Daily Archives: September 18, 2014
Groups hope MSA update won’t move fish conservation ‘backwards’
A number of regional fishing associations are joining forces to strengthen the Magnuson-Stevens Act. The Sitka-based Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association announced last week (9-9-14) that it’s reached an agreement with the Alaska Marine Conservation Council and several east-coast industry groups to form the Fishing Community Coalition. Read the rest here 21:25
Boom! Oil-exploring seismic blasts could soon disrupt whale territory
NAGS HEAD, N.C. As early as next spring, the boom of seismic cannons will sound under the Atlantic Ocean as the first oil and gas exploration allowed off the East Coast in three decades gets underway. The federal Bureau of Ocean Energy Management approved opening an area of the Atlantic Coast from Delaware to Florida for the seismic blasts, saying there “has been no documented scientific evidence”,, Read the rest here 20:47
Rubio Introduces Legislation To Improve Florida Fisheries
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on Oceans, Atmosphere, Fisheries and Coast Guard, today introduced a bill that outlines legislative priorities that will improve fisheries management in the Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic regions. Read the rest here 18:24
ONE LAST PUSH! ADD YOUR VOICE TO FISHING COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY CALLING FOR PROTECTION OF BRISTOL BAY
Bristol Bay, Alaska salmon fishermen are battling a proposal by a Canadian mining company to develop the “Pebble Mine”. If built, this copper and gold mine would become the largest open pit mine in North America and would straddle the headwaters of two of the richest salmon spawning rivers on the planet. INDIVIDUALS: Sign this petition, put together by Commercial Fishermen for Bristol Bay. Then share it with your friends. Don’t forget: the deadline is this Friday, September 19, at midnight EST / 8:00 Alaska time. 16:45
November referendum would dedicate $7 million in public money to Maine seafood and lobster processing.
THE US state of Maine has decided to challenge Canada’s historic and long held dominance of the North Atlantic lobster business. The New England community will decide through a referendum in November whether to spend $7-million of public funds on its seafood and lobster processing sector. Read the rest here 15:02Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Prefered Price List for September 18, 2014
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Group tells IRS Sierra Club evading taxes, colludes with commercial firms
Sierra Club officials pay no taxes on income the environmental nonprofit generates from solar panel sales by its commercial partners. At the same time, the functions in a manner that illegally benefits private commercial interests, including some of the nation’s largest energy firms. Read the rest here 12:04
Longtime Stonington lobsterman Frank Gotwals to chair the board of the new Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative.
As Sea Song, his 38-foot wooden boat, pulls away from Stonington Lobster Co-Op wharf, Gotwals gets into a rhythm that has become etched into his muscle memory over the past 40 years. Assisted by sternman Alyssa LaPointe, he pulls up to one of his red, white and blue buoys, and with the help of a gaff hook, brings two wire lobster traps to the side of the boat. Read the rest here 11:29
Nova Scotia fishing industry continues to be most deadly
Nova Scotia’s fishing industry continues to be the deadliest workplace in the province because health and safety are not priorities, a legislature committee heard Wednesday. “We see an industry that’s struggling with high levels of fatality and also severe injury and a high frequency of injury,” said MacLean. Read the rest here 10:43
TONIGHT!!! Pamlico County Fishermen’s Association Meeting
Attention – Pamlico County Fishermen’s Association – The Pamlico Fishermen’s Association will meet this Thursday, September 18th at 7:00pm at the County Opry on Hwy 55, one mile before you get to Grantsboro. (Coming from New Bern.) – Please encourage all the fishermen you know to attend this meeting! 07:47:15
Greenport fisherman urges Suffolk DA to investigate village’s dock records
A North Fork fisherman has escalated his battle with Greenport Village after he said officials targeted his commercial boat for eviction from a village dock following long-standing criticism of the local government. Read the rest here 11:14
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