Monthly Archives: March 2014
When it comes to the lobster market, supply is the limit
Lobster will never be as ubiquitous as bacon or burgers, which is why industry officials say the tasty crustacean is expected to retain its reputation as a specialty or luxury food, even if it is starting to turn up in places that don’t have ocean views or white linen tablecloths. Read more here BDN 08:30
Study: Leatherbacks stay near Cape
With a blunt nose and arched shell, up to 8 feet in length and weighing 2,000 pounds, a leatherback turtle is the marine equivalent of a Volkswagen Beetle. Propelled through the water by enormous front flippers, leatherbacks,, Read more here capecodonline 05:23
Aquabounty’s loss widened in 2013
Biotechnology company AquaBounty reported net losses amounting to USD 4.7 million for last year compared to USD 4.4 million in 2012. One of the reasons for this result is the increase in operating expenses, amounting to USD 4.9 million (2012: USD 4.4 million) due to the fact that the firm invested in new research projects, StockMarketWire.com reported. Read more here fis 02:12
We can’t win if we don’t fight! “Save the Oceans” – Not from “overfishing”, but from GREED!
This is a response (and hopefully an alternative) to the position of “Well, it’s coming anyway, it’s inevitable; so’s we might as well take whatever we can get out of it…go on home, and call it good” In fact, we probably won’t survive at all…if we don’t fight. Are we willing to give over our fisheries to the barnstorming energy industrialists looking for a new pair of financial roller skates? Are we willing to let them turn our fishing grounds into oilfields and windfarms, where for “security reasons” they’ll install multi-mile buffer zones preventing any and all craft from entering—except the “officially authorized” of course? Are we willing to let a bunch of Conservation Law Foundation lawyers take over our fisheries management and influence public opinion and cowed officials to regulate fishing into oblivion? . click here to read the story 15:49
Island silverside fishery sees strong prices
Fishermen catching Atlantic silverside on Prince Edward Island are seeing a rise in demand as the lobster industry increasingly uses the small fish as bait. Read more here 11:22
No rest for the weary on commercial fishing boat
The morning after on the Evening Star is marked with heaps of blood-tinged ice and buckets of bright dead fish. Crew members use plastic shovels and gloved hands to dig the fish out of the holds and scoop the ice into melting pink piles on the deck of the 50-foot commercial fishing boat. They’re in a good mood. Read more here nwfdailynews 10:20
Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update – March 23, 2014
“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the Update 10:04
Maine lobstermen seemed a likely group to sign up for health care coverage under President Obama’s landmark law.
They face such job hazards as getting tangled in traps and dragged into the ocean. Ever present is the possibility of injury from the physically demanding labor. And in a field made up of independent contractors, there are no companies providing insurance, so many are uninsured. So over the past several months, advocates set about educating lobstermen and their families about the law, listening to their concerns and signing up hundreds of the 5,000 or so lobstermen,,, Read more here portlandpress 08:03
Adak, Norton Sound net new crab fishery regulations and more – Molly Dischner
Alaska’s Board of Fisheries took steps toward creating more crab fishing opportunity in Norton Sound and near Adak this week. Read more here BOF approves Kuskokwim dipnets, shorter gillnets Read more here BOF addresses Cook Inlet, Prince William Sound crab Read more here Cook Inlet fishermen ask BOF to reconsider setnet changes Read more here BOF talks Yukon, Bristol Bay issues Read more here 22:58
VIMS scientists star in new children’s book
Taking head counts of fish isn’t glamorous work, but it’s made literary stars of sorts out of a team of researchers at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. A new non-fiction children’s book called “Counting the Fish in the Sea” depicts the ongoing efforts of Jim Gartland, multispecies survey leader at VIMS, and his colleagues to gather wide samples of fish species in order to gauge the overall health of the ocean. The book is written for children ages 8 to 12. Read more here dailypress.com 22:04
Passamaquoddy tribe working to lift individual elver quotas
BANGOR, Maine — Members of the Passamaquoddy tribe are submitting emergency legislation that seeks to lift individual fishing quotas for elvers. Read more here 16:30
Commercial Fishermen Battle for Their Right to Exist – Another Resource Grab
U.S. commercial fishermen say that for decades now, their industry has been on the brink of extinction due to excessive regulatory action often driven by environmentalist sport-fishing groups. Former fishermen from Texas, Louisiana, and Florida, states in which commercial net fishing has been eliminated following the adoption of environmentalist-driven regulations, have been vocal in warning other coastal states of an interest group called the Coastal Conservation Association (CCA). Read more here 11:45
Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd. ordered to pay $100,000 for academic research after illegal pesticide dump
Kelly Cove Salmon Ltd., a division of Cooke Aquaculture, was ordered to pay $500,000 in fines by a court last year after it pleaded guilty to dumping a pesticide not approved for marine use into the Bay of Fundy. The pesticide, Cypermethrin, killed hundreds of lobster about four years ago. Read more here 10:13
P.E.I. biologist says low temperatures help kill invasive tunicates
Cold winters tend to kill off tunicates, a pesky invasive species that attaches itself to mussels, draining them of nutrients and pulling them off their mesh sleeves. Read more here 10:07
Trucking of Sacramento River salmon starts Monday
More than 12 million juvenile hatchery salmon will get a truck trip downstream starting Monday to help them circumvent the harmful effects of drought on the Sacramento River. Read more here sacbee 09:37
Nor’easter may spawn 45-foot-plus waves
Ocean Models Showing Development of Large Atlantic Gale, NOAA weather models are beginning to resolve a storm system expected to develop off the coast of New England mid-next week. By March 27, 2014, the system may generate seas exceeding 45 feet in some areas of the North Atlantic east of Maine and Nova Scotia. This image shows the combined effect of swell and waves using NOAA’s Wave Watch III model (valid March 27, 2014 at 6 Z; run on March 21 at 0 Z). noaa.gov 06:34
A selfish call by Stripers Forever – John Rice
I find it interesting and somewhat disingenuous that letter writers keep choosing to hold up 2006 as the benchmark that striped bass populations should be. 2006 was the all-time highest biomass of stripers ever recorded, so it’s not really a good comparison to say that bass stocks have fallen from that mark. In fact, 2006 was such a phenomenon,,, Read more here mvtimes 19:17
Grachek: Connect The Dots – The question is why would anyone trust anything that comes from organizations such as Oceana?!!!
