Daily Archives: June 5, 2014
Experienced Dragger Captain Needed for F/V Merit
Fishing vessel Merit is seeking a experience captain for a 65 ft 525hp dragger, all federal permits, sector fish, corporation new york Licensed, Preference will be a previous boat owner, job will be running vessel on trips and maintaining the vessel must be able to do all trip reports and pre-trip notices send resume to [email protected] 21:16
Navigating the WPFMC process – 6th Edition
What to learn more about ecosystem-based management of fisheries in the US Pacific Islands? Check out the 6th Edition Read more here 20:23
Lender seeks foreclosure on whale rescue group’s land
Palm Beach County lender Robert Denenberg sued the Marine Mammal Conservancy on May 20 in Monroe County Circuit Court arguing he is owed $300,000 in overdue mortgage payments, plus $5,250 in unpaid interest. Read more here 20:15
Mother Nature to blame for higher shrimp, crab prices – video
Louisiana hasn’t seen the last of those cold winter temperatures. Mother Nature is having an effect on seafood in the state, Crawfish season was delayed by two months and now shrimp and crab season is also behind. Prices for both are some of the highest they’ve been since the 1970’s. Read more here 19:52
Judge strikes down 2013 Cook Inlet salmon lawsuit
A state judge ruled in favor of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game in the lawsuit regarding the 2013 Cook Inlet salmon fisheries. Read more here 16:00
1 dead, 1 hospitalized after chemical leak on Kodiak F/V Alpine Cove
One person died and another was hospitalized after a chemical leak on a fishing boat at a Kodiak harbor Wednesday. The Kodiak Police Department responded on Wednesday to a report of a refrigeration leak aboard the fishing vessel Alpine Cove, which was at the St. Herman Harbor on Near Island. Emergency responders treated crew members on the scene, Kodiak police said in a news release. Read more here 10:08
North Pacific Fishery Management Council Meeting continues in Nome, Listen Live!
AGENDA, and SCHEDULE OF EVENTS; The agenda will be continually updated with the associated documents. For information on how to access these documents through an app on an ipad called iLegislate, please call the office (907-271-2809). The meeting will be broadcast at https://npfmc.adobeconnect.com/june2014/. 09:28
Fishing for an Answer: State Waits to Hear Outcome of Net Ban Case
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A spokesperson for the Florida Wildlife Commission says the state is waiting for an appeals court decision on whether it should continue to enforce the state’s landmark net ban, and what type of nets can be used. Commercial fishermen say that limit forces them to only catch juvenile fish, which aren’t marketable. Read more here 09:22
Commercial fishing operator fined after pleading guilty to four charges
Leon Morin was convicted for the unlawful marketing of fish caught by both commercial fishing and subsistence fishing. In addition to the fines, he received a two-year commercial fishing licence prohibition and a two-year probation during which time he cannot aid or assist anyone who is commercial fishing. Read more here 09:14
Minister MacKinley in ‘hiding’ while lobster fishery flounders, says PC Opposition
Fisheries Minister Ron MacKinley is a “failure” for his complete absence on the rapidly expanding crisis in the lobster fishery, which saw boat quotas established and some fishermen unable to sell their catch at all this week, says PC Fisheries Critic Colin LaVie. Read more here 08:00
Lobstermen claim research vessel is cutting trap lines, government fails to pay for damage
What is upsetting lobstermen the most is NOAA has never notified them beforehand that a ship would be in their fishing waters, despite assurances given in March by the commanding officer of the present ship, the Ferdinand R. Hassler, according to Sinclair. Read more here 07:48
Georgia: Shrimpers caught fishing illegally
Six Georgia fishermen are in hot water for allegedly catching hundreds of pounds of shrimp in state waters before legally allowed to do so. Rangers caught two boats and crews jumping the gun – the first on May 29 and the second on Saturday. Read more here 07:30
QUOC Viet, a Vietnamese company, bidding to become world’s first Aquaculture Stewardship Council approved shrimp producer,
Quoc Viet supplies customers from a number of countries – including the US, Japan, EU, Australia, Canada and Korea. In 2013 the company supplied 15,000mt of shrimp and it aims to increase that to 20,000t in 2014. Read more here 07:24
Worker shortage leaves lobster at the wharves
A lobster buyer in Georgetown told CBC News Tuesday there’s just too much lobster being caught right now all through the region. David Conrad said his fishermen were on quota Tuesday and would be again Wednesday, but said the situation is worse for others. Read more here 07:09
Editorial: Rhetoric behind fishing aid delay doesn’t hold water
The idea of targeting Oct. 1 as a release date for the $11 million pegged for direct disaster aid to New England’s and New York’s commercial fishermen may work for the state and federal bureaucracies. But making fishing permit holders already fightin,,,Read more here, maybe 06:27
GARFO: Experimental Fishing Permits to Gather Data on Groundfish Closed Areas on Georges Bank
NOAA Fisheries National Marine Fisheries Service has approved two experimental fishing permits that will enable controlled and monitored access by a small number of fishing vessels to portions of two existing closed areas on Georges Bank. All fishing vessels will be required to carry an at-sea monitor when fishing in these areas and follow specific management and scientific protocols to obtain scientific information. Read more here 06:18
North Pacific Fishery Management Council takes up 2014-2015 crab catches
NOME — The North Pacific Fishery Management Council set lower catches for the Norton Sound red king crab and Aleutian Islands golden king crab fisheries today. For Norton Sound red king crab, the council set an overfishing limit, or OFL, of 460,000 pounds and an acceptable biological catch, or ABC, of 420,000 pounds. Read more here 00:22
