Monthly Archives: August 2013
Farthest north yet: Dead ‘leaping’ carp found north of Winona, Minnesota
A worker with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service discovered the 30-inch-long carcass on Aug. 9 atop a concrete abutment just below Lock and Dam 5, about 20 miles farther upstream than the previous northernmost instance of a silver carp on the river, the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) said. The dam is about 110 miles south of St. Paul.more@startribune 16:06
Food Source for Whales, Seals and Penguins at Risk: Warming Antarctic Seas Likely to Impact On Krill Habitats
Krill are known to be sensitive to sea temperature, especially in the areas where they grow as adults. This has prompted scientists to try to understand how they might respond to the effects of further climate change. more@sciencedaily 14:02
U.S. Department of Justice seeks to join Maine tribal lawsuit over the enforcement of fishing regulations by the State of Maine
The tribe seeks to stop Maine game wardens from policing the river and preventing tribal members from engaging in sustenance fishing. “The nation’s jurisdiction over sustenance fishing by its members in the Penobscot River is an exercise of its inherent sovereign authority, as a matter of federal law, and it remained intact; it has never been surrendered by treaty or by an act of Congress,” the lawsuit claimed. more@bdn 13:51
Fishery business spans five generations of Dixon family
Jim Dixon was 14 years old when he started working in the holding ponds at Dixon Fisheries in East Peoria. Today he is president of a business that launched in 1896 and now is heading into its fifth generation of family members on the job. more@journalstar 13:38
A 160-kilogram mola mola fish has washed up on a beach in St. Andrews New Brunswick – Numerous sightings of the tropical sunfish reported in the Bay of Fundy
A 160-kilogram mola mola fish has washed up on a beach in St. Andrews, leading researchers to believe changing water temperatures in the Bay of Fundy may be more inviting to the creatures. The ocean sunfish is normally found in much warmer tropical waters around the world. more@cbcnews 11:43
The Mouth of The Kenai – The Redoubt Reporter: This is a two part story about the history of clamming on the Kenai Peninsula.
This is part one – Almanac: Clamoring for clams — Cook Inlet clam popularity spans history. Fish Wars: The EU condemns Faroe Islands and Iceland to poverty
Deplorable decision It is deplorable that Commissioner Damanaki, a left-wing socialist politician, accepted to condemn two helpless tiny democracies from their basic source of income. Possibly, there is much truth in EU allegations for overfishing of herring and mackerel in the North Atlantic. But it’s not only Faroe and Iceland fishermen the only culpable parties. more@europeansting 10:42
Hoopa tribe protests Westlands water cuts in Fresno – “This is how people make a living, off of commercial fishing and also they eat it,”
A Native American tribe from Northern California came to Fresno Wednesday. They want a federal judge to allow an increase in the flow of the Trinity River to protect one of the largest salmon runs in history. The protestors outside the Federal Courthouse in Fresno on Wednesday were members of the Hoopa tribe. They came nearly 500 miles from their reservation near Eureka to make their voices heard. more@kfsn 10:21
How 1933 hurricane carved a lifeline for Ocean City, Md. – Storm ravaged area but created an inlet, 80 years ago today
Eighty years ago today the Great Hurricane of 1933 was ravaging Worcester County. It had rained for days, and the coastal bays were swollen and full. Just when it seemed things couldn’t get worse, a monumental event occurred. more@delawreonline 10:00
Fluke Time
If you love eating fresh-caught fluke you should rush to the fish market and buy it today. Today is the last day commercial fishermen are permitted to land and sell fluke. After today the only options are to catch it yourself or befriend a recreational angler. Fluke, also called summer flounder, is a Vineyard success story. more@vineyardgazette 09:49
CSULB Shark Lab study: young great whites surviving fishing nets
Marine biologists at Cal State Long Beach have released a study showing that young great white sharks accidentally caught in commercial fishing gillnets have a high rate of survival. more@presstelegram 09:41
New England: Call for boats – Please forward and/or reply
Open Ocean Trading Looking for boats: Umass / Wellesly Contract – All Sector Managers/Vessels, We are now looking to fill some larger orders over the next 4 months, with a possible extension of another 4 months. We need approximately 20,000lbs of round fish from a select group of boats monthly. The exact pricing details are found on our platform and all fish will be delivered to an auction or your current unloader. Depending on the unloading/trucking there is .16cent to .40cent incentive for the fish to be delivered direct to Portland, ME. Read more here 09:31
New EPA chief to visit Alaska over controversial mine proposal
New Environmental Protection Agency chief Gina McCarthy plans to visit the site of Alaska’s proposed Pebble Mine next week as she decides whether to block the massive project to protect one of the world’s last big runs of wild salmon. more@startelegram 09:03
Stephen Taufen – To: Kodiak City/Borough Joint Fishery Working Group
Stephen Taufen – August 19, 2013 KFWG – 3 minutes.
