Daily Archives: March 18, 2014
South Pacific Tuna Corporation fined for illegally manning U.S. flagged vessels with foreign officers
APRA HARBOR, Guam — Coast Guard Sector Guam has levied fines against the South Pacific Tuna Corporation for eight separate violations of Title 46 United States Code, Section 8304 for using unlicensed foreign personnel to illegally fill the roles of chief mate and chief engineer on U.S. flagged vessels. Read more here 21:04
Mercury contamination could permanently close lobster grounds at mouth of Penobscot River
“I commend the DMR for saying, ‘Look, we have an issue. We have to address it,’” Mike Dassett, a lobsterman from Belfast, said at the hearing. “It might be a bumpy road in the beginning, but it’ll be worth it in the end.” David Cousens, president of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association, was at the hearing but had little to say afterwards. “No one testified against it. No one testified for it,” Cousens said of the proposed permanent rule to close the upper bay fishing grounds. Read more here BDN 16:57
Maine’s new elver rules will delay season start until April
Jeff Nichols, spokesman for Maine Department of Marine Resources, said Tuesday that because of the time needed to work out the logistics of the new measures, the season is not expected to start until April 5. Read more here 16:36
This year’s halibut season is starting up just in time in British Columbia
“The freezers were all cleared out. The frozen market got really short, starting in November-December,” said Cody Smith, who works in import, export and wholesales sales at Albion Fisheries in Victoria. “The cupboards were bare going into the fresh season.” – Read more here timescolonist 14:46
Blue crab’s complex life cycle shaped by currents
This summer, watermen will haul thousands of bushels of blue crabs from the depths of local bays and oceans, carry them to shore and heap them onto plates from Baltimore to Dewey Beach. It’s hard to imagine, but the blue crab’s natural environment is not flanked by Old Bay seasoning. In the span of about three years,, Read more here 14:34
Lobster industry must reduce on its own, says Shea
Taxpayers should not have to fund another lobster licence buyout, says federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea. Shea said industry associations have their own fish quotas that were provided to help rationalize fleets. She noted that in Newfoundland the industry has had success in reducing its own capacity. Read more here 14:27
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch … Pet treats from pollock skins.
Getting value from every part of the fish is the focus of Alaska’s pollock industry. What used to be regarded as ‘byproducts’ of fish fillets or surimi are better called ‘co-products’, says food chemist Alex Oliveira – Hear the report 13:39
Federal ministers call for change in EU seal products ban
“The EU allows seal products from Greenland to be marketed in the European Union with(out) any regard in which they are hunted. So in other words, the European Union seal regime does nothing to actually keep seal products out of the EU market or away from the EU public,” she said in a telephone interview. Read more here 08:39
Fish traceability is seafood expo focus
BOSTON — Nestled in a booth among displays of high-tech conveyer belts and gleaming ice makers, Braddock Spears sat at a table in an exhibitor’s booth, looking much like one of the fishing industry power players that flocked to the Seafood Expo North America at the state convention center. Gib Brogan, Oceana fishery expert – “It’s tough to be a seafood consumer right now.” Read more here capecodonline 08:11
