Daily Archives: July 21, 2014
Yarmouth herring seiner grounded off Isle Haute
A quiet island in the Bay of Fundy saw much more activity than usual July 20, as a large fishing vessel became grounded near its shores. The Lady Melissa, a 368-tonne herring seiner from Yarmouth, was one of several vessels on a mission to explore the abundant herring supply near Advocate, but became beached on a gravel bar off Isle Haute shortly after 10 a.m. Sunday. Read more here 21:09
Senate releases new MSA draft – I can’t wait see that! Here’s the link
A new draft of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, which guides fisheries management, was recently released by the Senate Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard. Read more here Staff Working Draft 20:48
Stakeholders Laud Senator Murkowski’s Legislation Pushing Back Against Presidential “Fiat”
“My legislation is designed to ensure that our oceans are not locked away with a stroke of the President’s pen,” Murkowski said. “The continued foreclosure of our lands and waters threatens economic activities from fishing to exploration for oil and natural gas.” GO LISA!!!! Read more here 17:26
Sockeye draft recovery plan for Snake River sockeye salmon shows just how far away success is
NOAA Fisheries NMFS has proposed a recovery goal for Idaho Snake River sockeye salmon of 2,500 natural origin spawners in the lakes of the Sawtooth Valley. The goal was revealed in a recovery plan put out for public comment Monday by the agency with the support of its partners,,, Read more here 15:38
77 years spent on the trappings of Maine lobster – For Andy Gove, 84, of Stonington, lobster boat racing is his hobby and fishing his passion.
Andy Gove has figured out a surefire solution to staying warm while lobstering in the icy waters of Penobscot Bay. “I take my long johns off on the Fourth of July,” Gove says, “and put ‘em back on on the fifth.” That’s advice from a man who knows what he’s talking about. Gove got his first lobster license in 1937. “I haven’t missed a year since,” he says. Video Read more here 12:16
Seafish reacts to report on fishing impact on English Channel ecosystem
Claims that cod and haddock are ‘fast running out’, for example, directly contradict established data from the International Council for the Exploration of the Sea (ICES), which shows the status of these stocks has improved during the past few years. Read more here 07:29
P.E.I. Great White caught more than 30 years ago named one of the world’s top five legendary, by Discovery Channel
The shark caught off western P.E.I. , who has since died, was 5.2 metres long. It got caught in McKendrick’s net, and was dead when he pulled it to the surface. Warren Joyce of the Canadian Shark Research Laboratory in Bedford, N.S. said the shark is in the top two largest ever measured in the world Read more here 07:03
America catches some of the world’s best salmon but eats some of the worst
The US is a salmon-catching powerhouse. Nearly one-third of the world’s wild salmon supply comes from US nets. Even when you take into account farmed salmon, US fishermen still bring around one-tenth of the total supply of salmon to the market. But more than half of America’s salmon catch is going overseas: Read more here 06:45
