Daily Archives: March 11, 2014
Fisherman on board F/V Miss Courtney Kim near Sanak Island, medevaced numerous injuries after a crab pot fell on him
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew forward deployed to Cold Bay conducted two medevacs, for one infant and one mariner, from King Cove to Cold Bay Tuesday morning. Read more here uscgnews 21:39
Bermuda, the Azores, Monaco, United Kingdom and the United States signed a declaration committing to the conservation of the Sargasso Sea
Government representatives from Sweden, Turks and Caicos Islands, British Virgin Islands, the Netherlands, Bahamas and South Africa expressed support for the declaration, together with five international organizations including IUCN, the Oslo and Paris Commission from the neighboring North-east Atlantic regions, the International Seabed Authority, the Inter-American Convention for the Conservation of Atlantic Sea Turtles and the Convention on Migratory Species. Read more here scoop.au 21:01
10 times more fish in the sea? Context matters.
Earlier this year, a research team from Spain released a surprising new estimate of mesopelagic fish biomass that is 10 times greater than previous estimates. This new study raises the total estimated biomass of mesopelagic fish from 1 billion tons to 10 billion tons, accounting for 95% of all fish biomass. Read more here southernfriedscience 18:35
NMFS accused of letting Stanford University harm fish, sued by ecoquack Our Children’s Earth and Ecological Rights Foundation
Our Children’s Earth and Ecological Rights Foundation filed the lawsuit Tuesday in U.S. District Court in San Francisco, claiming the service is not properly protecting steelhead trout in San Francisquito creek. Read more here mymotherlode 18:13
Northern Peninsula inshore Shrimpers reject Area 6 quota cuts
“People have got million-dollar boats to pay for, and with cuts like this coming down they aren’t going to be able to make those payments,” he said. “It’s less shrimp going into the four plants on the Northern Peninsula, which means less work for their employees. “Just try and imagine the Northern Peninsula without those four shrimp plants and boats.” Read more here thetelegram 15:56
LSU AG Center will hold its annual Louisiana Fisheries Summit for commercial fishermen at Houma-Terrebonne Civic Center
March 12 – 13, 2013 – Topics will include fisheries and seafood industry status updates, marketing, refrigeration, shipping and boats and motors. The summit will also include demonstrations on innovative handling and processing equipment. There also will be a trade show. Registration can be made online at www.bayoulog.com. 14:29
Fishermen, welfare-bums, friendly drinkers? East Coast stereotypes, fact or fiction
British Columbians are left-wing pot-smoking radicals, Albertans are ultra-conservative cowboys and Ontarians believe they’re the centre of the universe. Then there’s Atlantic Canada, to most Canadians the home of friendly, roughspun fisherfolk scratching out a living in quaint villages scattered across the lovely expanse of land between Montreal and the ocean. Read more here capebretonpost 14:08
DFO extends cod fishing season ‘indefinitely’ in the fishing zone known as 3PS on south coast of Newfoundland
According to Dave Coffin, cod fishermen had a disastrous 2013 with around 70 per cent of the quota left in the water. The extension was requested in part by the Fish, Food and Allied Workers — the union that represents the province’s fishermen and plantworkers. Read more here Listen to the interview on the Fisheries Broadcast here cbcnews 13:43
Meager aid for N.J. marine industry stirs anger
Despite a pool of more than $75 million in federal appropriations for fisheries disaster relief from Hurricane Sandy and other storm damage, at only $1.5 million, New Jersey has received a pittance compared with other regions, according to state legislators and anglers associations. Read more here philly.com 09:49
GDT Editorial: Harbor report shows need for new fishery life line
Amid all the talk of promised federal fishing aid, and Saltonstall-Kennedy Act tariff money — still tied up in NOAA’s grant evaluation process (see news story, Page 1) — let’s not forget that the same commercial fishing limits that have sent Gloucester’s fleet into a downward spiral are due to remain in place for the 2015 fishing year as well. Read more here 09:17
Canadian offshore shrimp sector braces for cuts – “We’re all shocked by the conclusions of the science.,,
Canada’s inshore coldwater shrimp fishery is not the only one fearing large reductions in quotas for 2014. The offshore sector is also bracing itself after scientific surveys returned a surprisingly poor picture of the biomass in some of the key fishing areas, said some industry players. While they might not end up as big in terms of absolute volume, the cuts for the offshore sector could be much steeper proportionally. Read more here Undercurrent News 09:00
Farmed fish can only spare the ocean if we can swap out the fish oil that feeds it
Fish farming gets a lot of flack, and salmon often bears the brunt of it. Much of this has to do with the fish food — namely, the old saw that it takes an average of three pounds of wild fish to make one pound of domesticated salmon. Read more here 08:51
In severe drought plan, California salmon may be moved by truck
Starting next month, millions of young California salmon could be migrating to the ocean in tanker trucks instead of swimming downstream in the Sacramento River. Read more here sacbee 08:31
and in Fisherynation Sports, A finish for the ages, Dallas Seavey claims glory in Iditarod 2014
Just when everyone thought the strange Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race of 2014 couldn’t get it any stranger, it turned really bizarre. (kinda like this place!) Dallas Seavey ended up the winner at 4:05 a.m Tuesday morning, but it was a very twisted trail he followed to get there. Read more here alaskadispatch 08:21
Wait goes on for NOAA S-K grants
In the interim, February has come and gone, one-third of March is in the books and NOAA appears no closer to announcing the successful recipients than it was in late January. “The overwhelming number of applicants and the volume of reviews needed for a robust review process takes time, Read more here 04:13
