Daily Archives: December 14, 2013
Coast Guard Station Montauk receives the Meritorious Team Commendation for rescue of Montauk lobsterman John Aldridge
NEW YORK – Capt. Edward J. Cubanski, commander, Sector Long Island Sound, presented members of Coast Guard Station Montauk with The Meritorious Team Commendation Friday, in Montauk, N.Y., for their rescue this summer of John Aldridge, a Montauk lobsterman. more@uscgnews images 19:09
Maine says it must curtail the elver harvest because of declining population, but fishermen say their livelihood is being interfered with.
Industry officials supported quotas based on historical catch during the first public hearing hosted by state regulators this week in Augusta. Another hearing will be held Jan. 2 in Brewer. “We’re being led down the road by bad science. It’s a data-poor species, so the scientists would rather err on the side of caution. That’s because they get paid and we don’t. They get a check every week. We only get paid if we catch something,” said Jeffrey Pierce, executive director of the Maine Elver Fishermen’s Association. more@portlandpress 17:28
UPDATE: Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma towing disabled F/V Endorphin to Montauk – ***Includes Video***
The Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma arrived on scene with the disabled commercial fishing vessel Endorphin, 86 miles off the coast of Montauk, N.Y., Dec. 13, 2013. The vessel Endorphin, a 58-foot commercial fishing homeported in Montauk, N.Y., was disabled and adrift without power, food or means of communication. U.S. Coast Guard video by Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma. more@uscgnews 12:18
Escambia and Santa Rosa counties get more BP oil money
A week ago, the two-county area got a dose of good news about our continued recovery from the BP oil spill. That kind of news is always worth sharing and discussing. BP continues to deliver on its promise to make whole the Gulf of Mexico and the affected states from the 2010 oil spill that fouled the water, smeared the shoreline and crippled the economy, especially tourism that year and in 2011. [email protected] 12:01
Seeking the sustainable
I was watching LPB the other night, which is what I do whenever Diners, Drive-ins and Dives isn’t airing, and I came across a wonderful documentary by filmmaker Kevin McCaffrey called Cajun Food Traditions Now. It isn’t new (LPB first aired the piece in 2011), but it was new to me. Scene after scene shows two or three generations working together to extract a living from the land—or more precisely, the water. more@businessreport 09:43
New England Fisheries Management Council to mull new strategies
On Tuesday, the council is scheduled to take final action on the groundfish committee report, with heavy emphasis on Framework 51, which could include revisions to the Gulf of Maine cod and American plaice rebuilding plans; setting catch limits for white hake, yellowtail flounder, haddock and cod; small-mesh fishery accountability for Georges Bank yellowtail flounder; and other issues. “And on Wednesday, it will be habitat,” more@gdt 06:23
