Daily Archives: November 10, 2014
Fukushima Radioactivity Detected Off West Coast
Monitoring efforts along the Pacific Coast of the U.S. and Canada have detected the presence of small amounts of radioactivity from the 2011 Fukushima Dai-ichi Nuclear Power Plant accident 100 miles (150 km) due west of Eureka, California. Read the rest here 23:00
Juneau wants more AK researchers to be based in AK
Researchers at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center are tops at the work they do – the Center is the research arm of NOAA Fisheries. Their science forms the basis for setting Alaska fish quotas, running observer programs, tightening bycatch limits, to name a few. But … the Alaska Fisheries Science Center is located in Seattle. wants bring those science jobs closer to the resources they study. Listen and read the rest here 21:21
Click Here – Cod, Cod and more Cod! – Various articles from the region indexed in this post. More will be added
Feds reduce cod fishing, cite new evidence – Read it here Cod fishing in Gulf of Maine effectively banned for six months – Read it here Feds add fishing restrictions for Atlantic cod – Read it here 20:38 Regulators to place strict limits on cod catch in Gulf of Maine – Read it here 21:49 Cod ruling puts Gloucester fishermen on ice – Read it here 09:58 Cod closures to sting Gloucester fleet – Read it here 13:37 Regulators Ban Cod Fishing In New England As Stocks Dwindle – Read it here 18:06 New cod fish restrictions will hit Maine fishermen – Read it here 18:12 Feds Shut Down Cod Fishing Off New England Coast– Read it here 18:14
Feds Add Fishing Restrictions for Atlantic Cod – will have a significant economic impact on some fishermen
Regulators are closing areas where most of the cod catches have occurred over the last couple of years to protect the remaining stock. Most of those areas will be off the coast of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, impacting those who fish the inshore waters there. The emergency plan goes into effect Thursday, and will remain in place until May. ,,, Read the rest here 19:29
Life saving reunion
Randy Lovesin has finally had a chance to say “thank you” to a crew of American sailors who saved his life over 30 years ago. Back in the early 1970s, the then resident of Port Mouton took off with his two brothers for British Columbia to seek their fortune in the West Coast fishery. Read the rest here 19:01
Fish in American waters are experiencing population rebounds
Fish – at least in the waters off the United States – are making a comeback. Nearly two dozen species of Pacific groundfish, including snapper, Dover sole, and dogfish, have experienced population rebounds, according to the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Seafood Watch program. And the 2004 commercial harvest of Atlantic haddock, which had all but disappeared two decades ago, was seven times as large as the 1995 Read the rest here 18:39
Gulf of Maine Cod – Here’s the dope
Statement by John Bullard, regional administrator, NOAA Fisheries – Gulf of Maine Haddock Emergency Management Measures – Gulf of Maine Cod Interim Management Measures – Q&As – Bulletin (letter to fishery permit holders) – Gulf of Maine Haddock Stock Assessment (2014) – Gulf of Maine Cod Stock Assessment Update (2014) – http://www.greateratlantic.fisheries.noaa.gov/stories/2014/gomcodandhaddock.html 13:57
Either there are two meetings one for us, and an earlier one for the Press @ 13:00 or they are lying.
Just intercepted a notice from NOAA Fish Media on twitter, that there is a media advisory from NOAA Whatever about the meeting being at 13:00 – 13:30! Well. Which is it, and why does the press get briefed before the meeting, if there really is a meeting, or just a press conference. READ IT HERE 11:30
Telephone Town Hall to Announce New Gulf of Maine Cod Measures: Monday at 2:30 pm
NOAA Fisheries Greater Atlantic Regional Administrator, John Bullard, will be hosting a Telephone Town Hall and webinar on Monday at 2:30 pm to announce new management measures for Gulf of Maine Cod.Event address for attendees: https://noaaevents.
Philip Boudreau murder trial to begin Monday
The first of four people charged in the death of Cape Breton fisherman Philip Boudreau last year goes to trial Monday. James Joseph Landry, 66, is charged with second-degree murder in a case that shook the small fishing village of Petit-de-Grat, on Isle Madame. Read the rest here 08:47
Letters signal preventative strike against NOAA fishing measures
NOAA Regional Administrator John K. Bullard has conceded the emergency measures, which will be announced around the middle of this month, likely will include quota cuts and area closures and will have a “disproportionate” negative impact on small-boat groundfish ports such as Gloucester and Portsmouth, N.H. Read the rest here 08:01
Expert says claims that war games will harm thousands of animals are ‘overblown’
That assessment was backed by Brandon Southall, a former fisheries service researcher who researches at the University of California at Santa Cruz. “I think the numbers” citing potential harm presented by the Navy and NMFS “are overestimates,” he said. “Overall, I think the concerns are being amplified because the conservation groups are interested in getting people’s attention, and they get it by saying these animals are all going to die,” Southall said. Read the rest here 06:03
