Daily Archives: January 29, 2014
Local fishing organizations gear up for Cook Inlet meeting
KENAI — With more than 230 regulatory proposals, some several pages worth of suggested changes to the Cook Inlet finfish fisheries, nearly 500 written comments and several hundred pages of Alaska Department of Fish and Game opinions and reports, the seven members of the Alaska Board of Fisheries will have their work cut out for them in the coming two weeks. Read more@alaskajournal 22:36
Passmaquoddys, state reach tentative agreement on elver licenses
AUGUSTA, Maine — State officials and representatives of the Passamaquoddy Tribe have reached a tentative agreement on how the tribe will distribute elver licenses and manage the tribal catch for the 2014 fishing season. Read more@bdn 20:42
You SAFMC guys don’t have to hook up the Huskies. Your Pooler, GA Meeting has been canceled!
Public Hearing/Scoping Meeting Scheduled for Pooler, GA on January 30, 2014 CANCELLED Due to Winter Storm – The South Atlantic Fishery Management Council is cancelling the January 30, 2014 public hearing and scoping meeting in Pooler, GA. The recent winter storm that hit the Southeast region has provided conditions unsafe for travel to and from the scheduled meeting. Therefore, in the interest of public safety the meeting is being cancelled. SAFMC website 17:32
MSA Reauthorization:Senate Bill On Magnuson-Stevens Coming Soon, Says Begich
“We have not laid down our bill yet,” said Begich. “We’re probably another six to eight weeks away form that. My hope is to finish out the second quarter of this year with a bill coming out of committee and headed to the floor.” Read [email protected] 17:04
NIOSH Takes On Injuries in the Fishing Fleet
For more than 20 years, NIOSH has been working to prevent accidental deaths in the fishing industry. Now, these safety experts are tackling injuries — the kind fishermen are used to getting every season. As KUCB’s Lauren Rosenthal reports, that might make this a tougher problem to solve. Listen @kubc 16:49
The Great China Geoduck Ban Mystery
China’s ban on the importation of bivalves originating from the US West Coast could not have come at a worse time for the commercial producers and harvesters of oysters, clams and geoducks – especially geoducks. Read more@fishermensnews 16:37
Boat of the Week from the Athearn Marine Agency: 42′ F/W Novi Lobster/Scalloper,1979, Lobster,Scalloper Fiberglass over Wood, John Deere
Specifications and information here 15:57
Conservation groups file suit for court injunction to stop hatchery fish release in Elwha River
“The science is clear (heard that before!): Hatchery fish are detrimental to wild fish recovery,” said Kurt Beardslee, executive director of Wild Fish Conservancy, one of the groups in the filing. Read more@pdn 13:48
Decline in North Sea fish length linked to rising sea temperatures
Over a 38-year period, the maximum body length of haddock, whiting, herring, Norway pout, plaice and sole in the North Sea has decreased by as much as 29%, coinciding with an increase in water temperatures of between 1 and 2 degrees Celsius*. Read [email protected] 13:06
High hopes for new Nordic whitefish processing machine Video
The machine we have developed locates the pin-bones with x-ray technology,using water-jet to trim away the bones with great precision and speed. The fish is guaranteed boneless with significantly less waste than manual filleting, says Kristjan Halvardsson in the Icelandic company Marel. Read [email protected] 12:43
Why this little fish is on some of the biggest menus around
In the dead of Maritime winter, under frozen bays and harbours, drifting schools of smelt are preparing for an epic journey. Before these tiny silver fish start swimming up the freshwater brooks and streams where they were born, they’ll eat almost anything in sight. Read more@theglobeandmail 10:16
ATTENTION FISHERS: Fisheries Skills Training Courses – Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association
*All the above listed courses will be held at the Summerside Marine Training Centre. Information, and agenda here 10:03
Our biggest water hog is Delta Smelt
Slam man all you want but he is part of the environment. Man has both altered and enhanced the environment. The bottom line is simple: In a natural drought with no water storage, the Delta Smelt population would typically be near extinction levels. With stored water, their numbers are still thin but are more robust. Read more@mantecabullettin 08:10
U.S. Secretary of Commerce has declared the Fraser River sockeye salmon run a “fishery disaster”
Fisheries managers blame the decline on poor ocean conditions, warm river temperatures and habitat decline, among other things.The Fraser River empties out near Vancouver, British Columbia. The sockeye salmon from that river are a key resource for the state and tribal fishing industries in Washington. Read [email protected] 07:50
Fishing stakeholders’ focus shifts from rules to survival
Paul J. Diodati knew he was venturing into something of a maelstrom when he traveled to Gloucester on Monday night to listen to the concerns of local fishermen and stakeholders, while offering some fashion of a state of the state fisheries assessment at the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries offices on Emerson Avenue. Read more@gdt 02:58
