Daily Archives: October 21, 2014
Yes on Question 7: Maine needs to prepare for a changing fisheries future
Do you favor a $7,000,000 bond issue to facilitate the growth of marine businesses and commercial enterprises that create jobs and improve the sustainability of the State’s marine economy and related industries through capital investments, to be matched by at least $7,000,000 in private and other funds? Maine’s fisheries are a defining part of the state’s economy, but they face an uncertain future. Read the rest here 22:57
Why a Swordfish’s Sword Doesn’t Break
A swordfish’s “sword” is its most prominent feature, but scientists have only now discovered the unusual properties that keep the sword strong and ready to slash. A study published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences reveals that the fish have an unusual way to repair their bone, keeping it strong and stiff. Read the rest here 19:22
Red snapper amendments are on the table and all alternatives are bad: reader opinion
On the table for discussion are a couple of contentious issues. The most immediate is Amendment 40, which would separate the recreational community into two sectors – the “for hire” or charter sector and the private recreational sector. The other issue, Amendment 28, would address reallocation of the red snapper quota between the recreational and commercial sectors. Read the rest here 18:57
BOEM to prepare Environmental Impact Statement for Potential Cook Inlet Lease Sale
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) today announced that it will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in support of a potential oil and gas lease sale in Cook Inlet, off Alaska’s south central coast. The Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS, which will be published in the Federal Register on Oct. 23, 2014, will open a public comment period extending through Monday, Dec. 8, 2014. Read the rest here 16:58
More than 450 Cook Inlet fishermen receive aid money
In Cook Inlet, 454 checks were mailed — 481 eligible fishermen received applications for the payments. Another 330 checks were sent to Kuskokwim fishermen, out of 471 initially expected to be eligible, and 564 out of 599 eligible Yukon fishermen received payments. Read the rest here 16:26
Kodiak needs a crab restoration effort – LudgerDochtermann
Toby Sullivan wrote a great piece on the early Kodiak crab fishery. A kick in the mouth with a reminder that the community of Kodiak was built on crab. This city, the state and federal government have spent up to one billion dollars in often unbelievable financial indebtedness and flat-out government largesse, all taxpayer drains. Read the rest here 16:00
Researchers, shrimpers look for black gill shrimp in Georgia
This wasn’t your typical cruise. For starters, the day-long journey around Chatham County waterways on the 92-foot R/V Savannah on Thursday was focused on a tiny parasite on shrimp that turns their gills an unsightly and unmarketable black. And instead of scientists researching the problem by themselves and reporting their results in a scientific journal years from now, they invited along shrimpers,,, Video, Read the rest here
BOFFFFs (big, old, fat, fertile, female fish) sustain fisheries
Recreational fishermen prize large trophy fish. Commercial fishing gear targets big fish. After all, larger fish feed the egos of humans as well as their bellies. A new compilation of research from around the world now shows that big, old, fat, fertile, female fish – known as BOFFFFs to scientists – are essential for ensuring that fishery stocks remain sustainable. Read the rest here 10:37
Something’s fishy about Seattle’s Fisherman’s Terminal – and that’s a good thing
Living in Seattle, we have a tendency to take great seafood for granted; we know that come spring, our halibut will have a soft landing in herbed butter. It’s a given that we can drive to Fishermen’s Terminal and buy freshly-caught salmon just feet from where the boat docks. We can be confident our crab,,, Read the rest here 10:20
Companies to Provide Modernization and Implementation of entellitrak® to Power NOAA’s Law Enforcement Personnel Activities
MicroPact, Inc., the global leader in Data-First™ Case Management and Business Process Management (BPM) software, has secured a contract with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to deploy entellitrak® as the Trident Case Management System for the federal agency’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of Law Enforcement (OLE). Read the rest here 10:12
Jacobs (fourth-generation waterman) unopposed in District 36 in the Maryland House of Delegates
“For 20 years, I feel like Annapolis has really regulated the industry, really in a way that has been very detrimental to the industry,” Jacobs said. “The first year or two I was there, it was very frustrating for me to see legislation introduced and passed by legislators who had no idea what a waterman looked like.” Jacobs said there is a lot of influence on legislators from environmental interest groups and the information they have received for the last 20 years has been “really one-sided.” Read the rest here 09:14
