Daily Archives: September 9, 2013
Lobster boat a total loss after fire off of Damon’s Point
MARSHFIELD Ma – A lobster boat fully engulfed in flames broke from its mooring on the North River late Sunday night, requiring a strategic attack by Marshfield and Scituate firefighters and harbormaster’s office that took more than six hours. more@marshfieldmariner 18:55
Regulator hopes Gulf mapping tool can defuse tension between drillers, fishermen
HOUSTON — The federal government is racing to roll out a new mapping tool that it hopes will lead to a truce between offshore drillers and fishing interests over the spike in rig decommissioning and tear-downs. more@eepublishing 18:23
Long Island Sound Lobster Season Closes For The First Time
Local lobsterman Michael Theiler said he’s dubious that closing the season will have the desired effect of rebuilding the lobster population but he thinks the local lobster industry can survive the fall closure. more@lymespatch 18:16
Begich calls farmed fish ‘corncob couch potatoes’ to ‘Hollywood health guru’
“It’s a disservice to point your clients and your fans toward farm fish, the corncob couch potatoes of the ocean, instead of encouraging them to eat fresh, healthy wild fish like Alaska salmon,” wrote Begich in his September 5, 2013 letter. “Alaska salmon is abundant, natural and sustainable. Our industry employs over 70,000 fishermen and processing workers and provides more than half the seafood produced in the U.S.” more@alaskafishradio 18:03
Bering Sea crab survey “road map,” Puny pinks, Cod market improves – Laine Welch
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Crab survey results – puny pink salmon – and cod prices tick up. More after this @fishradio 17:13
Mutant Lobster Lovers are Ga Ga for Lola!
Weighing in at 4 pounds, Lola would make for a mighty meal, but after being recently captured off the coast of Hyannis, Mass., her freakish looks earned her a reprieve. Often rare lobsters with blue or orange coloring get saved for display, but David Libby, a marine scientist with the Maine Department of Marine Resources told the Bangor Daily News, Lola is something else altogether. more@usnews 16:51
They’ve got a BIG Lineup for the Commercial Fishermen’s Festival September 14 – 15, 2013 Astoria, Oregon
We still have an exciting line-up of Deadliest Catch stars coming to the Festival include Captain Jonathan and Scott Hillstrand, Captain Rick and Donna Quashnick, Hiram Johnson, Nick McGlashan, Matt Bradley, Captain “Big Dad” Harry Lewis, Robert Perkey and Mike Vanderveldt among others! Info here 14:13
Coast Guard Investigating Montauk Fisherman’s Death
While Donald Alversa’s family make his funeral arrangements, the Coast Guard has launched an investigation into his death. Though the Coast Guard’s rescue mission is closed, Hill said the Coast Guard Sector North Carolina, based in Wilmington, is leading an investigation into the cause of his death. Hill said it is standard protocol following any fisherman’s death at sea. more@easthamptonpatch 11:56
UNH launches marine science and ocean engineering school
This school acknowledges the contributions that faculty here have made to the marine world and provides a better platform to attract students, federal funding and donors and, ultimately, to better serve the region and the world in managing and conserving marine resources.” more@seacoastonline 11:25
Canada: Nature’s Past: Part 5 – Fisheries, Regulation, and Science
Canada’s fisheries have been subjects of controversy and sites of tension for over 200 years. On this episode, we speak with five leading historians of Canadian fisheries, including Dean Bavington, Stephen Bocking, Douglas Harris, Will Knight, and Liza Piper. The length is 73 minutes podcast@canadahistoryca. 11:10
Suppose there was an important fishery that was the basis of a large part of the coastal economy as well as the cultural cement that held coastal communities together. – Towards rationality in fisheries management
Adding their interpretation to this, the people at NOAA/NMFS, with the enthusiastic support of the various and sundry anti-fishing activists who pull way too many of the strings in Washington, have added as an administrative guideline that “the most important limitation on the specification of OY (optimum yield) is that the choice of OY and the conservation and management measures proposed to achieve it must prevent overfishing.” More here
Dominion Virginia wins right to lease ocean tract for wind farm
Interior officials said they have worked with the Defense Department, maritime and fishing interests, and environmental groups to minimize or eliminate conflicts with wind turbines. Later in the development process, they likely will conduct a full environmental impact review to assess other potential problems. more@wapo 09:52
Climate Change Will Upset Vital Ocean Chemical Cycles, Research Shows
New research from the University of East Anglia shows that rising ocean temperatures will upset natural cycles of carbon dioxide, nitrogen and phosphorus. Plankton plays an important role in the ocean’s carbon cycle by removing half of all CO2 from the atmosphere during photosynthesis and storing it deep under the sea — isolated from the atmosphere for centuries. more@sciencedaily 09:34
National Marine Fisheries Service proposal targets near-shore habitats
The proposal notes certain possible threats to the sea turtles — including offshore structures, lights on land and water, oil spills and response, alternative offshore energy development, fishing gear, and dredging — that could require “special management consideration.” The NMFS proposal follows the companion U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service plans tomore@ designate critical habitat along 740 miles of shoreline from North Carolina to Mississippi. more@jdnnews 07:28
Fisheries trust helps local clammers
Eastham fisherman Scott Nolan, 57, mortgaged his home, used all his retirement savings and took out loans to buy the 80-foot New Bedford fish dragger and refit it with the massive apparatus needed to go sea clamming. He had been fishing it since only this spring. more@capecodtimes 05:18
