Daily Archives: June 14, 2014
Teens charged with stealing 400 pounds of yellowtail snapper from a commercial fishing boat
Police say their investigation led to a 14-year-old and a 15-year-old who live at the Stock Island Apartments. The younger teen told police “he and his friend used five-gallon buckets to steal the fish.” They reportedly made seven separate trips on their bicycles and sold the fish at a trailer park for $20 per bucket. Read more here 17:54
Tweeting for fresh salmon in Sausalito
If you want fresh local salmon, check out Sausalito’s same day, sea-to-table social media fishing enterprise. Gary Root’s latest business venture involves a commercial salmon boat that tweets news about fish as they are caught — and offers them for sale to the first customer who tweets, texts, emails or calls back. Read more here 17:19
BC: Fishing-boat captain from Courtenay presumed drowned near Kelsey Bay
RCMP and a coast guard crew are looking for the body of a 48-year-old Courtenay man believed to have drowned after his commercial fishing vessel overturned Thursday night near Sayward.The 28-foot aluminum crabbing vessel overturned around 9 p.m. near Kelsey Bay, dumping two crew members overboard, according to Sayward RCMP. The deck hand, a 32-year-old Comox Valley man, was wearing a personal flotation device that allowed him to swim to safety. Read more here 16:55
Bristol Bay Fisheries Report for June 13, 2014
Friday’s Bristol Bay Fisheries Report includes reports about the ongoing Port Moller Test Fishery, the recent BB-RSDA Annual Meeting, and a new film about Bristol Bay’s commercial salmon fishery. The report also includes an update on how things look in the eastside districts. Listen to the report by Mike Mason 11:59
Thai shrimp supplier dismisses alleged links to slave labour
Thai food giant Charoen Pokphand (CP) Foods fended off allegations it was complicit in forced labour (slavery) in its supply chain, levelled by a British newspaper, a report said Saturday. Read more here 11:50
B.C. farmed salmon operation ecologically sound
And now for a completely different take on farmed salmon which has its share of critics: Go for it! Kuterra, the first large-scale, ecologically sound, cutting edge salmon farm in North America, opened last month on Vancouver Island, a kilometre away from the ocean, near the little town of Port McNeill. An enclosed, on land operation. Read more here 09:46
Washington State Fisherman indicted for manslaughter following a conflict that left one man dead in Unalaska
The grand jury on June 1 indicted Anthony F. Pouesi, 28, of Shelton, Wash. According to the indictment, he “recklessly caused the death of another person, Marlo Adams.” Pouesi was located by police at the Bering Fisheries dock, on the fishing vessel Norcoaster. Read more here 09:05
Our View: Fix the big problem with fisheries
The reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act under consideration by Congress now needs to require better science, more contribution from the industry in gathering data for the science (Alaska fisheries rely on industry vessels for 80 percent of data, 20 percent from government,,,Read more here 08:17