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Regarding Americans for Equal Access – it is “important to make every fish count,” but the way to do that is from full-time Observer Coverage on all Trawlers, year round, in the Central GOA. Calling excessive Bycatch Shares a “hard cap” is just a cute way of saying “give us all the known damage we’ve done to fisheries to date (in the race for quota), and never take it away from us.” more here 21:13
Groundswell Fisheries Movement
Wayne Erny, 35, of Lake Charles, and Eric L. Linden, 33, of Grand Lake, cited for crab trap molestation violations in Calcasieu Parish
The citations stem from a complaint from a crab fisherman on Black Bayou that some of his equipment was stolen. During the course of the investigation, LDWF agents discovered the fisherman’s crab traps near Fred’s Lounge on Black Bayou. more@kplc 20:29
Crabber Dundee – Professional crabber Dale Collie has gone to extreme measures to send crab pot thieves scurrying.
He hired a chopper so he could search from the sky for his stolen pots, and has scattered numerous infra-red Scoutguard cameras among the trees and mangroves on Big Dawson Creek to catch the crooks. [email protected] 20:13
No Alaska salmon for US troops??? Sen. Begich SLAMS Sodexo for “insult” – French Arrogance under British ENGO influence!
One of the world’s largest foods contractors is the latest to snub Alaska salmon over an eco-label – in this case, fish that’s targeted to the US troops. The company Sodexo, home based in France, has an eight year contract to provide food services to US military mess halls. The Fortune 500 company’s policy is to only serve seafood certified by the London-based Marine Stewardship Council more@alaskafishradio 18:11
U.S. Dolphin Deaths Rise to 300; Cause Still a Mystery
Based on the rapid increase in dead bodies
(bodies?)washing ashore, and the broad geographic reach, “an infectious pathogen is at the top of the list of potential causes,” according to NOAA’s website. more@natgeo 17:12
Great Lakes plagued by tiny plastic beads
We posted this on July 30, 2013, Initial samples from several Great Lakes are teeming with abrasive “microbeads,” or tiny bits of polyethylene plastic commonly used as exfoliants in face soaps, body washes, toothpastes and other personal care products more@sacbee 14:32
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service seeks comments on Atlantic bluefin tuna management proposals
NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service is seeking public comment on a proposed rule and its associated draft environmental impact statement, which aims to reduce discards of Atlantic bluefin tuna, and outlines measures to help ensure compliance with international quotas. Link Absolutely everything is here at this link, Atlantic Highly Migratory Species: 2006 Consolidated Atlantic Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan; Amendment 7 and I defy anyone to find NOAA Fisheries anywhere on this pages! 13:55
Aleutian Islands golden king crab kicks off Alaska’s big fall crab fisheries
A small fleet of boats dropped pots last week in Alaska’s most far flung crab fishery: golden king crab along the Aleutian Islands. The boats can remain at sea for a month or more through February. Golden king crab is Alaska’s most stable crab fishery with a conservative harvest each year capped at just over 6 million pounds. The golden kings live at depths of 1,800 feet or more amid underwater mountain ranges. more@alaskafishradio 13:33
Port Everglades expansion plans are environmentally damaging, says National Marine Fisheries Service
The $313 million project with the Army Corps of Engineers calls for blasting and dredging through limestone and coral to deepen the port’s entrance channel from 42 feet to 48 feet. But the National Marine Fisheries Service says a draft environmental impact statement prepared by the Corps “significantly understates the project’s impacts to seagrass, coral reef and mangrove habitat” and underestimates the amount of work that would be needed to mitigate the damage. more@orlandosentinal 13:23
