Daily Archives: April 30, 2014
Canada’s lobsters fly flag worldwide
Canadian lobster will now travel from boat to table, all around the world, bearing its own brand. The Lobster Council of Canada unveiled a marketing campaign on Wednesday, including a new logo designed to help Canuck crustaceans stand out from the competition. Council executive director Geoff Irvine said the brand has been in the works for 11/2 years and is an industry first. Read more here 22:50
Resources for All Alaskans – New fisheries group plots strategy
Resources for All Alaskans was formed by several local and statewide commercial fishing representatives including Jim Butler, a longtime Cook Inlet setnetter and lawyer, Jim Garner, executive vice president of Trident Seafood, and Jerry McCune, president of United Fishermen of Alaska and Cordova District Fishermen United. homernews.com Read more here 22:28
Togiak Herring Update: Herring Harvested Tuesday and Wednesday
Fishermen participating in the ongoing Togiak sac-roe herring fishery have finally started harvesting herring. KDLG’s Mike Mason has this update. here 21:40
As the world waits for the Trout River whale to explode, the town grapples with the attention
Doris Sheppard runs Sheppard’s B and B in Trout River, Nfld., with her husband, Tom. Their dream home, with the wraparound white porch, sits on a hill overlooking the picturesque town which, in recent days, has been the focus of international media attention because of the very large, very dead and potentially very explosive blue whale that has washed ashore on Trout River’s beach. nationalpost Read more here 20:57
Stonington woman wants to help ‘Chix Who Fish’
STONINGTON — It was one of those cold, miserable days out on the water shortly before Christmas, and Genevieve Kurilec McDonald was fed up with her fishing rain gear. “I was wet and cold,” she remembers, “and I was tired of being wet and cold.” workingwaterfront.com Read more here 20:29
This year’s California salmon catch could be the last good one for a while
The 2014 California king salmon season that begins May 1 is predicted to be one of the better years recently, despite this winter’s drought. But we’d better enjoy it while we can. latimes Read more here 20:14
Take part in annual Blaine Washington Blessing of the Fleet
The Blaine seafarers memorial committee and Blaine commercial fishing members will host the annual Blessing of the Fleet on Sunday, May 4, at 1:30 p.m. in the Blaine Harbor meeting room. Blaine’s fishing fleet travels sometimes thousands of miles during their yearly harvest of the sea. The commercial catch areas may include Washington state inland and Pacific coastal waters, as well as the Gulf of Alaska, Bristol Bay, Bering Sea, southeast Alaska, and the Oregon and California coastlines. Read more here 19:20
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch — Big price increases for halibut and black cod –
Halibut prices are up by more than a dollar a pound compared to the same time last year. Fresh fish have been moving smoothly and demand is steady, said one major buyer at Kodiak. Dock prices at Kodiak were reported,,Listen and Read more here 19:11
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 55′ RI Marine Longliner/Lobster,1983, Lobster,Longliner Steel, Detroit
Specifications, and information Click here 14:23
Liberal backbencher Charlie McGeoghegan calls for lobster holding facility
McGeoghegan is suggesting government take a lead role in developing a live lobster holding facility. The idea has been tossed around for years. McGeoghegan said holding onto premium, hard-shell live lobster until the season is over would fetch better prices than sending everything to be processed. Read more here 13:59
Lobster only major seafood to lose value over 10-year period, report says
It’s a tale well known in Maine: Lobster prices have tanked over the past decade as the harvest has surged. Among 10 key species that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration examined, only American lobster dropped in price from 2003 through 2012, according to a report released Tuesday. Read more here 10:18
Atlantic salmon can be farmed on land, B.C. project shows
A British Columbia First Nation is using a workshop this week in St. Andrews to explain how it is growing Atlantic salmon without the fish ever seeing the ocean. The Namgis closed-containment facility on Vancouver Island is the first salmon farm in North America to grow Atlantic salmon on a commercial scale in a completely land-based aquaculture system. Read more here 09:53
NOAA Reports: New England groundfisheries still struggling
“The report puts every region together with the whole country and calls it a big success, but in New England the groundfishery really isn’t doing well,” said Brian Rothschild, former dean of the School of Marine Science and Technology at UMass Dartmouth. “We still have some real problems in New England straightening out our management picture.” Read more here 08:49
New England: Federal fish reports show grim picture – Gulf of Maine thorny skate???
If you’re looking for an accurate barometer of the dire state of the Northeast groundfish fishery, you need look no further than the two reports NOAA released Tuesday afternoon — one on the overall state of U.S. fish stocks and another on national fisheries economics. Read more here 07:59
