Daily Archives: March 7, 2014
People on the northern peninsula are concerned about potential cuts to the shrimp fishery
The 60,000t quota in 2012 and 2013 was split between the inshore fishery – which supports the shore based shrimp plants in Newfoundland that produce cooked and peeled shrimp, and the offshore fishery which produces frozen shell on shrimp (cooked and raw), sold into global markets. Listen to the broadcast fisheriesbroadcast Read more here 21:43
Obama’s Policies a Threat to Aleutian Islands – Ak. Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell
March 7, 2014, Anchorage, AK – Speaking today to the Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference (SWAMC), Lt. Governor Mead Treadwell said President Obama’s delay on approving the Keystone Pipeline could ultimately threaten Alaska’s Aleutian Islands with greater oil spill risk. Read more here 21:02
This bubble is not different. It will pop. Geoduck production to expand in Canada. (DFO) has released its draft geoduck management plan
Canada’s Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) has released its draft geoduck management plan, the first step to opening up vast areas of tidelands for the harvest and cultivation of geoduck. The area of tidelands being made available for production from British Columbia,, Read more here 19:48
Jig pollock test fishery opens next week – This is Fish Radio. I’m Stephanie Mangini. A big Opportunity for a smaller fishing fleet.
Jig fishermen around Kodiak will be targeting two ground fish species this season, when the state water pacific cod fishery opens this week. Jiggers are now allowed to deliver pollock along with cod for the first time in the state season. Jigging for pollock has been open before in federal waters but with little to no effort. Read more here 19:32
Journalists get schooled about fishing industry
HARKERS ISLAND — Eddie and Allison Willis, a Harkers Island commercial fisherman and his wife, have seen several issues come up in the seafood industry in the last six months and most of them have been special interest groups trying to push for fishing regulations without the science the couple says is needed to back it up. This is what they told visiting reporters with the Institute of Journalism and Natural Resources on Thursday during a presentation event at the Core Sound Waterfowl Museum. Read more here carteretcounty 16:27
House Subcommittee Hearing (in part) to Exempt Commercial Fishing and For-Hire Fishing Vessels
From Garden State Seafood Association: The Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure of the U.S. House of Representatives held a hearing on March 4 on Maritime Transportation Regulations: Impacts on Safety, Security, Jobs and the Environment: Part II. U.S. Congressman Frank A. LoBiondo (NJ-02), a senior member of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Read more here 14:47
Witnesses Agree on the Importance of a Robust National Fish Hatchery System
House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Fisheries, Wildlife, Oceans and Insular Affairs held an oversight hearing entitled “National Fish Hatchery System: Strategic Hatchery and Workforce Planning Report.” This hearing examined the importance of the National Fish Hatchery System and the negative effects that the recommendations, in the Strategic Hatchery and Workforce Planning Report, would have on American jobs and the economy. Read more here 14:10
New group defends Treadwell in setnet ban initiative case
The Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance, or AFCA, wants to ask voters to ban setnets in urban parts of the state. If the initiative made it on to the ballot and passed, it would eliminate setnetters in Cook Inlet. Read more here peninsulaclarion.com 13:20
48% of fishermen do not think their job is dangerous – statistically, 94 deaths in 10 years make it the most dangerous UK profession.
Research, launched today by Seafish, the industry authority on seafood, has shown that a quarter of fishermen have experienced a significant accident at sea where their life was at risk. Over half (52 per cent) of the fishermen surveyed agreed that their job was dangerous, yet only 25 per cent of fishermen said they regularly wear a Personal Flotation Device (PFD). Read more here through the gaps blog 12:09
Fishermen have Rights. Human Rights. The International Bill of Human Rights.
There’s always been quabbles with how fish resources are managed. Well now some folks are saying that process could raise human rights issues. We’ll find out what that’s all about. Jamie Baker interviews Wally Dove on this interesting and provocative issue on the Fisheries Broadcast. The discussion starts about three minute into the opener. Listen to the broadcast 11:00
Owner of F/V Forus that sunk near Finley in the Columbia River to be criminally charged
The owner of a boat that sank last year near Finley will be the third person charged criminally since the state attorney general’s office began going after owners of derelict vessels. Brandon D. Traner, 30, of Portland, faces misdemeanor charges of abandoning a derelict vessel and releasing pollutants into state waters, according to documents filed Tuesday by the attorney general’s office in Benton County District Court. Read more here tricityherald 09:45
Coast Guard searches for 35-year-old fisherman Benjamin Sorrells off Alabama coast
NEW ORLEANS – Coast Guard rescue crews are searching for a missing crewman from the fishing vessel AC III, 58 miles south of Mobile Bay, Ala., Thursday evening. Benjamin Sorrells, 35, reportedly was leaning over side of the vessel when he slipped overboard wearing blue jeans without a life jacket. The crew of the AC III attempted to rescue Sorrells. Read more here 09:25
Potential big cut in Newfoundland inshore shrimp quota may create huge controversy
While most of the North Atlantic stocks of Pandalus borealis (coldwater or northern shrimp) have been eaten away by resurgent cod, in the last decade the shrimp stocks off Newfoundland, Canada, have been at very high levels. In most areas of the North Atlantic, shrimp stocks are declining. In Greenland and the Davis strait, there should be a reduction of about 20,000 metric tons in 2014. Read more here undercurrentnews.com 08:10
Fisheries officer defied order to drop charges in Robichaud case – Gaetan Germain testifies supervisor told him not to prosecute deputy premier’s brother
A former fisheries enforcement officer testified Thursday that he was “surprised” when he was told by email to drop aquaculture charges against the brother of Deputy Premier Paul Robichaud. “I’d never seen anything like it,” Gaetan Germain said during the provincial Court trial of civil servant Peter Andrews. Read more here 07:55
A heart wrenching tale: R1KU flown to Oahu for surgery – How much did it really cost?!!
The seal named R1KU is only about a year or so old and weighs 95 pounds. She was diagnosed with an ugly eye infection that would likely get worse and lead to early death. NOAA didn’t have an exact number of what it’s all cost, but Schofield said it was minimal. The Coast Guard was doing a training missing anyway so airlifting it didn’t add expenses. Most of the veterinarians donated their time and supplies. It partnered with the Honolulu Zoo where the surgery was performed. And NOAA staffers are working normal hours. Read more here 07:42
Researcher suspended for “egregious violations.”after dolphin moved to resort community’s pool
FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) – Federal officials have suspended a central Florida dolphin researcher for allegedly putting a sick dolphin in a resort community’s swimming pool without permission. Read more here 07:21
Coakley hears fishermen’s plight – Attorney general vows to continue pressing fed suit
Coakley spent part of the day dispensing with her duties as the state’s chief law enforcement official, meeting in the late afternoon with about 20 local fishermen and fishing advocates at The Gloucester House to speak about the state’s lawsuit in U. S. District Court against the Department of Commerce — and by extension, NOAA — and other issues related to the ongoing fishing crisis. Read more here 03:31
