Daily Archives: April 6, 2014
Someone is confused! (hope it ain’t me) Puget Sound Jellyfish show up in areas of poor water quality – Foragefishapalooza!
Is it water quality? or is it not? Did forage fish leave because the water sucks, or is it overfishing? “The important thing,” said Rice, “is that people are trying to understand this stuff. It is exciting to compare notes and talk about how things are being pushed around at the bottom of the food chain. Our observations so far are consistent with going down the jelly road.” Read more here oregonelive 16:38
Project to forecast Maine lobster season seeking NASA funding
A research proposal from the Gulf of Maine Research Institute and the Bigelow Laboratory for Ocean Sciences aims to use Earth-system data to predict the movements of species along the Maine coast. Read more here kennebecjournal 16:16
PHOTOS: Nurturing a life connected to Southeast Alaska fishing
Karen Johnson of the fishing vessel F/V Cloud Nine – “I started fishing when I was 6. There are different kinds of fishermen, as there are with any type of job I suppose. My perception of fishing is I love it. I love the life, I love the ocean, I love the excitement, I love the peacefulness, I love the hard work. I can be sea sick, look up, and still be amazed by my surroundings. Read more here, photos. alaskadispatch 11:43
No DNA database match for skull found in crab pot
WESTPORT — Authorities say a human skull found in a crab pot off the Washington coast belongs to a female, but it doesn’t match anyone in a national DNA database. Read more here, PDN 10:44
Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, April 6, 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 upate
Baker: The changing tone of the seal harvest – A Sustainable Natural Resource
Having any kind of logical, fully-informed debate about seals is never an easy thing to do because it’s laced with so much emotion. From my perspective I always try to approach it rationally, and sensibly. So, forgetting all the emotionally-driven arguments, let’s examine the basic elements. Read more here cbc 09:20
Maine elver eeling begins Sunday under strict quotas, monitoring
For the first time, fishermen eelers will be required to stay within individual catch quotas in response to rising concerns about the sustainability of one of only two elver fisheries in the U.S. Maine also is implementing an electronic swipe card system that will allow regulators to monitor how many eels are being caught daily and shut down individual fishermen – or the entire season – if limits are exceeded. Read more here kennebecjournal 08:39
We saved the Cape and Islands’ seals from extinction. Now what?
They’re cute. They’re cuddly (or at least they look it). And they were here long before us. But in recent years calls for culling the growing population of seals on the Cape and Islands have become harder to ignore. Read more here bostonglobe 08:01