Now it’s no secret that there are vast reserves of oil and gas smack dab under our most prolific fishing grounds; and it’s no secret that the oil companies have plans to profit from those reserves (see API.com: OCS 5 Year Plan). So it should also be no secret that these (mega- industry money) “Foundations” do not invest all those millions (hundreds of millions) in environmental “non-profits” such as Oceana for nothing—they are looking for a “handsome return”. They are looking for the execution of their profit-securing agendas masquerading as environmentalism. Read more here 17:43
Read Wasted Catch: Unsolved Problems in U.S. Fisheries here. Click the links, Read the bio’s! This is telling – “While bycatch data is often outdated and inaccurate, researchers estimate”,,,
Sitka herring fishery opener turns into spectator sport! – 21/2 hour event yields just over 4,000 ton
If sold at last year’s price, today’s catch would be worth about $2.4-million to fishermen at the docks. This year’s price, however, remains unclear. The total harvest level for this year is over 16,000 tons. Speaking with KCAW earlier this week, Fish & Game biologist Dave Gordon estimated that it would take about four separate openings to reach the limit. Listen, and Read more here kcaw 16:09
South Pacific Tuna Corp. continues course for improved safety
South Pacific Tuna Corporation pointed to the tuna industry’s 2013 record of zero fatalities in response to a recent report, implication of safety concerns and 2012 violations from foreign officers license certification, as cited in a March 18th press release issued by Coast Guard Sector Guam. South Pacific Tuna Corporation is a United States-based tuna vessel management company headquartered in San Diego, California. Read more here 14:18
Rally for fair sharing of Northern Shrimp on Mar. 21
The rally will take place at Plum Point Motel in Plum Point, beginning at 1 pm this Friday, March 21, 2014. Read more here 09:15
Report cites threat from fish ‘bycatch’ to ecosystems, including waters off R.I.
Among what it (Oceana “Wasted Catch,”) calls the nation’s “nine dirty fisheries” are three off Rhode Island: Northeast bottom trawling (groundfish, whiting), mid-Atlantic bottom trawling (scup, flounder, sea bass), and New England/mid-Atlantic gillnetters (monkfish, groundfish, skates). In trawling, nets are towed through the water, while gillnets are set and anchored. Read more here 08:03
TRUTH: Fishing Crisis or Government Mismanagement – Watch here
BP Partner Anadarko E-Mails Seen Showing Role in Doomed Well
Anadarko Petroleum Corp. officials urged BP Plc to drill deeper into the Gulf of Mexico well that caused the worst offshore oil spill in U.S. history even after BP warned that doing so would be unsafe. Read more here 07:37
Fisheries and Oceans Canada wants to create a commercial green crab fishery on Prince Edward Island.
In order to get one of the 22 green crab licences, fishermen need to trade in an eel licence. Eels are a threatened species. “Real potential for a green crab fishery in the east end of the Island,” said Beach Point fisherman Wendell MacKenzie. Read more here 07:27
Gloucester City Council eyes stand on fed fishing aid
The City Council is expected to weigh in on the disbursement of the $75 million in federal disaster relief funds Tuesday when it takes up a resolution introduced by Councilor-at-Large Paul Lundberg. Read more here 04:38
Big changes, worry of lower prices in Maine Elver fishery
Nearly 22% of that quota is assigned to the state’s four Indian tribes, with the largest share going to the Passamaquoddies. The remainder of the quota will be harvested by the 436 licensed, non-tribal fishermen. To manage the fishery, the Maine Department of Marine Resources plans to assign each of the fisherman an individual quota of how many eels they can catch in the season. Read more here 21:29
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Crab updates and outlooks for seafood at supermarkets.
Lots of Tanner crab is coming out of Alaska this winter. Southeast Alaska wrapped up its best fishery in a decade with 80 crabbers hauling up one and a quarter million pounds in 11 days. At an average fishermen’s price to of $2.70/lb the Tanner fishery is worth more than $3 million to the region. Read more here 18:47
Ensuring We Continue to Preserve the Independence of the Inshore Fleet in Canada’s Atlantic Fisheries – The Honourable Gail Shea
The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today issued the following statement: As a proud Maritimer, I know full well the importance of the inshore fishery to our communities and the pride that it instills in Atlantic Canadians. The Atlantic fishery is steeped in our culture and our history. That is why it became so disheartening to see our inshore fishermen gradually losing control over their enterprises over the early part of the last decade. Controlling agreements emerged and in many cases, effectively took control of the fishing licence from the person who was actually doing the fishing. Read more here 16:23
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