Daily Archives: September 11, 2014
It looks so good, I had to share it with you! Tuna Wholesale – From Boston Sword & Tuna
A BST signature product, our fresh tuna supply is the answer to all your tuna wholesale demands. Our longline fishing vessels – the Iron Maiden and the Iron Lady – catch both yellowfin and bigeye tuna. Like our swordfish, our tuna are immediately bled and iced, ensuring they retain their peak freshness; and our buyer’s maintain relationships with the best domestic and foreign suppliers in the business. Read the rest here 20:45
The US Fishing Industry Contributes Nearly $90 Billion To The Economy
The Hamilton Project notes that “current policies do not capitalize on the full economic potential of U.S. fisheries, ( World Bank and EDF/Pew Nature Con have figured out how to skim the cream) nor do they guarantee their ecological sustainability.” (Because we know privatization saves not one fish!) Read more from the Vultures at the Hamilton Project, Making money the old fashioned way. Screwing people out of it! Read it here 19:54
Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater medevacs ailing fisherman
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A 51-year-old man was medevaced from a 65-foot from F/V Capt Gorman III by the Coast Guard 150 miles northwest of Clearwater, Florida, Wednesday. Rescued was crewmember Randy Halloway who was experiencing chest pains and needed emergency medical assistance. Watch the video here 12:30
NOAA research ship Rainier puking oil all over Kodiak Island’s Womens Bay
Hall says the incident is being investigated. Gamble says the spill was traced to a rupture in the vessel’s bulkhead between a fuel tank and a water tank. Absorbent boom and a fuel skimmer have been employed at the site. Read the rest here 10:57
Time to unplug Cape Wind
I read with interest the report on the Fishermen’s Association (Sept. 4, “Two Island fishermen’s groups steer different courses”). It has served its purpose it seems by relinquishing and reversing the opinion of the fishermen to protect Horseshoe Shoal for fish, namely fluke and flounder, and take the promised $1.25 million. 10:43
Maine lobster fishery under double MSC assessment
The MSC did not respond to request for comment on why a second assessment was being done for the fishery, and it remains unclear why a second assessment would be necessary for a fishery that is already certified. A source said companies that were not included in the original assessment were blocked from being able to take market advantage of the certification and were taking legal action to become included as of last spring. Read the rest here 07:15
WPRFMC Press Release, September 10, 2014 – Marine Monument Expansion Will Fail American Fishermen
HONOLULU (10 September 2014) A delegation from the U.S. Pacific islands, including fisheries managers and commercial fishing industry representatives, met yesterday with the White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), including Counselor to the President John Podesta. The group conveyed its concerns for an Executive proposal that would bar fishermen from nearly 700,000 miles of vitally historic fishing grounds. Read the Press release here 06:40
