Daily Archives: October 28, 2014
Fisheries minister accepts recommendation for no lobster ballot industry vote next year
SOUTHWESTERN NOVA SCOTIA – Usually with less than a month to go before the end-of-November start to the commercial lobster fishery in Yarmouth and parts of Shelburne and Digby counties, the industry would be debating whether changes are needed in an attempt to control landings and better prices. Read the rest here 23:07
NEWPORT: Oregon’s congressional delegation says copter closure delayed 15 days – Its a Start!
Several members of Oregon’s congressional delegation say the Coast Guard has agreed to keep a rescue helicopter at Newport until Dec. 15. The agency’s Newport air station had been scheduled to close Nov. 30 due to budget cuts. Crabbing season is scheduled to start the next day. Sens. Jeff Merkley and Ron Wyden and U.S. Rep. Kurt Schrader say they spoke Tuesday,,, Read the rest here 21:40
Whale Protection Rules: Maine Lobstermen Divided Over Whether to Sue – Wait’ll the Cod Protection Rules Kick In!
Maine lobstermen are considering taking the federal government to court over regulations designed to protect endangered North Atlantic right whales. The Maine Lobstering Union has filed a notice of intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service over new and existing rules requiring the modification of lobster gear. Read the rest here 18:58
Burnt Church 15 Years Later – where lobster wars became a reality
Time flies. Fifteen years have now passed since the Supreme Court of Canada made its landmark ruling in favour of the late Donald Marshall Junior, a Mi’kmaq from Nova Scotia.,, docks became a flashpoint, where lobster wars became a reality following the Supreme Court’s decision in the fall of 1999 and which ensued into the summer and fall of 2000. Violent confrontations took centre stage,,, Read the rest here 13:20
Audio Available: Coast Guard seeks assistance in identifying suspected hoax caller in NC
Coast Guard Sector North Carolina personnel are requesting assistance from the public in identifying a suspected hoax caller who is suspected to have made seven false distress calls during the past two years in the vicinity of New Bern. Listen to distress calls here 12:45
I thought we were safe at Fisherynation-Ebola Czar Wife Wants Travel Ban…For Fisherman
The wife of the ebola czar favors a travel ban for…. fisherman, Gotnews.com has learned. Monica Medina, wife of Ron Klain, is the other half of the DC power couple. Like her husband she’s long been involved in political issues and Democratic politics. She successfully worked to pressure the Obama administration to ban large parts of the ocean to commercial fishing. Obama announced a ban on commercial fishing within a 782,0000 square miles of U.S. territorial waters. Read the rest here
Hudson’s GM opens new oyster farm
Carmines has worked tirelessly over the past few years developing relationships with shrimp trawlers, commercial fishing vessels and has also started shedding out soft shell crabs on site at the restaurant. Now he has started the Shell Ring Oyster Company, an oyster farm that has quite the appetite for providing the finest, local single select oysters. Read the rest here 12:06
European Commission proposes fishing opportunities in the Atlantic and North Sea for 2015
The European Commission has today proposed fishing opportunities for 2015 for the Atlantic and the North Sea. This is the annual proposal for the amount of fish which can be caught by EU fishermen from the main commercial fish stocks next year and it is for the first time based on the new Common Fisheries Policy (CFP). Read the rest here 11:31
Oahu fishing vessel master pleads guilty, sentenced for sleeping while ship underway
Oahu resident Kevin Lam pleaded guilty to eight charges of operating a commercial fishing vessel in a grossly negligent manner on Friday and received a sentence of one-year probation and 60 hours of community service from Magistrate Judge Barry M. Kurren. Read the rest here 10:37
Bluefin tuna stocks rebounding – Tuna stocks not ready for increased quotas, say ecologists
Atlantic bluefin tuna numbers are up, according to the latest scientific review of the stocks, and Canada believes an increased catch is possible. The study was done in preparation for meetings of the International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tuna next month, which will set fishing quotas for the next two years. Katie Schleit of the Ecology Action Network is hoping ICCAT will,,, Read the rest here 10:14
Stronger restrictions imposed on elvers, frustrating fishermen – Regulators also will keep a new quota system
The decision affects the livelihoods of the hundreds of people working in the fishery, which has recently been the second-most valuable fishery in the state, behind only lobsters. This spring, the catch had an estimated value of $8.4 million. Read the rest here 09:30
‘Wicked Tuna’ boat rescues 2 as Miss Sambvca sinks
Dennis Bonazzoli was pretty sure he was about to die. Bonazzoli was standing on the roof of the rapidly sinking Miss Sambvca in numbingly cold and churning water off the southern edge of Jeffreys Ledge on the night of Oct. 19. The water temperature was 58 degrees. The air temperature was 38 degrees and seas were running at a hard 10 to 12 feet. And if it weren’t for the courageous and selfless acts of Capt. Tyler McLaughlin on the Pinwheel, Bonazzoli and his Miss Sambvca captain, Dave Potter, both could have gone to frigid, lonely and watery deaths. Read the rest here 08:44
Gloucester: State sets out second phase of fish aid
The state’s application for the second phase of federal fishery disaster aid includes about $3 million for an expanded group of federal permit holders and another $3 million that represents the first direct assistance to crew members. Read the rest here 08:32
