Daily Archives: July 23, 2014
The 61st annual Stonington Blessing of the Fleet is slated for Sunday, July 27.
“It will never be like it was, just like the industry, but the reason this was begun in 1953 was to honor the fishermen that died at sea. And it’s so important to bless these boats and these (fishermen), the ones that are still fishing, because the peril is still there,” said Michael Crowley, one of the event’s co-chairs. Read more here 20:49
Coast Guard: Good Samaritans Rescue 11 Boaters in 4 Calls Tuesday
ANCHORAGE – The U.S. Coast Guard says good Samaritans off Southcentral and Southeast Alaska rescued nearly a dozen boaters aboard four vessels in distress Tuesday, including one which sank and another that beached. F/V Alaska Rose catches fire and sinks. Read more here 20:21
Some Inconvenient Truths about California Squid Marketing: C W P A responds to Paul Greenberg’s “The long journey of local seafood to your plate”,
On July 11 the Los Angeles Times carried an opinion editorial “The long journey of local seafood to your plate”, by author Paul Greenberg, who made a pitch for local seafood while lamenting the volume exported overseas. Seafood News picked up the story, but with a twist. (its what they do) First, here’s the story as it appeared in Seafood News: Read more here 18:00
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Conversation with – Capt. Carl Snow
For almost 50 years, Capt. Carl Snow has been plying Cape Fear’s waters as a commercial fisherman and charter boat captain. His extensive experience has earned him the reputation as the captain who puts fish on the dock among the locals in Carolina Beach. Read more here 15:33
Kuskokwim Fishers: Stop Commercial Openings, Call in Feds
The Kuskokwim River Salmon Management Working Group wants the state to end to all commercial openings for the remainder of the summer. The say despite unmet subsistence needs the state has allowed commercial salmon openings. Read more here 15:24:
Virginia: Some area marinas collecting increased bushel fees from oyster harvesters as baywide delicacy rebounds
On a cloudy muggy morning along the shores of Deep Creek in Newport News’ Menchville area, third generation marina operator Lonnell Perok-Coffen carries on the business left in her hands nearly five years ago by her father Steven Perok. “Business has been very good,” Coffen said, shortly after zooming around on her forklift at Newport News’ Menchville Marina. “The watermen are bringing in more, which is good to see.” Read more here 15:11
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: Rhode Island Marine 55′ Steel Lobster/Scalloper/ Scallop-LAGC-IFQ permit
Detroit 8-V-71 Twin Disc All USCG Required Safety Equipment Including Satellite 406 EPIRB and Givens (4) Person Life Raft (4) Pipe Bunks in Foc’sle Stainless Steel Sink (4) Burner Propane Stove Microwave Dinette Table & Refrigerator in PilothouseSpecifications, and information and 6 photos,Click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 11:28
Commercial fishing issues dominate port board meeting – No fishing zones within the Oregon marine reserves
No fishing zones within the Oregon marine reserves and commercial moorage rates were the focus of the July 16 Port of Siuslaw board meeting. No fishing, crabbing or gathering of any kind is allowed within the boundaries of the five sites. The restrictions are currently in effect for four of the reserve sites, Redfish Rocks, Otter Rock, Cape Perpetua and Cascade Head. Restrictions on the fifth marine reserve site, Cape Falcon, will go into effect Jan. 1, 2016. Read more here 09:41
Clyde River, Nunavut to hunt first bowhead whale in a century, “We are all getting excited as the harvest time is getting closer,”
A group of hunters in Clyde River, Nunavut has been selected to take part in the first bowhead whale hunt in over 100 years. Commercial whalers depleted the bowhead whale population to near extinction by the early 1900s. By 2008, the federal government asserted that bowhead whales were as abundant as they had been before commercial whaling took off. Read more here 09:15
Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea refuses to budge on inshore shrimp cuts
Federal Fisheries Minister Gail Shea stood her ground Tuesday on controversial quota reductions that will cut most deeply among inshore fishermen, and admonished Newfoundland and Labrador for an unfulfilled promise to rationalize the processing sector. “We believe we are looking at plant closures. We are looking at harvesters who are getting maybe bankruptcies,” (Keith) Hutchings told reporters. Read more here 08:56
