Monthly Archives: April 2014
Eastern Caribbean whalers follow a 139-year-old tradition, now under siege – Why? Because the Eco Evangelicals need to feel good.
Gaston Bess, “Whaling is a tradition around Bequia,” he says. “We will continue to whale, and we’ll continue the tradition.” Sue Fisher, an animal advocate with the Washington-based Animal Welfare Institute, hopes St. Vincent’s license won’t be renewed again. “They are not able to demonstrate a long-standing need for whale meat. They like it, they eat it, but it’s not meeting any nutritional subsistence needs. They are not struggling for protein.” Read more here 07:40
The Canadian government recently approved, without fanfare, the world’s first genetically modified fish to be produced in PEI.
Canada quietly made history last November when officials at Environment Canada gave the go-ahead on production of the world’s first genetically modified food fish: the AquAdvantage® salmon. Read more here 06:56
Acadia Parish man face theft of crawfish charge
CROWLEY, La. (AP) — State wildlife and fisheries agents have arrested a 39-year-old man accused of stealing crawfish. Read more here 06:36
Rodney Mercer’s “sealfie” of Ellen DeGeneres has found a home at Gitanos’ Supper Club and Tapas Bar
The seal fur creation can now be seen at Gitanos’ Supper Club and Tapas Bar in the Millbrook Mall, hanging near the entrance of the Donna Thistle-owned establishment. Mercer envisioned the work as a response to the daytime talk show host’s selfie she tweeted during this year’s Academy Awards broadcast, which became the most retweeted photo in the history of Twitter. Read more here 21:07
There’s No Crying on a Fishing Boat by Stephanie Boudreau.
My father likes to joke that he comes from a place where “the men are men, and the women are men too”. While my folks moved away from a life on the water, at least during their time with the Armed Forces, I moved towards one. As I was completing my MSc and looking for work, I applied to be a fisheries observer in the North Pacific. Read more here 17:08
Convictions under the Fisheries Act – April 16, 2014
Free Beer! ComFish Alaska 2014 Opens Tomorrow In Kodiak.
Booths from a wide-range of fisheries related businesses and groups are located at the Kodiak Convention Center. Forums will be held at the Harbor Room in the Kodiak Best Western Inn. Read more here 15:49
President Barack Obama targets Iceland’s sustainable commercial whaling and trade in fin whale meat
THE United States and Iceland are heading for serious dispute after President Barack Obama announced a series of measures against Iceland over its policy to continue hunting whales. But the measures appear to stop of short of banning Icelandic fish or seafood products which a number of environmental groups have been demanding. Read more here 12:21
Japan’s Diet committee urges gov’t to keep whaling
A fishery committee of the Japanese Lower House on Wednesday adopted a resolution, urging the government to continue whaling in the Antarctic and consider”every possibly option”to preserve the tradition of whaling, local media reported. Read more here 12:06
The Great Sea Urchin Crisis – “They’re completely dying off,”
Tye Zinck chips the ice off his scuba mask, yells a warrior cry and lunges off the boat. Until he can slow his gasping, he floats atop the 40 degree water, the wind of Sambro Cove, Nove Scotia, biting at his ears. The seams of his dry suit are so thick that it looks inside out. Read more here 11:56
John Furlong, CBC host and producer, dead at 63
John Furlong, a CBC journalist who covered every facet of Newfoundland and Labrador, has died just weeks after being diagnosed with cancer. He was 63. Having worked behind the scenes for most of his career, he went on air in 2005 as the host of the Fisheries Broadcast, which he helmed until last year before switching to Radio Noon. Read more here 10:04
Seals and Sealing Network on location to document the start of the sealing season
Members of the Seals and Sealing Network (SSN) will be on location to document the start of the North Atlantic sealing season, speaking with sealers, processors and members of the coastal communities whose livelihoods depend on the sustainable and responsibly managed industry. Read more here 09:54
Boat of the Week from the Athearn Marine Agency: 90′ Raised Foc’sle Trawler, 720HP, CAT D-348 Diesel
Researchers explore fishing-related injuries and prevention strategies
Handling frozen fish caused nearly half of all injuries aboard commercial freezer-trawlers and about a quarter of the injuries on freezer-longliner vessels operating off the coast of Alaska, new research from Oregon State University shows. However, an analysis of 12 years of injury data showed that fishing on the freezer vessels was less risky than many other types of commercial fishing,,, Read more here 09:06
Two Suspected Fish Thieves Caught in Santa Barbara – Video
Two Santa Ynez Valley men have been arrested for allegedly stealing fish from the Santa Barbara Harbor area as part of a reselling scheme in Hollywood. The Department of Fish and Wildlife said the arrests came after an extensive investigation. Read more here keyt.com 01:13
Gloucester’s oldest fishing vessel is entering its next stage of restoration, and we need your help to see it through.
