Monthly Archives: July 2014
Press Release – Tradex Foods Launches Tradex LIVE
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Victoria, British Columbia – July 22nd, 2014 –Tradex Foods Launches Tradex LIVE – Tradex Foods a Global Seafood Producer and Distributor is proud to announce a new and exciting tool for purchasing seafood – TradexLIVE Read the press release here, and try the demo! 12:09
Tom Nies: Erroneous Oceana report ignores efforts of local fishermen
The New England Fishery Management Council takes a different position from the one expressed in the July 1 editorial (“Frightening waste of fish”), as well as those reported in recent publications about wasteful fisheries bycatch and the related costs to fishermen and society. Read more here Saving Seafood analysis here 11:47
Fish wars obscure need to manage for max economic yield
KENAI RIVER — On the very day Arni Thomson, a spokesman for commercial fishing interests in Cook Inlet, complained in ADN that the salmon resource is being used “as a platform for division,’’ the F/V Peregrine was cutting in close to the north bank of this river at the ideal speed to send a rolling wave of wake washing over dipnetters along that shore. Talk about creating division …Yes Craig, read the comments. Read more here 09:25
Leona Aglukkaq targets Greenpeace in ICC speech, warns of alignment with the enviros.
Leona Aglukkaq, Nunavut’s MP and Canada’s Minister of Environment, had strong words against Greenpeace in her keynote address at the Inuit Circumpolar Council’s general assembly in Inuvik, N.W.T. “Inuit were victims of misinformation and lies spread by a group that had no regard for their impact on our way of life,” she said of Greenpeace’s campaign against the seal hunt. Read more here 08:33
Asian Carp vs. Commercial Fishermen: 2.5M lbs of now out of Illinois
It’s been four years since the discovery of an Asian carp between the electric barriers and Lake Michigan. That’s when the state went into emergency mode. They hired a select group of Illinois commercial fishermen. Video, Read more here 07:53
Keating: concerned that the parameters of the (disaster aid spending) plan neglects the fishermen who need assistance most.
Despite the extensive negotiations, I remain concerned that the parameters of the plan neglects the fishermen who need assistance most.,, Further, fishermen with multiple permits may be eligible to be compensated multiple times, while other active permit holders are entirely excluded from the relief. Read more here 07:24
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
Coast Guard Lifts Sick Fisherman from F/V Warrior III – Video
Watchstanders in the Coast Guard Sector Charleston command center were notified of the situation via a distress radio call at approximately 8:27 a.m., Sunday. The report stated a crewmember aboard the 44-foot fishing vessel Warrior III was suffering chest from pains and stomach complications. Video, Read more here 15:29
These Politicians that tell you they are they are concerned about the Groundfishery are on a different page!
Greed Energy – The Massachusetts Green Energy community (and the Mass fishing industry) has been duped and they still don’t get it. When the general population of Massachusetts figures out what happened in the last eight years how can they justify any state renewable energy policies in the future. Read more here 13:48
As numbers of gray seals rise, so do conflicts
ROCKLAND, Maine — Decades after gray seals were all but wiped out in New England waters, the population has rebounded so much that some frustrated residents are calling for a controlled hunt. Read more here 12:56
Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update JULY 20, 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 12:01
EPA rules would likely block Pebble Mine in Alaska
WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday announced severe restrictions on the proposed Pebble Mine in Alaska, a move that is likely to block a project the EPA said could devastate the best run of wild salmon left on the planet. Read more here 10:10
Cape Winds Massachusetts Renewable Energy Circus – local news media lacks any kind of investigative journalism.
In 2010 Governor Deval Patrick announced the building of the New Bedford Marine Commerce Terminal costing 35 million. The terminal is being built as an ocean wind turbine port today at a price of 100 million. At least that is what it being told the public through the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. At the same in 2010 the BOEM, Bureau of Ocean Management gave Cape Wind a federal permit to build and stage their Nantucket Shoals 130 wind turbines from Quonset Point, Rhode Island. Read more here 09:43
A slow news day, Screwed up Menu, and 2 job postings on the Bluenose II, or III or whatever they call her
I’m digging, guy’s, but it’s slow digging for fish news. I’ll dredge some up. I always scrape something up. The menu on the blue portion of the header bar is screwed up! Was up till the early hours tryin’ to get it squared away with nothing positive to report. Like, FIXED! It’s drivin’ me nuts! I did come up with something for all the sailors though, the new, reformulated Bluenose that has our Nova Scotia friends up in arms, is posting 2 crew openings! Each job is a temporary, full-time opportunity for the Second Mate, and a deck hand. Read more here
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:
