Daily Archives: July 16, 2014
Prince Charles and his Privatization/Consolidation EDF Intoxication Situation.
The world’s oceans could be saved if they were turned into attractive investment opportunities, according to a new report by the Prince of Wales’ International Sustainability Unit (ISU) and the US Environmental Defense Fund (EDF). 19:20:56
This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch – Sockeye price posted at Bristol Bay; Lots of red salmon rivals
An advance sockeye price of $1.20 a pound has been posted at Bristol Bay by Alaska General Seafoods, with an extra 15 cents for chilled fish. Other processors are likely to match, according to reports from the Alaska Independent Fishermen’s Marketing Association. That compares to a base price of $1.50 a pound for Bristol Bay reds last year. The Bay catch yesterday was approaching 28 million sockeyes, 11 million more than forecasted and the fish are still coming. Read more here 18:29
Coast Guard medically evacuates injured fisherman from F/V Tara Dawn
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Coast Guard and local agency personnel medically evacuated an injured person from a fishing vessel approximately one mile west of Coast Guard Station Bodega Bay, Calif., Wednesday. At approximately 9:26 a.m., Station Bodega Bay watchstanders received a call from a person aboard the Tara Dawn, a 65-foot fishing vessel, requesting assistance for the captain who had sustained an injury to his arm. Read more here 17:48
Eastern Passage fish processor, H&H Fisheries Ltd. fined $400,000 for buying and possessing illegal halibut
The company has five years to pay the fine. 
Several area ground fishermen were also charged as a result of the probe. The fine for H&H Fisheries Ltd. was handed down Wednesday in Dartmouth provincial court. Read more here 15:30
New Bedford’s Eastern Fisheries sets sights on Japan scallop plant, US downstream deal
The US scallop giant, based in New Bedford, Massachusetts, announced the acquisition of a minority stake in Tokyo-based Global Marketing, one of Japan’s largest scallop exporters, on Wednesday. “We will continue to have an interest in buying additional shares, if and when they may become available,” said Joe Furtado, executive vice president of Eastern. Read more here 15:03
Huge 18-pound lobster being sent back to sea
After evading for at least 75 years the fate met by countless other crustaceans, he found himself in an offshore trawler, ultimately ending up in the tank at Mullaney’s Fish Market in Scituate, the Patriot Ledger reported. Luckily for the lobster, store owner Joby Norton has a soft spot for older sea creatures. Read more here 11:56
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Coast Guard software glitch leaves Arctic mariners in the cold
If you’re a mariner heading out on Arctic waters, don’t rely on the Canadian Coast Guard for help in an emergency. Technical glitches in a new communications system means your call may or may not be received. Read more here 10:46
Portland Press: Our View: Public-private partnership critical to kicking green crab out of Maine
Given how high the stakes are for the state’s marine habitat and its third-largest commercial fishery, Maine has to focus on removing green crabs from coastal waters as quickly as possible. As state marine ecology researcher Brian Beal told the Press Herald in February: “How do you get rid of an invasive species? You fish ‘em to death. We did an awful good job of reducing the population of sea urchins without even trying.” Read more here 10:17
Leamington commercial fisherman fined $40K for violations
A Leamington commercial fishing boat captain has been handed a $40,000 fine for violations against his fishing licence. Melchiorre Pace, the captain of the vessel AD-CO II, pleaded guilty to a number of offences. Pace admitted to submitting daily catch reports with false information and failing to maintain an accurate and complete commercial fishing logbook. Read more here 10:02
Coast Guard rescues stricken fisherman off San Diego
A helicopter Tuesday rescued a 71-year-old man from a fishing boat 30 miles off San Diego after he suffered a possible heart attack. The man was aboard the 56-foot commercial fishing boat Seeker when he collapsed, injuring himself. The crew called the Coast Guard just before noon. Read more here 09:26
DFO’s Big Clam Plans – Feds about to open far more BC coast to industrial geoduck operations.
The Department of Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) is about to let a lot more people in on the boom as the federal agency finalizes plans to greatly open up B.C. coastal areas to commercial geoduck farming. ,, But for residents on Denman Island, who live right next to Baynes Sound where more than 50 per cent of B.C.’s shellfish is produced, the new geoduck plan is a sign of trouble to come. Read more here 08:39
Canada ‘racist’ for selling China seal meat, say Chinese activists – (at least Shark Fins are off the table. Today, anyway!)
Chinese animal welfare groups have accused the Canadian government of “racist bias” and “cultural imperialism” for selling their country seal products that have been banned by the European Union. A coalition of more than 40 organisations fired off the furious tirade after officials from Beijing and Ottawa signed a deal today,,,Read more here 07:42
Cook Inlet Fisherman’s Fund to argue state costs in fisheries lawsuit
The Cook Inlet Fisherman’s Fund will not have to repay the state Department of Law for costs associated with the lawsuit about 2013 management of Cook Inlet salmon fisheries at this time. Read more here 07:23
Fishermen Divided Over New Lingcod Limit Rules
A recent decision to increase the legal harvest limit of lingcod, a popular West Coast fish species, has sparked debate and some disagreement among fishermen and scientists. The lingcod population is higher than it’s been in several decades, according to the , the Portland-based panel of scientists and fishermen that approved the regulation change in late June. Read more here 04:03