We are the Phyllis A. Marine Association (PAMA), Inc., a non-profit corporation established in 2006, to promote the history of gillnetting in Gloucester, Massachusetts through the display and preservation of the fishing vessel Phyllis A. PAMA is setting out to raise $20,000 via Indiegogo and direct, tax-deductible donations to our 501(c)3. Read more here 21:04
Angry Newfoundland fishery workers in formed picket line Tuesday to protest the latest cuts to inshore shrimp quotas.
Earlier this month, the Department of Fisheries and Oceans announced a 9,000-tonne cut from the inshore fishery for northern shrimp quotas, while only 1,000 was cut from the offshore trawler fleet. Read move here 19:53
Challenge to marine observer program to be heard April 16
Oral argument in the lawsuit over the revised federal marine observer program will be heard April 16 in Alaska U.S. District Court. Judge H. Russel Holland will hear from The Boat Company, Fixed Gear Alliance and the National Marine Fisheries Service regarding the program at the hearing in Anchorage. Read more here 17:54
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This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Values of fishing permits and IFQs are on the rise.
Alaska salmon permit values are increasing in many regions; likewise quota shares of halibut Listings by four brokers show that Bristol Bay drift permits are valued at about $134,000 by the state and listed for sale at 150,000 to $170,000. That compares to $90,000 this past January. Read more here 17:26
ADFG releases 2014 Cook Inlet commercial fishing outlook
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released the fishing outlook for Upper Cook Inlet commercial salmon fisheries today. The full report, which includes a summary of regulatory changes, can be read here. alaskajournal 14:22
How Does a Four-Inch Eel Hurdle a 40-Foot Greenwich Dam?
Baby eels are making their annual migration from Long Island Sound to rivers across Connecticut, but along the way, they’re encountering one persistent obstacle: river dams. Now, one man in Greenwich is working to make the eels’ journey a little easier. Read more here wnpr.org 12:27
Potty politics: Toilet rules for boats to be enforced
All vessels equipped with an on-board toilet will soon be forced to install sewage tanks or marine sanitation devices, according to Transport Canada. The requirement has been law for seven years, but Ottawa granted a reprieve for fishing and pleasure boat owners because of the cost of installation. Read more here 11:25
VIDEO – Bureau of Land Management, NOAA, NMFS, US Interior, BOEM, National Ocean Policy Same Same Same
Support Nevada Cattle Rancher Cliven Bundy – You will be supporting your industry too. This is all too familiar. It must stop. Watch this video. 10:22
How a whitefish shortage is causing Passover meal problems
A shortage of whitefish in the Great Lakes region resulting partly from the winter deep freeze is coming at an inconvenient time for Jewish families: the Passover holiday, when demand is high because it’s a key ingredient in a traditional recipe. Read more here 07:40
The latest installment of The Adventures of $uper Eco-man
150 years ago a young $uper Eco-man at the request of the donors of the time helped save the environment from the unrestrained hunting practices of the American Indian. Unfortunately the men of great wealth who required all of the land and resources the Native Americans had access to,,, See it here! 14:57
Coakley lawsuit vs. NOAA thrown out – Judge recounted NOAA’s slick Bigelow/ Albatross transition!
Coakley took aim at the scientific data used by NOAA fisheries to set the allocations, charging that NOAA rejected an industry offer to conduct surveys that might have been at odds with NOAA’s official findings. But the court held that NOAA is under no obligation to go beyond the best available evidence to the best possible evidence. Read more here 14:36
The Coast Guard medevaced a 49-year-old Fisherman approximately 50 miles off Delaware coast Monday From F/V Mary Elizabeth
“The crew of the fishing vessel Mary Elizabeth did a great job clearing the deck of the vessel, which aided in the quick deployment of the rescue swimmer onto the vessel to assess the medical condition of the crewmember,” said Lt. Cmdr. Ian Stal, a helicopter pilot who flew on the case. “Good communications between the crew of the vessel and the Coast Guard helicopter crew made for a safe hoist and transport of the fisherman.” Read more here 13:52
Two environmental groups to create political alliance for political influence
Two major environmental groups will announce Monday that they are creating an alliance between their two political action arms, in an effort to expand their influence on national policymakers. The League of Conservation Voters and the Natural Resources Defense Council Action Fund are starting LeadingGreen, a collaboration that will steer donations to federal candidates and enlist the help of major donors in lobbying elected officials. Read more here 12:09
Unprecedented experiment to revive chinook salmon
Three hundred thousand juvenile chinook with tiny coded chips lodged in their heads were released in Rio Vista and under the Golden Gate Bridge over the past two days in an experiment to determine optimal conditions for hatchery-raised salmon to survive and imprint on their native rivers. Read more here 09:47
