Daily Archives: October 23, 2014
Center for Biological Diversity to sue NMFS to Protect Disappearing Pinto Abalone From Ocean Acidification, Climate Change and Poaching
Sustainable. The tax drain of US taxpayers that pay for NMFS, CBD’s tax except status, and for frivolous lawsuits brought forth by the Bender and Bender of Environmental NGO’s. Apparently these nuts believe that NMFS should be sued over Ocean Acidification, Climate Change and Poaching? Read the press release here 21:42
Gulf Council votes 10-7 in favor of Amendment 40 – 75 percent of gulf red snapper fishery would go to private businesses forever
Thursday’s 10-7 vote by the Gulf Council favors a document referred to as Amendment 40, which would create rules for anglers fishing from charter boats that would be separate and different from rules that regulate anglers fishing from private boats for snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. Read the rest here 20:29
From the Cape Cod Hippie – JUDGE: Joe’s Lobster Mart Has 14 Days To Clear Out Its Stock And Shut Down
Ding, Dong, the witch is dead! Or at least its been given 14 days to live… until the appeal… whatever, it’s better than nothing. It looks like the thief’s testimony that this was not a “one time” incident has sealed Joe’s fate, and rightfully so. Read the rest here 18:45
The Squatters are coming! Bay State Making Plans for Ocean Development
In the third of five public hearings on the 2014 draft Massachusetts Ocean Management Plan, Coastal Zone Management (CZM) director Bruce Carlisle opened the Oct. 22 meeting by quoting the original 2004 Ocean Management Task Force” “The ocean can no longer be a place where use is determined on a first-come, first-served basis for competing multiple uses.” Read the rest here 17:39
UPDATED – Not Good: Lobsterman Jailed, Fined Over Illegal Lobsters
A Maine lobsterman who kept undersized and V-notched lobsters has been sentenced to two days in jail and fined $50,000. The Department of Marine Resources is also suspending his license for three years. Read the rest here 17:03
New Zealand Government seizes Korean trawler – owners Taejin Fisheries Co of Busan owe 93 Indonesian crew $4.5 million in wages.
Docked in Dunedin’s inner harbour, it was valued a year ago at $1 million, but owners Taejin Fisheries Co of Busan owe 93 Indonesian crew $4.5 million in wages. Taxpayers have paid over $50,000 in berthage fees since its owners gave up on it. It has also paid to clean up the ship which became infested with rats, cockroaches and lice. Read the rest here 16:44
Open letter to John Bullard, Terry Stockwell: Fishermen are the real environmental stewards
This is an open letter to John Bullard, regional administrator for NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service, and Terry Stockwell, chairman of the New England Fishery Management Council. After attending and speaking at the New England Fishery Management Council in Hyannis, I feel compelled to offer the following. The New England fishing industry has a proud and rich history of men and women who did all they could to better their families. Read the rest here 13:03
So God Made A Fisherman
And on the 8th day, God looked down on his planned paradise and said, “I need a provider.” So God made a FISHERMAN. God said, “I need somebody willing to get up before dawn, mend nets, work all day in the Sound or in the Ocean, mend nets again, eat supper and then go to town and stay past midnight at a meeting of the Marine Fisheries board.” So God made a Fisherman. Read the rest here 12:58
Finest At Sea seafood company forfeits catch – no evidence the company was trying to be surreptitious
Finest At Sea has forfeited the proceeds from a $14,000 halibut catch after pleading guilty to contravening the conditions of a commercial fishing licence in March 2012. Court heard the ill health of company owner Bob Fraumeni and a skipper’s inexperience contributed to the company’s failure to apply for a special amendment to the halibut licence on a trip on the Nordic Spirit on March 18 to 20, 2012. Read the rest here 12:30
PEI Lobster fishery soon to be certified sustainable
P.E.I. lobster should be certified environmentally sustainable before fishermen go back out on the water again. The P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association hopes Island lobster will be certified as environmentally sustainable by mid-December, in plenty of time for the opening of the spring fishery in May. The fishery is in the last stage of approval to earn . Read the rest here 12:01
Cute Headline: Fraudulent Fishmonger Hooked In Federal Fluke Conspiracy
A Brooklyn fish dealer was sentenced to four months in prison Wednesday for his part in a conspiracy to steal nearly 250,000 pounds of fluke from the federal government, the Justice Department announced. It all started in 2009, when the dealer, Alan Dresner, learned that one of the fishing boat captains was consistently overharvesting fluke, Read the rest here 11:16
Charter Captains on Red Snapper Regulation
The has been hearing from the public today regarding management issues for red snapper. . The public hearing was held at the Battle House Hotel. Right now, charter companies are held under the same rules and regulations as private recreational fisherman. Video, Read more here 08:04
Kiribati tightens control over fishing waters
Kiribati’s decision to greatly restrict the number of fishing days US vessels has sent shockwaves across the Pacific.Kiribati will provide under a new fisheries treaty, down from thousands of days in previous years. Audio report here 07:42
F/V Merit Rescues Crew From Sunken Tug South of Narragansett Bay, Credits F/V Tradition for assist
Four crew members aboard a 55-foot tugboat towing a barge were rescued when it overturned south of Narragansett Bay Wednesday night said Coast Guard officials. Update: From Sid Smith, the skipper/ owner of F/V Merit: There is a fishing boat in Pt Judith the F/V Tradition he passed the tug on his way in to Pt Judith. When he heard the call he was already tied to the dock. He threw his lines off and went out again to assist. It was blowing 40 to 60 easy. He called me and because he has ais gave me the td numbers which help point me the right way. I feel he deserves some credit. It helped a lot. Capt Arin William F/V Tradiion, Thanks, Sid Video Read the rest here 06:46 updated 11:26
