Daily Archives: July 6, 2014
Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association questions LFA23 lobster extension
CHARLOTTETOWN — Although the Prince Edward Island Fishermen’s Association has condemned a Department of Fisheries and Oceans’ decision to add five days to the end of the spring lobster fishery in New Brunswick’s Lobster Fishing Area 23, a co-chair of the Area 24 Lobster Advisory Committee on Prince Edward Island’s north shore views the DFO move as precedent-setting. Read more here 19:51
Chiefs welcome delay in WPRFMC vote
Traditional leaders who petitioned against changing the rules to allow longliners to fish in near shore waters now relegated for small alia vessels, have welcomed the decision by the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council to delay a vote until more discussions in the territory. Read more here 19:34
Scheduled Public Meetings for the groundfish disaster spending plan in Massachusetts
4 public hearings are scheduled . July 14 Gloucester, July 15 Plymouth, July 16 New Bedford, July 17 Chatham. Read more here 19:08
Seismic testing approved — over Inuit opposition — for Canada’s eastern Arctic
The project is planned by an international consortium of three mining companies under the umbrella name Multi-Klient Invest, or MKI. The seismic tests involve towing an air gun behind a ship up and down the waters of Baffin Bay and Davis Strait, off Baffin Island’s east coast. Read more here 18:22
Drakes Bay Oyster Company weighing next steps in legal fight
Attorneys for Drakes Bay Oyster Company and the Interior Department are set to meet with a federal district judge Monday in Oakland to discuss the next steps in the case following the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision not to consider the Marin County oyster farm’s appeal. Read more here 13:22
UPDATED: Maine’s shrimp fishery may face new restrictions
Federal regulators, Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, may limit the number of fishermen allowed to catch northern shrimp in the Gulf of Maine once the depleted fishery reopens. Read more here (Reading between the lines, here comes Catch Shares for this fishery!) 12:51
Sealing the meal
Blend skill with imagination, however, and you can do practically anything with seal meat; as chef Chris Sheppard proved at the grand opening of the Sealers Interpretation Centre in Elliston last Thursday. Read more here 10:04
Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update July 6, 2014
“The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the update here 09:27
Low lakes equal high costs; $19B by 2050 says Great Lakes study
Wheatley Harbour manager Al Matthews knows all about the problems low water levels can cause for the that last year brought in more than $8 million of fish. Read more here 08:57
FISHY BUSINESS: Chartering old waters a new way
There is an old joke with the premise that the best kind of boat belongs to someone else. As is the case with the best humor, there is a lot of truth to the joke. Boats are expensive and given our relatively short season in New England, the return on investment can be diminished by a few rainy weekends. One solution to this challenge is a part of the commercial fishing industry that does not immediately come to mind — charter boats. Read more here 07:47 Go with a Winner! http://fvhardmerchandise.com/charters.html
Poor Joe. Bought Poached Oyster from a thief, now the fallen fishmonger fights to keep license
Joseph Murray says his friend made a terrible mistake,,,Joseph Vaudo, owner of Joe’s Lobster Mart in Sandwich. Vaudo, 63, pleaded guilty in March to receiving stolen oysters in the market located next to the Cape Cod Canal, willfully misleading police during an investigation and failure or refusal to file required statistical reports of wholesale and retail dealers. jeeez. Poor Joe. Read more here Two from The Real Cape. One headline says it all! Oyster Thief Indicted – Still Not The Biggest Douche In This Story The natives have spoken. 07:00
