Monthly Archives: August 2014
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
Alaska Seafood Industry Asks For Retaliatory Ban on Russian Imports
It’s been two weeks since Russia banned imports of American food products into its country. Now, Alaska’s seafood industry is asking the U.S. government to strike back. Read more here 20:07
Who Owns the Ocean Floor?
The ocean floor teems with metal (at least in spots we’ve targeted so far): copper and nickel, cobalt and silver, even gold. Many consider it the next frontier in mining. Yet much of the ocean remains unstudied,The UN Convention on the Law of the Sea states that the deep-sea minerals found within a nation’s marine boundaries,,, Read more here 18:49
Birarellis cast off without patriarch
North Haven, Maine, is a small island with no cell service, less than 400 permanent residents, and a 125-year tradition of boat building. For many New England fishermen, a boat that starts its life on North Haven island is an investment that pays back for generations. One such boat was purchased in 1987 by Beverly lobsterman Joseph Birarelli. Read more here 17:24
Shrimpers getting Screwed – Shrimp Season Showdown: Oilmen, shrimper at odds over blasting
A huge blasting operation by an energy exploration company in prime shrimping waters has pit oilmen against fishermen, who say it interferes with what had promised to be a lucrative white shrimp season. “It’s poor management and poor government and companies knowing the situation and knowing that these poor guys are struggling out there,” ,,, Read more here 16:47
Alaskan Fisheries Fight Back Against Russia’s Food Import Ban
Riled by Russia’s embargo on food imports, a group of leading Alaskan seafood producers are urging the U.S. government to slap a retaliatory ban on Russian seafood exports to the U.S. Read more here 11:44
Fisheries enforcement in the Gulf under the JEA – On offshore patrol
Thanks to a Joint Enforcement Agreement between LDWF and U. S. National Marine Fisheries (Service), wildlife agents also patrol federal waters extending from Louisiana’s boundary waters to 200 miles seaward into the Gulf. The federal waters are also known as the Exclusive Economic Zone. Read more here 09:50
The Gulf of Mexico Fisheries Council is scheduled to meet in Biloxi, Miss. to discuss red snapper rules
Charlene Ponce, the council’s public information officer, said final action on the issue will not be taken until October. The question of sector separation is one that wildlife groups including the Louisiana Coastal Conservation Association believe could cut private anglers’ access to red snapper. On the other side, charter captains argue the move is necessary to protect their livelihoods. Read more here 09:34
Something fishy in Cupids – Dead fish inexplicably wash up by the thousands in the marina
Eddy LeDrew of Cupids said the fish started washing up Sunday. Walking out on the wharf, LeDrew discovered thousands of dead and dying fish, floating on the surface and washing ashore. They were small fish, two inches to a foot long, said LeDrew, and included catfish, crayfish and eels, as well as crustaceans like shrimp and crabs. Read more here 08:29
Russia holds Japan whaling research vessel – Commrade Watson must be ecstatic!
A Japanese whaling vessel and its crew were being held in Russia on Friday (Aug 22) after the ship entered Russian territorial waters without permission, Tokyo said. The 712-tonne Shonan-maru No. 2 was ordered into a Russian Read more here 07:50
Major anchovy die-off stinks up Seaside, Ore.
Tourists visiting Seaside were getting quite a sight – and smell – this week. Millions of anchovies have died trying to swim up the Necanicum River at Seaside. They come in with the incoming tide, get stranded and die. Read more here 06:34
Alaska’s Board of Fisheries releases 2014-2015 proposal book
Fishermen and other stakeholders are asking Alaska’s Board of Fisheries to consider 162 proposals to change subsistence, commercial, personal use and sport regulations in fisheries throughout the state during the 2014-2015 meeting cycle. Read more here 18:55
Today, Katsheshuk Fisheries pleaded guilty to two OHS breaches, including failure to provide necessary safety training.
Katsheshuk Fisheries is looking at a hefty fine after a fatal accident aboard the Katsheshuk II. The shrimp boat was enroute to Bay Roberts from the Funk Island Bank in 2012 when two employees were sent to clean the shrimp tank. VOCM’s Lacy O’Connell reports. Read more here, audio report 17:15
Improvement seen in fall lobster prices
Even though there has been a marked improvement from last year, a Howard’s Cove fisherman says fall canner prices are still about a quarter, and market prices about 50 cents, below where he expected them to start out. Read more here 16:04
Catching Bugs in Casco Bay with Chebeague Island’s Only Female Lobsterboat Captain
Mary Todd is a lobsterman. She’s been on the water since she was twelve years old and this summer she’s the only female captain operating a boat out of Chebeague Island. Mary runs her boat, F/V Aiden and Sadie (named after her twin children),with her sternwoman and stepdaughter Emma. Read more here 15:36
Assessment Oversight Panel Meeting – GOM cod – Friday, Aug. 22 at 10 a.m. – Listen online
Summary: Planning meeting for upcoming review by NEFMC SSC of the operational assessment of Gulf of Maine cod on August 28-29. To join the meeting via adobeconnect click here Read more here 14:50
Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council – The August 2014 Council Meeting Report is now available
Issues Addressed: Deep Sea Coral Amendment – Research Set-Aside – Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass Specifications – Bluefish Specifications – Comprehensive Summer Flounder Amendment – Black Sea Bass Wave 1/May 1 Framework – Special Management Zones – Omnibus Amendment to Simplify Vessel Baselines – Listening Session: NOAA Fisheries’ Fishery-Dependent Data Visioning Project Read more here 14:35
High-Ranking Alaskans Call on U.S. State Department to Intervene with Canada over British Columbia Mine Threats
A broad coalition of Alaskans, including the state’s bipartisan congressional delegation and some of its largest commercial fishing organizations, urges U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry to intervene with Canada as large-scale mine developments in British Columbia (B.C.) near Alaska’s southeast border rapidly advance. The request comes in B.C,,,Read more here 13:54
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) proposed revisions to its regulations for commercial fishing vessels carrying flammable or combustible liquid cargos in bulk.
The proposed revisions would reflect a 1984 statutory change that eliminated fishery-specific and geographical limitations on a statutory exemption that, effectively, permits certain commercial fishing vessels to carry and dispense flammable and combustible material including petroleum products. The proposed revision would additionally simplify regulatory text. The USCG said it does not expect the proposed rule to result in any economic impact on industry. ( yeah, ok) 13:26
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A new report on Ocean Grabbing – The Global Ocean Grab
Ocean grabbing is not only about fisheries policy. It is unfolding worldwide across an array of contexts including marine and coastal seawaters, inland waters, rivers and lakes, deltas and wetlands, mangroves and coral reefs. The means by which fishing communities are dispossessed of the resources upon which they have traditionally depended is likewise taking many shapes and forms. Read the report here 09:52
Seals ‘brought TB to the Americas before Europeans’
BLAME the marine mammals. Seals and sea lions may have brought a form of tuberculosis to the Americas, centuries before the Spanish did so. Read more here 09:32
Drawing The Line – Impacts of Food Production on the Environment
Special thanks to South Australians Against Marine Parks. Click here 09:03
No date to have Placentia lift bridge working fully
Fisherman Jim Mulroney lost time putting a hinge on the mast of his longliner so he can pass under the immobilized bridge. “Lost the fishing. Could have been 8,000 or 10,000-pound cod caught,” he said. It takes Jamie Barnett, who fishes on both sides of the bridge, a full day to take his mast down or put it back up again. “So I’m losing money on days that I could be fishing inside or outside, right?” he said. Read more here 08:44
ASMFC Releases Cancer Crab PID for Public Comment
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