Daily Archives: November 4, 2013
Baker | Lack of detail on fish announcements – In some ways, CETA complexities may muddy the waters some more
It’s been a wild couple of weeks, to the degree that it’s almost impossible to get one’s head around all that’s been announced and said. But it’s safe to say at this point there is not hardly enough detail available to make any kind of final assertion about whether or not it will add up to a better fishing industry for everyone involved. more@cbcnews 21:36
Coast Guard rescues man from disabled F/V Lisa Cheri near Petersburg, Alaska
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Anacapa rescued a man from a disabled fishing vessel near Petersburg Monday. The crew of the Anacapa rendezvoused with the man aboard his 30-foot fishing vessel, the Lisa Cheri, which was at anchor after becoming disabled six miles southeast of Petersburg. more@uscgnews 21:19
Peter Shelley throws down at the hearing: The Magnuson-Stevens Act is Working in New England
Good morning, Senator Begich, Senator Warren, Senator Markey, Congressman Tierney, Congressman Keating, and other members of the panel. My name is Peter Shelley. I am Senior Counsel with New England’s Conservation Law Foundation. Yes you are! more@talkingfish 20:31
Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s MSA reauth hearing, fishing industry outlines wish-list to Congress
Boston — Amid calls from fishermen for better science to measure ocean fish populations and more financial supports for the industry, Sen. Edward Markey on Monday said he would continue to press the Obama administration to bolster the domestic market for dogfish, a small, abundant shark unfamiliar to many restaurant-goers. (beautiful!) more@wickedlocal 20:12
North Carolina’s Fishing Industry Adjusts to Economic and Environmental Challenges
Fishing for a living is not for the faint of heart. Commercial fishing was the second deadliest job in America in 2012, ranked just behind logging, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Rough seas and long hours aren’t the only challenges fishermen face. A volatile global seafood market and a complex web of state and federal fishing regulations can catch fishermen in economic gales and regulatory storms. more@ncfbmagazine 19:12
Conservation Law Foundation twists law, science in latest attack on Omnibus Habitat Amendment
In effect, CLF narrows the terms of acceptable debate by treating its own position on the Amendment — dealing with the management of closed areas in Georges Bank — as the only acceptable choice. But in fact, there are many scientifically acceptable outcomes of the Omnibus Amendment process that CLF does not mention in its report. [email protected] 17:20
Another top exec out of ‘revolving door’ at Mar-Lees
Rick Marino’s exit comes as the defendants in the latest federal legal action against the company are served with the action, giving 60 days for a response. Marino, who joined Mar-Lees in February 2013 from fellow New Bedford-based Northern Wind, where he had been for nine years, ending as vice president of sales, is understood to have left the company in the past few weeks. more@undercurrent 16:52
Captain Elliott Neese saves crew onboard the F/V Arctic Hunter
According to Captain Elliott Neese’s Facebook page, he rescued six crew-members from a sinking crab boat near Unalaska. Everyone is safe. Everyone knows that the captains on the “Deadliest Catch” risk their lives as they go out fishing for crab. Such was the fate of the F/V Arctic Hunter as it run aground near Unalaska. The 93-foot Arctic Hunter wrecked at around 3:45 a.m. early Friday morning. It was just leaving port when it run aground and crashed into the rocks. [email protected] F/V Arctic Hunter Runs Aground Near Unalaska – kucb 16:45
Another Big Green power player moves up in Obama’s Washington
President Obama this week nominated Rhea Sun Suh to be the Department of the Interior’s assistant secretary for fish and wildlife and parks, a move that has brought shudders to ranchers, miners, timber harvesters and energy workers nationwide, particularly in the West. Who is Rhea Sun Suh ? more@washingtonexaminer 15:07
Southeast AK pink salmon catch for 2014 to be “average”
The Southeast Alaska pink salmon harvest in 2014 is predicted to be in the average range, with a point estimate of 22 million fish (80% confidence interval: 8–36 million fish). more@fishradio
CF/V Triple Seven burns, crew OK in Notre Dame Bay
A spokesperson for the Canadian Forces rescue co-ordination centre in Halifax said the fire started in the engine room aboard the 55-foot Triple Seven just before 6:30 a.m. more@cbcnews 13:47
Cart Before the Horse – Access and Diversity in Fisheries – NEFMC and Amendment 18
The council, one of eight national bodies established in 1976 by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, abandoned in 2009 its former Days at Sea policy that strictly controlled the number of trips vessels could take in search of their target species. They introduced a new regulatory model based instead on catch shares that, through autonomous ?sector management,? would reduce the competitive pressure to overfish. However, one of the consequences of sector management has been the overaccumulation of catch-quotas by larger fishing fleets and the subsequent decline of coastal fishermen who operate inshore vessels. [email protected] 12:10
National Marine Fisheries Service proposes rules to protect bluefin tuna
Under the proposal, the NMFS would sharply cut back the number of bluefin tuna that individual fishing vessels are allowed to capture accidentally, setting a quota for each boat and requiring fishermen to include the bluefin they discard at sea under that cap. The NMFS also would change the long-standing formula by which it calculates the number of pounds of bluefin tuna that a long-liner may legally bring to shore for sale. more@wapo 09:21
New Bedford Fishermen’s Pension Fund can’t tread water – That’s just wrong.
Everyone knows by now that the federal government has clamped down on fishing for all the reasons I don’t need to get into here. So that has stopped almost all the groundfish boats from fishing. That, in turn, has nearly cut off the supply of funds being paid into the New Bedford Fishermen’s Pension Fund, which collects 2.2 percent off the top of the catch of every boat, before expenses. (it gets better). more@southcoasttoday 07:13
Warren set to host fishing reform hearing today
The hearing — which will also include Sen. Mark Begich, D-Alaska, chairman of the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries, and Coast Guard — is designed to rein in input from fishermen and industry advocates. Among those scheduled to testify include Brian Rothschild, who has headed up the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth marine science program and is recognized as one of the most respected and leading advocates for fishermen and the fisheries. more@GDT 06:54
