Daily Archives: August 23, 2014
Please give to the Galloway Family Fund in Memory of Captain Ronald Lynn Galloway
The Galloway family was struck by tragedy this week when his shrimp boat was over turned while returning to dock. This man sacrificed his life to save his daughter and sons life. He leaves behind a beautiful wife and 4 gorgeous kids. Please come together and help support this family in his time of need. Please donate here, gofundme.com https://fisherynation.com/archives/28230 22:13
Where Barnegat Bay’s pollution really comes from
Rapid growth in southern Ocean County in the last decade may be accelerating the marked decline of Barnegat Bay in the last few years —extending southward problems that are already severe in the county’s heavily developed north, data from a new government report show. Read more here 21:03
From Virginia, another idea for reversing crab decline
The latest idea for pulling Chesapeake blue crabs back from the brink of disaster — a fascinating and frustrating subject about which everyone seems to have an opinion — comes from the watermen who harvest and sell crabs in the Virginia end of the bay. Read more here 16:55
Updated: Reclamation reverses course on water for Klamath River
Water release from Trinity Reservoir will begin Saturday, Aug. 23, at 7 a.m.; Public urged to take safety precautions on or near the river while flows are high. The Bureau of Reclamation will release additional water from Trinity Reservoir to supplement flows in the lower Klamath River to help protect the Read more here 12:53
Plans weighed to bolster striped bass population – stock is not overfished and overfishing is not occurring
Fewer striped bass would be fished from local waters as soon as next year under a series of options being considered by federal fisheries regulators that seek to sustain a vital coastal species that has seen a 20 percent harvest decline since 2008. Read more here 10:14
Oakland couple fined, sentenced to jail for poaching dozens of Dungeness crabs in Half Moon Bay
A pair of poachers was sentenced to jail time and fined more than $20,000 Wednesday for smuggling dozens of Dungeness crabs in hidden compartments on their boat off the coast off Half Moon Bay. Read more here 10:03
Bristol Bay’s salmon fishery: Commercial fishing just about done for season
“I was really grateful for the late season buyers,” said Carolyn Smith of the F/V Sadie S, who fishes for Icicle Seafoods. She and her crew kept after the pinks, and were eventually on hand as some welcomed stormy weather blew a few big pushes of silvers through the district. Read more here 09:46
Sambro firm sues boat builder over new vessel
A Sambro company is suing a Shelburne County boat builder and provincial and federal authorities over alleged problems with a new fishing boat. Reyno Fisheries Ltd. launched the action in Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax on Thursday against Dixon’s Marine Group 2000 Inc. of Lower Woods Harbour for breach of contract and negligence. The province and the federal government are also named in the lawsuit. Read more here 09:33
Retired Burin welder builds first wooden boat at 73
A 73-year-old Burin Peninsula man has taken on a big challenge — to build a fishing boat — with no previous experience in wooden boat building. Read more here 08:58
D.B. Pleschner: California’s ports, fishermen rely on healthy wetfish fisheries
Despite gloomy predictions of El Niño and the broader impact of climate change on the ocean and planet, California’s historic wetfish fisheries carry on — still the foundation of California’s fishing economy. Read more here 07:59
