Daily Archives: February 13, 2014
Parade of wooden boats offers glimpse of Seattle’s maritime history
If you miss the parade, you can still see the boats — three of which are more than a century old — on South Lake Union for a couple of weeks, before they head north for halibut season in Alaska. Despite their age, these boats “are still remarkably suited to the work they do,” said Per Odegaard of Edmonds, owner of the Vansee, which has been in his family since the 1950s. Read more@seattletimes 22:58
Louisiana Seafood Board Encourages Gulf Council to Keep Current Red Snapper Quota
Meeting at the Capitol in Baton Rogue, the Louisiana Seafood Promotion and Marketing Board took a strong stand against the current preferred alternative recommended by the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council on Amendment 28; red snapper allocation. Read more@gulfseafoodnews 19:09
Operation Sea Lion disperses sea lions, for now
The borough’s war against aggressive marine wildlife dubbed “Operation Sea Lion” has been successful in keeping the animals off the floats and away from people. It’s latest weapon: a solar powered electric fence and a human manikin set up at the a…Read more@petersburgpilot 19:00
Maine regulators’ deal with native tribes over elver fishery collapses at key stage
AUGUSTA — A tentative agreement between state regulators and Maine’s Native American tribes for the upcoming elver season collapsed Wednesday as state officials cited concerns in the Attorney General’s Office that such an accord would violate the state Constitution and be impossible to enforce. Read more@kennebecjournal 17:50
Senate Considers Treaties to Go After Fish Piracy
The U.S. Senate is considering two international treaties that Sen. Lisa Murkowski says would help crack down on pirate fishing in the North Pacific. Murkowski today told the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee that illegal high seas fishing is an economic threat to the crab industry. Listen @alaskapublic 16:39 A lot of kooks and on this committee
Shock over meat of endangered whales shipped through Canada
News of Canada’s role in the commercial trade of endangered species comes as a shock both to politicians and environmentalists, including Greenpeace, which told The Sun that it received a tip more than a week ago about Iceland shipping 12 containers of whale meat to Halifax. Read more@vancouversun 16:05
BP Deepwater Horizon spill oil causes heart damage that can kill tuna, new study finds
The scientific paper, which will be published in the Feb. 14 edition of the journal Science, was discussed by several of the researchers at a news conference at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in Chicago. Read more@nola 15:50:3
Capt. Lou Puskas – Viking Village Barnegat Light . NJ
From the historical archives of the commercial fishing industry, Captain Lou Puskas certainly steps into the limelight. He has had a tremendous career and seems to be somewhat of a legend. This man rediscovered tile fish, lobbied against foreign fleets fishing in US water and survived three boat sinkings. Watch video here 09:51
Whale and Dolphin Research Expands Off Maui. Can you figure out how much 10,000 to 13,000 humpback eat?
An early pioneer in humpback whale research off Maui, Pacific Whale Foundation Founder and Executive Director Greg Kaufman recalls the 1970s, when whale sightings were so few that he only launched his research raft when he had located a whale from shore. Data collected is critical to contribute to sound management plans in the future. umm. How about a cull? Read more@mauiweekley 08:14
Gutted by NOAA, Shaheen, Ayotte Meet With Federal Officials to Discuss Fishery Relief for New England
(Washington, DC) – As part of their ongoing efforts to protect New Hampshire’s fishing industry, U.S. Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH) and Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) met with National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officials today to discuss disaster relief for fisheries. Read [email protected] 07:58
Record Run Leads To Glut Of Pink Salmon
The record setting pink salmon catch in Alaska last year has left seafood processing companies with several year’s worth of inventory of canned product, although not all of the pink salmon winds up in a can. Listen, and Read [email protected] 07:05
Miss Ally captain’s mother pushes for personal tracking devices – Fishermen’s bodies never found after boat capsized in storm
Della Sears wants fishermen to consider buying and wearing a personal beacon — a tracking device the size of a smartphone and a bit thicker. It can be attached to clothing and emits a signal that bounces off a satellite and sends a message to the Joint Rescue Co-ordination Centre in Halifax. Read more@cbcnews 06:45
Coast Guard medevacs injured woman near Cold Bay, Alaska from the 680-foot F/V Processor Ocean Phoenix
Coast Guard Communication Station Kodiak received a call Wednesday afternoon from the master of the 680-foot fish processing vessel Ocean Phoenix who reported that the 25-year-old female crewmember was suffering from chest pains and needed medical assistance. Read more@uscgnews 06:07
North Coast Fishermen Voice Concerns About the Proposed Individual Transferable Quota System
The United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union’s president met with North Coast fishermen today, to discuss the proposed changes the DFO plans to make to the salmon fishery from an open fishery model to individual transferable quotas. And that is exactly what is on Bill Smiths mind… a fishermen of 37 years… who says the bottom line is, he won’t be able to afford a quota system. “I can’t afford to buy other licence and I really object to paying somebody else to fish a portion of their quota. What most strikes me about this whole process, is how undemocratic and how unscientific it is.”- Bill Smith, Northern Gillnetter Read more@cfktv 02:15
Lobsterman fined $2,500 for landing short catch
According to the report by state Environmental Police, just before noon on Dec. 20, 2013, state Environmental Police officer David Wright was called to the Intershell plant at 58 Commercial St. to assist with an investigation into the landings and attempted sale of short lobsters. Read more@gdt 02:04
Something different: The Vampire Squid Strikes Again: The Mega Banks’ Most Devious Scam Yet
Call it the loophole that destroyed the world. It’s 1999, the tail end of the Clinton years. While the rest of America obsesses over Monica Lewinsky, Columbine and Mark McGwire’s biceps, Congress is feverishly crafting what could yet prove to be one of the most transformative laws in the history of our economy – a law that would make possible a broader concentration of financial and industrial power than we’ve seen in more than a century. Read more@rollingstone 00:26