Carteret County Commissioners in North Carolina threatens legal action over loggerhead habitat designation
Carteret County Commissioners are taking a stand against proposed federal rules they say would be costly and unnecessary regulation and cross a line in efforts to protect loggerhead sea turtles. “There needs to be an end,” said Commissioner Robin Comer during Monday night’s meeting of the Board of Commissioners, where two actions were taken in opposition to proposed critical habitat designations. more@starnewsonline 13:14
Scientists, Industry Leaders Question Validity of Yellowtail Flounder Assessments
As the Transboundary Resources Assessment Committee (TRAC) publicizes its recommendations for drastically reduced catch limits for Georges Bank yellowtail flounder, a diverse group of industry stakeholders and marine scientists are raising questions about the reliability of the TRAC’s advice and the underlying science behind it. This includes one of the largest industry associations, the Fisheries Survival Fund, and the current President of the American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists (AIFRB), Dr. Steve Cadrin. more@savingseafood 12:29
Scallop Industry: There has been “no progress” in Yellowtail Flounder Assessments Links
Water Wars and the Life of Salmon
Water that flows through the Central Valley to irrigate farms is an enormous part of the California economy. Traveling from the northern reaches of the state southward, the Central Valley Project yields 7 million acre feet of water a year. But, if this water diversion were at odds with the existence of California tribes and Salmon Fisheries, and the health of the salmon species overall, which would and should take priority? more@examiner 12:09
British Columbia: Low salmon numbers keep nets out of the Fraser
They would rather be out on the Fraser River chasing sockeye, but instead local commercial and sport fishermen alike were engaged in their second-favourite pastime Tuesday afternoon – cursing Fisheries and Oceans Canada. moremapleridgenews 12:00
Judge questions Cape Cod wastewater pollution claims
BOSTON — After months of inaction on two lawsuits brought by environmental groups against the Environmental Protection Agency over Cape Cod’s plans, a federal judge hinted Tuesday at the possible outcomes of the cases. more@capecodtimes 10:09
EPA may have tried to evade Freedom of Information request, judge says
“The possibility that unsearched personal email accounts may have been used for official business raises the possibility that leaders in the EPA may have purposefully attempted to skirt disclosure under the FOIA,” Lamberth wrote. The foundation filed the request in a bid to determine whether former EPA administrator used a private e-mail account to conduct agency business outside public scrutiny. more@washingtonpost 09:42
Sandusky man sentenced to three months custody, ordered to pay $489,007 for false distress calls that caused lake Erie search
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On the evening of March 14, 2012, Kumar took off in a Cessna single-engine plane for a solo flight from Burke Lakefront Airport to Bowling Green State University. About 30 minutes into his flight, Kumar called the Cleveland-Hopkins Airport control tower and reported seeing a vessel “launching up flares,” according to court documents. Moments later, when asked for additional details about the vessel in distress, Kumar responded “a 25-foot fishing vessel I guess you could say. Everyone had a life jacket with a strobe light. I counted four of them,” [email protected] 09:20
“technical error.” has Skeena River missing from Pacific NorthWest LNG project map!
The Canadian Environmental Assessment Office is currently reviewing the Pacific NorthWest LNG export facility and marine terminal. The project originally omitted the Skeena River — a major river near the proposed plant — from a map in its review application. more@cbcnews
