Monthly Archives: July 2013
Ellen Goethel has been appointed to represent New Hampshire on the New England Fishery Management Council.
“They know me. They trust me. And they know I’m honest and will do what’s best for the fishery, the fisherman and the state,” she said. continued@seacoastonline
NOAA Northeast Administrator John Bullard chief defends openings from two sides
“We recognize it’s probably not going to make anyone happy,” Bullard said. But, continued@gdt
Shrimp Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee to the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will meet 1 p.m. Tuesday
The meeting begins at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the Crystal Coast Civic Center, 3505 Arendell St. Morehead City info
Deep Cove Aqua Farms Ltd. of Blandford, Nova Scotia agreed to a $45,000 fine
A South Shore company that buys fish has been fined $47,000 for buying and possessing tens of thousands of kilograms of illegally caught groundfish and clams. continued@chronicleherald
The Long Haul, Part 6 Not Just Fun, Recreational Fishing a Big Business for Massachusetts
Sunrise was half-an-hour off, the sky was brightening, and already fishermen were stationed along the Cape Cod Canal every ten or twenty yards: each a solitary figure, casting, retrieving, and casting again.continued@wcai
The Long Haul Profile –Often what gets left out in discussions of fishing are the families that fishermen leave onshore. The spouse and children, as much as the fishermen themselves, are shaped by an all-consuming job that abounds in uncertainty and risk. link
Commercial striper season opened Sunday with ground to make up – I heard there was some cheating going on to make up some of that ground!
Only licensed fishermen and dealers may sell striped bass, subject to strict reporting requirements. Restaurants may buy bass only from licensed dealers.continued@mvtimes
A reliable source was fishing off of Chatham yesterday. He caught his five fish in short order then spent the whole day, watching the shenanigans of a bunch of guy’s going in and out, making multiple trips. He say’s it will the shortest season ever since the fishery reopened.
ENGO’s Petition EPA to Protect Rivers, Coastal Areas from Polluted Runoff – About time they started doing something substantial to protect the environment!
Conservation Law Foundation (CLF), the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and American Rivers, along with Anacostia Riverkeeper, Anacostia Watershed Society, Blue Water Baltimore/Baltimore Harbor Waterkeeper, California Coastkeeper Alliance, PennFuture, Potomac Riverkeeper, and the Shenandoah Riverkeeper, jointly filed the petitions calling on EPA to exercise its authority under the Clean Water Act, known as Residual Designation Authority (RDA), on a regional scale spanning EPA Regions 1 (New England), 3 (Mid-Atlantic states) and 9 (Southwest states and California) to manage runoff from sources that are already contributing to violations of state water quality standards.
Bill to ban Lake Erie oil, natural gas drilling reintroduced into legislature
That’s a NO BRAINER, huh? continued@acronlegalnews
National Wildlife Federation sues EPA over invasive species regulations
An environmental group said Wednesday it has sued the federal government, (what a bunch of two faced losers) continued@ldnews
Food of the future: can ‘Frankenfish’ survive politics?
“I have no doubt the FDA will approve a genetically modified animal at some point,” says Kakha Bendukidze, the largest shareholder in AquaBounty Technologies, continued@smartplanet
Commercial Gulf shrimpers in Texas afloat for another season
Greg Seaman, a 49-year-old Palacios native, has managed to stay afloat in a rough business. continued@victoriaadvocate
Multistate agreement in works for Chesapeake Bay
States in the Chesapeake Bay watershed are working to have a new cleanup agreement ready by October with clearer goals and greater flexibility and transparency. continued@thestatejournal
We have recieved word of the passing of Gloucesterman Joe Brancaleone, former Chair of the New England Fishery Management Council
This article, written in 1994, could be posted today, and you’d never know the difference. Consider the involvement of all the ENGO activity since then, and look how far we’ve come!
The One that Got Away – Joe Brancaleone’s lifelong friends jeer him at public meetings. But Gloucester’s fish are gone, and he wants them back. Link
If you were looking for fish articles over the weekend,,,,,
We posted l
inks to 58 articles this weekend, from every region and Canada, from science, and ocean industrialization article’s to fishery reports. We posted an AD&F notice about the Herring Seine / Gillnet opener within twenty five minutes of their notice on Saturday evening. When we see it, we post it. For some reason, these things seem important. BH
Criminal or conservationist? Paul Watson marks year at sea after fleeing arrest
“I’m not really a fugitive. It’s just that if I enter a border point then that will immediately send a message to Japan to have me arrested and then extradited,” he says. “The oceans are the last free place on the planet.”
Groups planting eelgrass, vital to the survival of many species on Nova Scotia’s south shore while fighting Green Crabs
The two groups are working on transplanting eelgrass beds that have been nearly wiped-out by the invasive European green crab. According to Fisheries and Oceans Canada, the green crab is ranked among the 100 worst alien invasive species worldwide. continued@cbcnews
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.
Co
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
Fed
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
