Daily Archives: January 3, 2014
Now THIS is a Sea Story – A Speck in the Sea
Looking back, John Aldridge knew it was a stupid move. When you’re alone on the deck of a lobster boat in the middle of the night, 40 miles off the tip of Long Island, you don’t take chances. But he had work to do: Read more@nyt 18:53
Crabbers want more gold and goldens – coalition is seeking a nearly 1 million pound quota increase from the Alaska Board of Fisheries
Golden king crab fishermen have established a nonprofit science foundation to help increase their profits by doing research to justify bigger catches along the Aleutian Chain. The campaign to catch more crab involves two groups. The science arm is the Alaska King Crab Research Foundation, which wants crab boats to double as research vessels, while political advocacy is conducted by the Golden King Crab Coalition. Read more@bristolbaytimes 18:05
Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife seeks candidates for Commercial Fishery Permit Board
The Permit Board is composed of three individuals representing commercial fishers from each fishery plus two at-large public members. Currently, there are 11 vacant positions to represent the following fisheries: sea urchin, roe herring, Columbia River gillnet salmon, ocean shrimp/scallop, brine shrimp, blue and black rockfish, and nearshore fisheries. Read more@worldlink 16:15
Consolidation Limits Officially Accepted By NE Fishery Management Council
The New England Fishery Management Council has accepted a report titled “Recommendations for Excessive Share Limits in the Northeast Multispecies Fishery” prepared by the economic consulting firm Compass Lexecon. Read more@mpbn 16:10
More bycatch going to foodbanks
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Alaska’s bycatch goes to more food banks. I’ll tell you more after this –Listen @fishradio 16:02
Fishing; More Protection for Big Ones
Many popular measures to combat overfishing help conserve mostly small juvenile fish. The results from a set of international studies may now revolutionize fishing regulations. Read more@sciencedaily 12:28
Canadian SAR Swimmer Films MEDEVAC of Injured Crewmember
Canada’s Joint Rescue Coordination Centre (JRCC) Halifax coordinated the rescue yesterday of an injured 23 year old crewmember from the 49.5 meter Ocean Choice International-owned groundfish trawler, F/V Aqviq. The rescue was carried out by Canada’s 103 SAR Squadron using one of their CH-149 Cormorant helicopters. Watch video @gcaptain.com 12:20
Deep freeze good news for Maine smelt fishing camps – Ice on rivers comes sooner than it has for quite a few years, allowing commercial operations to get the season started.
Commercial smelt camps that most years don’t typically open until mid-January had enough ice to open around Christmas. “We’ve probably got 16 inches of ice, if not more,” said Sonny Newton, owner of Sonny’s Smelt Fishing on the Kennebec River in Dresden. “We started cutting (through the ice) with a 14-inch bar, and we couldn’t get through it. It was 17 below yesterday. It’s making ice.” Read more@portlandpress 11:29
Fisheries Minister Gail Shea has canceled two funding announcements that had been scheduled for Friday.
No reason was given for the cancelations; however, blowing snow and about five cm of snowfall is predicted to cause travel problems across Atlantic Canada today. Shea had been scheduled to make announcements at both ADL in Summerside and the South Shore Actiplex in Crapaud. journalpioneer.com 08:43
