Daily Archives: August 7, 2014
Judge rules that NMFS failed to consider costs, data of new observer program
A federal judge ordered the National Marine Fisheries Service to prepare a supplemental environmental assessment for the revised marine observer program that was implemented in 2013, <Read more here> 21:59
Commercial boats ready to chase sockeye in Fraser
The sports fishermen have savoured this year’s sockeye run on the Fraser River. Now it’s almost time for the commercial fishermen. But they’ll have to wait one more weekend. “Every thing points to a fishery on Monday,,,, <Read more here> 20:37
Massachusetts Coastal legislators secure seafood bill
Contained within the bill is a seafood marketing program first offered by Senate Minority Leader Bruce Tarr (R-Gloucester) in a bill filed on December 17, 2013 and co-sponsored by Representative James Cantwell (D-Marshfield), Senator Mark Montigny (D-New Bedford), Representative George Peterson (R-Grafton), Representative Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D-Gloucester) and many other coastal legislators. <Read more here> 20:22
UMass Dartmouth scientists discover abundance of small scallops on Georges Bank – 32 percent, 77 million pound increase over 2012
Video survey documents 32 percent, 77 million pound increase over 2012; sets stage for decade of strong scallop stocks. On Monday, UMass Dartmouth’s School for Marine Science & Technology (SMAST) scallop video survey team, led by the Chair of SMAST’s Department of Fisheries Oceanography Dr. Kevin D. E. Stokesbury, presented this year’s results to the Fishermen’s Steering Committee. <Read more here> 19:53
Hawaii: Coast Guard Captain of the Port Closes Ports
Coast Guard Captain of the Port closes ports for Big Island, Maui County to include the islands of Molokai and Lanai, and Oahu to all traffic. All cargo operations in these ports will be secured by 6 p.m. Thursday. <Details are here> 17:55
Harvest of Alaska’s Wild Salmon Reaches Estimated 104 Million Fish
As of Aug. 6, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s preliminary salmon harvest added up to 104,772,000 salmon, including 54,005,000 humpies, 40,751,000 reds, 8,025,000 chum, 1,590,000 silver, and 401,000 Chinooks. <Read more here 17:34
Ak jig fleet grows 224% – Updated fleet profiles
This is Fish Radio. I’m 
– Who fishes where – for what and where they call home. Alaska fishing fleet updates name names. Alaska’s jig fleet, which fishes primarily for P-cod, now numbers 244 boats – a nearly 220 percent increase through 2012. The jig influx is mainly from Southeast based boats in what’s been a Kodiak dominated fishery. <Read more here> 17:14
Proposed Ban on Commercial Fishing Off Miami – Video report
With fish populations decreasing, the National Park Service is proposing a ban on commercial fishing in Biscayne National Park off the coast of Miami, an area that’s been fished for generations. <Video, Read more here> 12:24
Honoring the Last “Old Salt” of Ocracoke
The last of a generation of Ocracoke Island men who were true “old salts” died recently, but Edgar Maurice Balance will be remembered on this island with love and respect. Known locally as Morris, Ballance was born to Elisha and Emma Gaskins Ballance in 1927. He was one of nine children, born at home in a big white house on Back Road. <Read more here> 12:04
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Karen Grainey: Say ‘no’ to drilling off Georgia’s coast
Seismic cannon blasting, by the federal government’s own estimates, will injure and kill more than 138,000 marine mammals, including bottlenose dolphins and the endangered North Atlantic right whale. And the biological toll will only grow if drilling moves forward. <Read more here> 09:46
Day 3! ASMFC Summer Meeting. Listen Live.
August 4, 2014 The information about the 3 day meeting, including attending the meeting in listen mode only via the webinar broadcast can be found here. 09:56
Money Well Spent! $450,0000 in State Funding of Cooperative Fisheries Research at UMass Dartmouth
“UMass Dartmouth is fully committed to research that strengthens the scientific basis for fisheries management. Such research advanced the University’s mission to be an anchor of social and economic development for the region.” <Read more here> 08:03 Flow through fish survey video 2010 SMAST Video Survey
