Daily Archives: July 19, 2014
Fishermen tangle lines in U.S. battle over popular red snapper
Weekend sportfisherman Charlie Caplinger says he can hardly drop a line in the Gulf of Mexico without reeling in a red snapper. “It breaks my heart,” Caplinger said. Quota owner- “It’s like having a bank account and someone is taking a lot of money out that’s not theirs,” said Keith Guindon of Galveston, Texas, whose family has fished commercially for 50 years. Read more here 23:27
Some Say Kuskokwim Commercial Fishing Opening Unfair
Commercial fishermen on the Kuskokwim River had another chance to cast their nets on Friday — but not without upsetting several subsistence users in the area. It was the second chance commercial fishermen on the river had to target chum salmon and bring home a paycheck, but some others would prefer those fish made it up river. Read more here 22:56
The undue quarrel
Environmentalists and fishermen rarely agree on anything – ,,They all seem to agree on the importance of ecosystem based management, but not on what it means in practice. Some over-eager Greens, for example, seem to consider fishing people as sort of invaders into nature and enemies of the environment, whose trade is a dangerous nuisance. Read more here 15:52
Paddling with our Hands
I’ve been meaning to write something about the not so new pay-wall that was erected to drive users to pay for access to the newly formatted Gloucester Daily Times online website that at one time was open accessed. Here it is. Throw me a line, will ya? 15:35
In a grand experiment, Kenai setnetters try using shallower nets to protect king salmon
About 1,000 people actively fish commercial salmon permits in Cook Inlet. They are fiercely protective of their fishing, politically powerful, and for decades influenced the agenda for the Fish Board. But growing sport and personal-use fisheries, coupled with a crash in king salmon numbers, have altered the politics of management in recent years and the commercial fishermen now find themselves in what they consider . Read more here 10:40
Study: Fish pen site still inert – “It’s not a good news story, because we don’t have recovery,”
SHELBURNE — Two years after an aquaculture company’s salmon pen location in Shelburne Harbour was abandoned, part of the harbour bottom is still dead, an independent study has revealed. “It’s the organic material, primarily the feces of the fish and the uneaten food that settles on the bottom and begins this decomposition process, that results in the production of these sulphides.” Copper and zinc were also found in bottom sludge at higher levels than expected. Read more here 09:41
Environmental NGOs in question – A reminder of who the fishing industry (worldwide) is up against these days
A reminder of who the fishing industry (worldwide) is up against these days – it used to be fishermen and the weather – now the industry fights on all fronts. “The role of NGOs is often debate whether at their field operations and their results, their funding or their questionable networks (dealings with multinationals),,, Read more here 08:53
Fishing research topic of SMAST meeting with lawmakers
NEW BEDFORD — UMass Dartmouth Chancellor Divina Grossman will lead a university delegation in a Monday session with lawmakers to emphasize the importance of funding fishing research. Read more here 08:08:
Louisiana Inshore shrimp season closes Mon., few exceptions
Louisiana wildlife and fisheries regulators say the 2014 spring inshore shrimp season will close at 6 a.m. on Monday in state inside waters except for the open waters of Breton and Chandeleur Sounds and a portion of Mississippi Sound. Read more here 07:49
Tacoma’s Martinac shipyard sold at auction
A limited liability corporation calling itself Washington Landmark Holdings LLC purchased the Tacoma’s J.M. Martinac Shipbuilding Co. on Friday for a little more than $6 million in a foreclosure auction on the County-City Building plaza. The amount the corporation paid, $6,001,992.64, was the exact amount including fees and penalties owed to the fishing company that had loaned the shipyard funds to finish a 184-foot fishing boat in December 2012. Read more here 07:40
