Daily Archives: June 11, 2014
Helicopter crew medevacs an injured fisherman from a vessel in the Gulf of Alaska – video
JUNEAU, Alaska – Coast Guard medevaced an injured mariner from a vessel in the Gulf of Alaska, 90 miles south of Seward, Tuesday. The aircrew safely hoisted the man from the 58-foot fishing vessel Optimus and transported him to emergency medical personnel in Anchorage. Read more here 21:47 video here
Alexandra Morton Challenges Federal Fish Farm Licences in Court
Biologist and wild salmon advocate Alexandra Morton headed back to court yesterday to push for stronger government oversight of the transfer of farmed fish into the Pacific Ocean to prevent the spread of a potentially harmful virus. Morton alleges that Marine Harvest transferred farmed salmon infected with piscine reovirus (PRV) to a net pen on the Fraser River sockeye migration route. Read more here 20:34
Push Back: Cook Inlet Fisherman’s Fund appeals decision on 2013 Cook Inlet management
The Cook Inlet Fisherman’s Fund is appealing the decision that upheld the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s 2013 management of Cook Inlet salmon fisheries. The fisherman’s fund, or CIFF, filed an appeal with the Alaska Supreme Court June 10, according to CIFF attorney Bruce Weyhrauch. Read more here 18:59
Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission to consider capping shrimp licenses
The Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission restricts the impact of fishing on northern shrimp in the Gulf of Maine by setting a cap on the total amount of shrimp that can be harvested by licensed fishermen from the three gulf states — Maine, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Read more here 16:38
Investing in Sustainable Fishing: Giving a New Lease on Life for New England Fishing Communities
When Americans today think of the first Thanksgiving feast, we often lean on our childhood history lesson version of events; the brave settlers celebrating with their new neighbors the survival of those first harsh months in a new world. (I don’t see things the same as the author, but hey, you be the judge.) Read more here 15:37
Walmart, Costco are scrambling to address the forced labor Shrimp slave investigation.
Retail giant Wal-Mart Stores and warehouse membership club leader Costco say they’re taking action in response to a news investigation that found evidence of forced labor in their Thailand-area seafood supply chains. Workers compelled to toil for years in Asia at no pay and under threat of violence are being used in the production of seafood sold by Wal-Mart, Costco and major British and European retailers, England-based The Guardian reported Tuesday. Read more here 14:31
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Low Value Placed on the Togiak Sac Roe Herring Fishery
Alaska’s largest herring fishery suffered a significant loss in value this year as the grounds price for herring was cut in half. suffered a significant loss in value took a look at the just released season summary for this report. Listen here 12:43
University of New Orleans gets grant to improve turtle excluder devices
UNO researchers will use the funds to enhance the design, test and implement the device which helps a captured sea turtle escape when caught in a fishing net. Read more here 12:35
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Gulf of Saint Lawrence drilling: flirting with disaster
In the wake of World Oceans Day, marked with actions and celebrations by the United Nations and community groups around the world, Atlantic Canadians should pause and consider how we are treating the ocean in our own backyard. Of special concern is the recent push to develop oil and gas deposits in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. Read more here 10:58
Coho salmon: Pinks’ and chums’ eating cousin
Juvenile coho salmon benefit from dining on the distant remains of their spawning pink and chum cousins. While juvenile coho salmon feed directly on spawning pink and chum salmon carcasses and eggs, even coho with no direct contact with spawning pink and chum benefit from their nutrient contributions to stream ecosystems. Read more here 09:41
OSHA cites seafood processing plant, temp agency in death
NEW BEDFORD – City based seafood processor Sea Watch and an affiliated temp agency were cited by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration, five months after a plant worker died in a shucking accident. Read more here 08:20
