Daily Archives: April 2, 2014

The Alaska Board of Fisheries to take up Inlet setnetter petition – Molly Dischner

23523_354387901211_7651997_aThe Alaska Board of Fisheries will consider one of three emergency petitions regarding Upper Cook Inlet salmon management in an emergency teleconference tomorrow at 10 a.m. Read more here 20:29

Draft Southeast Sea Otter Population Assessment Out

The draft estimates a total of 25, 712 otters in the region. The number is based on aerial surveys done by researchers in 2010 and 2011. That compares with 10,563 otters in 2003. The otter’s rapid population growth and voracious appetite for shellfish has been a major concern for commercial crabbers, dive fishermen and subsistence harvesters. Listen, and Read more here alaskapublic.org 20:17

Southeast Alaska King Salmon All Gear Harvest Quota Jumps to 439,400 fish

The allowable harvest of Chinook salmon covered under provisions of the Pacific Salmon Treaty will be 439,400 fish this year, up from 176,000 fish in 2013 and 266,800 fish in 2012. The quota was announced April 1 by state of Alaska fisheries biologists at Sitka. Read more here  18:25  Also, NIOSH Video Highlights the Use of Personal Flotation Devices in Cold Water Survival in Alaska,  Today’s Catch – Wild on the Columbia, and more.

Should We Close Part Of The Ocean To Keep Fish On The Plate?

The novel conservation plan, introduced recently in a paper in the journal PLoS Biology,  would close international waters– where there’s currently pretty much a fishing free-for-all — to all fishing and restrict commercial fishermen to coastal areas managed by individual nations. The authors, Crow White and Christopher Costello, suggest turning the open ocean into a worldwide reserve for the migratory species that travel huge distances. Read more here  16:09

Fishing does not threaten sea lions in Aleutians, says new NOAA Bi-Op

FISH-With-Mic-Logo-GRAPHIC-303-x-400-e1360148757522Proposed changes to fishing restrictions in the Aleutian Islands are not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the endangered western population of Steller sea lions or adversely modify Steller sea lion critical habitat, according to a biological opinion issued today by NOAA Fisheries under the Endangered Species Act. Read more here Laine Welch  15:50

Why this Newfoundland chef is hungry for controversy with ‘delicious’ seal meat

sealdinner01lf2Chef Todd Perrin’s got a challenge on his hands. Convincing people to eat seal, one of the world’s most controversial ingredients, is not a simple task. Read more here  globeandmail 13:49

Boat of the Week from the Athearn Marine Agency: 1979, 72′ Steel Longliner, (2) John Deere, 680HP

ll3598_02 Specifications and Information here 12:29

Big Green’s ‘sue-and-settle’ strategy draws pushback from states, Congress

Scott Pruitt is Oklahoma’s attorney general and he’s fed up with Big Green’s outrageously destructive sue-and-settle attacks using endangered species as a weapon to obliterate America’s burgeoning oil and gas production. (OUR INDUSTRY?) Read more here washingtonexaminer 11:25

Listen to the Bridge Audio Recording that Reveals Mistakes in Houston Ship Channel Collision

In the audio recording, you can hear a Houston pilot onboard the inbound MV Summer Wind bulk carrier warn the captain of the Kirby Inland towboat, MV Miss Susan, which was pushing barges carrying nearly 1 million gallons of oil, as it tried to cross the busy Texas Y intersection ahead of the bulk carrier. Listen to the Audio here  08:37

Baker: Seal processor Carino won’t need government loans in 2014

CBC_News_logoCarino Processing Ltd., based in South Dildo, received loans from the government of Newfoundland and Labrador in 2012 and 2013 to help the company purchase seals from harvesters. Dion Dakins, CEO of Carino, told CBC Radio’s Fisheries Broadcast that the loans have been repaid in full, and this year the company can carry on as per usual. Read more here  08:22

Maine lobster industry encouraged to plan ahead for likely fishery decline

BDNPatrick Keliher, commissioner of the Maine Department of Marine Resources, stressed that message Tuesday to a few dozen lobstermen and other people who attended an industry meeting at the local Neighborhood House.  Read more here  07:29

Ghost traps major problem in the Keys – Bill Kelly says there would be a lot of fishermen out of business

Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) fisheries biologist Tom Matthews and other scientists found that 85,000 spiny lobster ghost traps which have lost their buoys, and more than 1 million pieces of traps and fishing gear junk,, Bill Kelly, executive director of the Florida Keys Commercial Fishermen’s Association, contends the trap loss estimates are too high.  Read more here keysnews.com 06:58