers “are killing the industry,” Sinclair said. “They’re setting the price; it’s price fixing in the worst way.” continued@seacoastonline
Hawaii Regulators Stop Plans for Lanai Wind Farm, Undersea Cable
State regulators have instructed Hawaiian Electric Co. to strike all references to undersea cables and the proposed Lanai wind farm from the utility’s long-awaited request for large-scale renewable energy projects that will serve Oahu. continued@honalulucivilbeat
Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update July 14, 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
Listen to Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Saturday, July 13 with Mike Mason KDLG
The Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Saturday, July 13th includes the latest on the price for sockeye this season and an update on the response to the sunken fishing tender Lone Star in the mouth of the Igushik River. We also have a report on Silver Bay Seafood’s entering the Bristol Bay market in 2014. All of that and more in the Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for Saturday, July 13th. continued@kdlg
Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team deployed to the response effort to remove the sunken F/V Lone Star from the Igushik River near Dillingham, Alaska, Friday.
“The Pacific Strike Team is made up of some of the best emergency responders the Coast Guard has to offer,” said Lt. Jason Gangel, chief of response, Coast Guard Sector Anchorage. “The Strike Team’s knowledge and expertise will greatly contribute to the unified effort to remove the Lone Star and restore safety to both the local environment and the mariners who use the waterway.” continued@uscgnews
Well, Here’s one way to get rid of construction debris! – State, CCA, companies team up to make artificial reef
Construction began Friday on a new artificial reef in Vermilion Bay that will stretch eight acres. Coastal Conservation Association of Louisiana has gotten together with Shell Oil Co., the state Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Roadrock Recycling and D&L Salvage and Marine to build the reef, is using 10,000 tons of recycled brick and concrete from an old sugar mill in Baldwin, which helps keep the project’s costs down. continued@ dailyiberian
Louisiana Seafood: Shrimp, crab catch mixed post BP oil spill, river diversions
While the oyster harvest east of the Mississippi River has dropped precipitously in the years since the BP oil spill and an influx of fresh water from several Mississippi River diversions, white shrimp and blue crab fared much better there. continued@nola
Red snapper fishing ‘haves’ are suing the ‘have-nots’
Several highline commercial red snapper IFQ fishermen (they own maximum shares) filed suit against the National Marine Fisheries Service on June 28. Many of these commercial fishermen either are now or have been in the past working for and been sponsored by the Environmental Defense Fund. Indeed, the plaintiffs’ attorneys have connections to EDF. continued@thenewsherald
The Long Haul – The Future of New England’s Fisheries
This summer, we’re taking an in-depth look at the current state and future prospects of New England’s fisheries. Starting Monday, July 8th, we’re spending two weeks delving into these issues.
We invite you to share your thoughts, your questions, and your stories. continued@wcai
The world’s last surviving wooden whaling ship is set to sail again on the 172nd anniversary of its first launch.
The 380-ton, 106-foot-long ship will be lowered into the Mystic River on July 21, the 172nd anniversary of the vessel’s original launch in New Bedford, Mass. Work will continue on the ship,
which is expected to visit historic ports in New England next year, including those in Boston; New Bedford, Mass.; New London, Conn.; Newport, R.I.; Provincetown, Mass.; and Vineyard Haven, Mass.
Kings curbed: Individuals can’t keep them, but commercial boats fish on
As total closures or catch and release regulations have been imposed throughout Alaska on personal use and sport fishers, the commercial fishers have continued harvesting hundreds of thousands of kings. If there was ever a time for Alaskans to revolt over how our king salmon are being mismanaged, it is now. continued@newsminer
Navigating the maze of rules
Take bluefin tuna, for instance. Recreational anglers are allowed one bluefin per boat between 27 and 73 inches. However, recreational anglers fishing on a charter boat can land two, but one must be between 27 and 47 inches and the other must fall between 47 and 73 inches. continued@delmarvanow
