Daily Archives: November 6, 2013
MSA Re-Auth Roadshow: Testimony of Prof. Kevin Stokesbury to Congressional panel about cooperative fisheries research
This written testimony by Dr. Kevin Stokesbury should be read, and forwarded to every Congressman and Senator as proof of the way forward in fishery management and stock assessments. This guy, along with some SMAST students took stuff they bought at Walmart, and literally saved the NE scallop fishery from doom, and ruin from NMFS. The Habcam scam was a slap in the face to SMAST, and the fleecing of the tax payers, and an absolute disservice to the industry when NOAA decided to eliminate SMAST from the program they pioneered. Read his testimony here. 22:25
Group aims to ban commercial setnetting in Cook Inlet, Valdez, Fairbanks, Mat-Su, Juneau and Ketchikan
A new organization backed by a powerful Kenai River sportfishing advocate is trying to ban setnetting from all urban areas in Alaska, including Cook Inlet. more@fishradio 20:40
Rules on striped bass fishing could become tougher
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission announced last week that the female spawning stock biomass for Atlantic striped bass has continued to decline since 2004 and is estimated at 128 million pounds, about 31 million pounds below the target, although overfishing is not to blame. [email protected] 19:39
Watermen Say Striped Bass to Blame for Low Crab Numbers
A picture circulating the Internet since the first weekend of November shows a striped bass cut open with roughly 20 small crabs spilling out of it. Watermen that spoke with WBOC said this is not a freak occurrence. director of DNR’s blue crab program – no scientific data to support a supposition that Striped Bass predation is causing a significant depletion of . more@wboc 14:54
Panel report sets best course for fisheries (and what a Panel it was!)
Taking the discussion to the world’s oceans, it would make sense, then, to see CEOs of seafood corporations — no strangers to addressing efficiency in their operations — collaborating with leading voices in conservation and environmental protection. The products of such a meeting of the minds would be extraordinary, assuming that these leaders in their respective fields could stand to be in the same room with each other for more than five minutes. (but why wouldn’t they, with the exception of Hilborn? These ENGO “Icons” are corporatist, privatizing parasites that understand the REAL buzzword: RETURN ON INVESTMENT) [email protected] Report liked here – Global Partnership for Oceans 11:45
Florida’s gill net rules hit a snag
Gill nets are back. After almost 20 years of being illegal, the controversial nets that entangle fish by the gills can once again be dragged through the Indian River Lagoon and other state waters. At least for now. The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission issued a memo Friday directing its officers to stop enforcing the 18-year-old gill net ban, after Leon County Judge Jackie Fulford had ordered as much. more@floridatoday 10:12
Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council October 2013 Update
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council met in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 28 – 31, 2013, to discuss a number of fishery issues. Here are some of the actions taken by the Council last week. more@guidrynews 09:46
Richard Files, of Rockland, Maine to helm the newly restored Charles W. Morgan whaling ship.
MYSTIC, Conn. — Mystic Seaport has hired veteran mariner to helm the newly restored Charles W. Morgan whaling ship. The 62-year-old Files said he learned to sail as a child and became a licensed mariner in 1974. He is the captain of the Elissa, a three-masted, iron-hulled sailing ship built in 1877 and now located at the Texas Seaport Museum. It’s operated by the Galveston Historical Association.more@portlandpress 09:15
Sharing the bounty of the Gulf is good for everyone
Most fishing businesses that supply Gulf seafood to area grocery stores and restaurants are small, family-owned operations with a handful of employees. They share access to Gulf fish with individual anglers and charter captains and guides that serve them. For red snapper, the split is about 50/50. [email protected] 08:47
California: Squid fishery a new model
Recently, the California Department of Fish and Wildlife closed the commercial fishery for market squid, Loligo (Doryteuthis) opalescens. Closure came a month earlier than the year before. This was the fourth straight year the squid fishery closed early. [email protected] 08:40
F/V Arctic Hunter remains partially submerged near Unalaska, fuel onboard – captain’s blood alcohol content was .086,
The Coast Guard heard around 4 a.m. on Friday that the Arctic Hunter had grounded northeast of Unalaska in Summer Bay, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Shawn Eggert. The captain, whose name the Coast Guard isn’t releasing due to the ongoing investigation, told Unalaska Police that he had fallen asleep at the wheel, Eggert said. His blood alcohol content was over the legal limit of .08, Eggert said. [email protected] 08:27
Cape Wind Spokesman Mark Rodgers, “Do you have the tea party in Germany?”
Leaders in the American and German offshore wind industries emphasized the importance of a secure political climate in making the region’s offshore wind aspirations a reality during a panel discussion at the Whaling Museum on Tuesday morning. “Investors want a guarantee that the political climate will not change between when they invest and when they get a return,” U.S. Rep. William Keating, D-Mass proposes the next investment tax credit extension expire not on a particular date, but rather when there are 3,000 megawatts of offshore wind energy in the United States. (For reference, Cape Wind is a 455-megawatt project). In other words, NEVER more@cconline 07:24
