Daily Archives: September 19, 2013
UMass Dartmouth’s Marine Fisheries Institute Renews Mission with Formation of Advisory Council
New Bedford, MA (September 18, 2013) –UMass Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science and Technology (SMAST), in partnership with the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF), is pleased to announce the formation of the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Institute Advisory Council. (Plenty of known, and trusted leaders of the New England fishing industry are on this council. BH). [email protected] 21:13
Law enforcement to review complaint of lobster cruelty against Bean’s Rockland processing plant
District Attorney Geoffrey Rushlau and Rockland police Chief Bruce Boucher both said Thursday they had received the complaint filed by the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals. more@bdn 20:20
Tacky video bashes MSC biggest client base – MSC is on its way to irrelevance
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – A cartoon video lampoons the MSC’s biggest clients. The fishing industry is not happy. More after this –Listen to alaskafishradio 16:51
McLaren New Interim Head of Seafood Board While Dardenne Searches for Replacement
Almost a month after Ewell Smith resigned as the executive director of the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board, Lt. Governor Jay Dardenne has named the current assistant director Kristin McLaren as interim executive director while a search is conducted for a permanent replacement. more@gulfseafoodnews 14:29
In its election platform the Liberal Party has identified $500,000 in new spending for a lobster marketing board.
Liberal leader Stephen McNeil told The Vanguard that stabilizing the price of lobster is one of the most important economic development goals for rural Nova Scotia. more@novanewsnow 14:20
Exploratory turbot fishery underway in high Arctic
The Arctic Fishery Alliance has a new locally owned vessel in the high Arctic at the moment looking into the possibility of a commercial fishery there. The ship, the Atlantic Prospect, is doing exploratory turbot fishing near Grise Fiord. The Alliance is made up of the hunters and trappers organizations in Qikiqtarjuaq, Grise Fiord, Arctic Bay and Resolute. more@cbcnews 14:04
Lot’s of “green” hyperbole here. – The Environmental Promise of Open Ocean Fish Farms
These are not the crowded, close-to-shore pens where fish are trapped like caged chickens, requiring doses of antibiotics that leak, along with the concentrated wastes, into surrounding waters, oh no! more@paramuspost 13:42
Speaking of Dr. Brian Rothschild,,,
In addition to the news of he and fellow Patent applicant Glenn Chamberlain filing to the Patent and Trademark office, Dr. Rothschild, Emily F. Keiley, and Yue Jiao had a paper published at the ICES Journal of Marine Science, “Failure to eliminate overfishing and attain optimum yield in the New England groundfish fishery”. I’ve made a pass through it, and it is a fascinating read. If you follow New England fishery issues, you must review it. Read the report here 10:46
COMMERCIAL FISHERMAN CHARGED WITH WITNESS TAMPERING RELATED TO AN INVESTIGATION INTO THE ILLEGAL HARVESTING OF STRIPED BASS
Baltimore, Maryland – Michael D. Hayden, Jr., age 41, of Tilghman Island, Maryland, was arrested yesterday on charges of witness tampering and retaliation in connection with an investigation of felony Lacey Act violations related to the illegal harvesting of striped bass from the Chesapeake Bay. [email protected] 10:12
Chamberlain and Rothschild Apply for Patent – METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR DETERMINING FISH CATCHES
Abstract: The present disclosure is directed towards determining, at sea, the respective weights of fish species that are part of a fish catch. By way of the present disclosure, images of a fish catch are taken using triangulation techniques involving stereo-photogrammetry. According to one embodiment, a method for estimating a total weight of a fish catch includes receiving a fish catch on a fishing vessel and capturing images of the fish catch. From the images, fishes are identified and the species to which the corresponding fishes belong are also identified. Using the images, lengths of the identified fishes as well as the total volume occupied by the fish catch are determined, which can be used to estimate the total weight of the fish catch. (A very strong patent application, backed with 20 claims, and eight images.) [email protected] 10:02
Rare mola mola washes up in Miramichi River – Unusual ocean sunfish may have been lured to river by jellyfish
Scott Campbell was out for a walk with his dog when he found the mola mola along the banks of the Miramichi River. Campbell said he knew right away the fish wasn’t native to the area. more@cbcnews 09:34
Because people will be injesting the chemicals, not just the fish in the polluted eco system.
A new study by the Silent Spring Institute in Newton shows that sewage treatment plants aren’t any better at removing a new class of contaminants from treated water than septic systems. The results weren’t surprising because wastewater treatment systems are made to remove pathogens and solid waste, not the chemicals contained in medicine, herbicides, plasticizers and other products, Silent Spring Institute research scientist Laurel Schaider said. more@capecodonline 09:16
Watermen,scientists in Maryland – worst crab season in recent memory,blaming weather patterns, an abundance of predators and cannibalism.
It’s definitely an off season,” John “Willy” Dean of Scotland, a crabber who is the president of the St. Mary’s Watermen’s Association, said this week. He said last year he saw lots of very small crabs as he hauled in his pots, evidence supported by the results of an annual survey conducted by Maryland Department of Natural Resources. “We never caught those crabs. Nobody did,” he said. more@somdnews 08:48
Letter: Time for some fishing ‘civil disobedience’ – Stuart Diamond, Rockport, Ma (thank you, Stuart)
Here is a quote from Thoreau’s essay called “Civil Disobedience” which was originally titled “Resistance to Civil Government”: From the letter – The Gloucester fishermen are being tyrannized by John Bullard and the NOAA, robbed of their noble vocation by a bunch of bureaucratic bandicoots and losing their boats, homes and dignity as hard-working Americans. more@GDT 08:06
Volunteers will be dishing out some free surplus salmon from Michigan DNR weirs.
American Canadian Fisheries and area veterans groups we will be distributing fish to the general public at several locations throughout northern Michigan. The cost of distributing the fish is supported by the veterans groups and individual volunteers. The surplus salmon community giveaway began four years ago when workers at the weirs discussed what happened to the fish that were harvested. [email protected] 07:42
Attorney General Martha Coakley rolled into Gloucester Wednesday shaking hands and conversing with fishermen, community leaders and residents
Three days into her 2014 campaign for governor, state Attorney General Martha Coakley rolled into Gloucester Wednesday, braking at the brewing company on Rogers Street to spend a half hour shaking hands and conversing with fishermen, community leaders and residents who gathered and rotated around her. As attorney general, Coakley has stepped into a key role fighting for Massachusetts fishermen, filing a federal lawsuit challenging the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. more@GDT 04:17
Mass AG Coakley’s Fish suit picks up new steam – Rhode Island Attorney General has not ruled out the possibility of joining.
With Massachusetts and New Hampshire onboard, at least one other coastal New England state is tracking the federal lawsuit that accuses NOAA of wanton disregard for the catastrophic economic impact its catch quota policies have inflicted on the region’s fishing communities. ”Rhode Island has not signed on to the lawsuit, but we continue to closely monitor the status of that case,” said spokeswoman Amy Kemp. more@GDT 03:37
