Daily Archives: August 8, 2013
Will river water save Louisiana’s coast or kill the marsh?
St. Mary Parish, La. — Azure Bevington, a PhD student in coastal wetlands ecology at LSU, stands in the Wax Lake Delta, a spot that did not exist when she was born in 1980. “It’s really amazing to think about, that this is really some of the newest land in the United States, or the world,” Bevington said. more@wvue
Experienced Lobster Professional seeking employment – Fisherynation Classified
Don’t let this guy get away! https://fisherynation.com/fisheynation-classified
California farmers sue over water releases for salmon
The suit alleges the release from the Trinity Reservoir would be unlawful and would further decrease the little water available to farmers for irrigation. It was filed Wednesday by the Westlands Water District and the San Luis & Delta-Mendota Water Authority against the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. more@bakersfieldnow
Crab Certification Audit Complete, as Crabbers Await Stock Survey Results – Walmart, again, is part of the conversation.
Prices are down a bit, but demand remains strong, as harvesters of Alaska’s deadliest catch, albeit multi-million dollar crab fishery await stock survey results that will determine quotas for the 2013-2014 fishery….Schraeder notes that company policy requires that all wild seafood suppliers be third-party certified as sustainable using Marine Stewardship Council, Best Aquaculture Practices or equivalent standards. But crab processors doing business in Alaska have chosen to not use the MSC certification program. more@fishermensnews
Sensible decision: Walmart agrees to sell Alaska salmon after all – So do we let them off the hook? or beat on ’em?!!
A controversy about labeling Alaska salmon appears to be headed toward a resolution with a sensible decision by Walmart to not reject the sustainable fish supply from the 49th state 
more@newsminer
A Pathetic Joke Reaffirm’s that some Politicians are Clueless
So. I’m sitting here listening to the Webinar/phone meeting that has just ended, approximately 1 hour and 25 minutes early! Can’t even imagine holding a webinar session with no sound, but, heh, that’s our government for ya! If I wanted to listen, (I did) I needed to tie up my telephone! I did! more hereUniversity of Washington – Ocean acidification center another example of state leading the nation
Washington’s governor and state legislators in the last session created a hub at the University of Washington to coordinate research and monitoring of ocean acidification and its effects on local sea life such as oysters, clams and fish. more@washingtonedu
NOAA – Dolphin deaths an “Unusual Mortality Event” in the Mid-Atlantic
Under the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 (as amended), an Unusual Mortality Event (UME) has been declared for bottlenose dolphins in the Mid-Atlantic region from early July 2013 through the present. [email protected]
AUG 8, 2013 – BROOKLYN VI – SUMMER COD – POLLOCK & JUMBO RED HAKE TRIP by EC NEWELLMAN
What can you say when a offshore summer wreck fishing trip which exceeds your expectations? You give a big thanks to the captain and the crew at the end of the trip! more@fishingunited
Lot’s of fish and smiling faces!
Commerical Fishing for Nushagak Coho to Opened Thursday about 15 minutes ago!
Commercial Fishing for coho salmon in the Nushagak district is set to open at 9 a.m. Thursday and Togiak Seafoods will be buying. General Manager Voita Novak says one tender, the Sea Trek II left Togiak at about 4 a.m Wednesday, headed to the Nushagak. Novak is asking fisherman to contact the tender Thursday morning on Channel 72. more@kdlg
REMINDER SALTONSTALL-KENNEDY TELEPHONE TOWNHALL AND WEBINAR TODAY! Thursday, August 8 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm.
Webinar/Telephone Townhall Meeting info
Your Seafreeze Ltd. PRICE LIST for August 8, 2013 has arrived – pssst! Haddock fillet’s (fas, skin off) priced to move!!!
Project draws energy from old fishing gear
Through a program called Fishing for Energy, the gear is collected in Gloucester and Rockport and trucked to Covanta’s Waste-to-Energy facility in Haverhill, where most of it — and other trash— is converted to energy while metal is collected and recycled. more@GDT
This is getting the attention of a few news outlets today, but it’s old news! We told you about this on July 30, 2013 – Feeding the Fire – Fishing for Energy Partnership Ports of Gloucester, MA Martha’s Vineyard to Participate. This is a common occurrence. If you see it today somewhere else, there’s a good chance we told you about it days ago. https://fisherynation.com/archives/12417
An otter mess – U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Defies Congress and the law, The Otter Project announced they will be filing papers to intervene
“They’re seeing their commercial interests take precedent over everything else and I don’t believe that,” said Steve Shimek, executive director of The Otter Project. “I don’t believe the immediacy they’re portraying. They’re portraying mongrel hordes of otters are waiting in the line to eat all ‘their’ urchins and that is not the way it is.” more@vcreporter
James Gill: Coastal suit muddies waters – We never expect the straight dope from the Jindal administration, but this takes bogus reasoning to a new level.
The levee board that has filed suit against oil companies for destroying Louisiana’s wetlands has been accused of a blinkered view. The board, according to Representative Steve Scalise, R-Jefferson, is forgetting that energy companies are “the backbone of our local economy.” more@theadvocate
BP is ordered to pay $130 million — and more — to run oil spill claims center
The ruling comes as BP tries to temporarily block claims payments while former FBI Director Louis Freeh investigates allegations of misconduct by an attorney who worked on the settlement program. BP also has complained of broader problems in the program run by court-appointed claims administrator Patrick Juneau. more@nola
Massive tiger shrimp invaders likely have settled in Louisiana to stay
A recent study reports that the enormous shrimp invaders will become “established” in the Gulf of Mexico within 10 years. That means the species is becoming a self-sustaining, breeding population and was not just a sudden boom that soon will vanish. And, yes, the massive shellfish are edible. In fact, they are one of the most-farmed shrimp species worldwide. @nola.com
Deaths of Manatees, Dolphins and Pelicans Point to Estuary at Risk – The evidence of decline is compelling.
Along 50 miles of northern estuary waters off Brevard County and the Kennedy space complex, about 280 manatees have died in the last 12 months, 109 of them in the same sudden manner as the Banana River victims. As the manatee deaths peaked this spring, hundreds of pelicans began dying along the same stretch of water, followed this summer by scores of bottlenose dolphins. @gomesnews
Seafood giant Clearwater Seafoods Inc. losses spike
Clearwater Seafoods Inc. reported Wednesday a loss of $9.8 million on sales of $95.3 million in the second quarter of this year. “Strong catch rates in the latter part of the second quarter and the first part of the third quarter have resulted in … higher available volumes to sell in the third and fourth quarters at a lower cost of capture. @chronicleherald
Sparse Fraser River sockeye run is an echo of 2009
Four years after a salmon run so disastrous it sparked a federal inquiry, fisheries managers are watching with concern as sockeye trickle into the Fraser in lower numbers and later in the season than anticipated. @globeandmail
Alaska Salmon Alliance seeks solutions in fisheries debate By Paul Dale
It is part of what makes our state and community distinctive: Alaska’s wild salmon runs. They differentiate us from almost all other coastal regions in the world. Fishing is part of our heritage, whether sport, commercial, subsistence or personal use. @homernews
Compass: Finger-pointing won’t put any more kings in the rivers
This summer there have been several ADN Compass pieces, articles from other print and electronic media and countless blogs stoking the fires of the Cook inlet fish wars. Recently, however, some have suggested that the lack of fish and fishing opportunity is a problem that can only be solved through a collaborative effort of all users. They are correct. @adn.com
