Daily Archives: November 26, 2014
NOAA Draws Criticism Over Revised Steller Sea Lion Measures
Oceanic senior scientist and campaign manager Jon Warrenchuk, in Juneau is critical of NOAA’s decision. “We had hoped that the Fisheries Service would show the leadership needed to find long term and sustainable solutions to management in the Aleutians,” he said. “Instead of giving protection measures a chance to work, the Fisheries Service has opened the floodgates. Read the rest here 21:45
James Landry admits to police he shot Phillip Boudreau
The 67-year-old Cape Breton fisherman accused of murdering Phillip Boudreau admitted to police that he shot the man, according to a taped statement played Wednesday to a Nova Scotia Supreme Court jury in Port Hawkesbury. Police interviewed Joseph James Landry a week after Boudreau disappeared. Read the rest here 19:27
Japan vows to resume Antarctic whale hunt for ‘science’ next year – Critics guilty of “eco-imperialism”
Critics of Japan’s whaling practices are guilty of “eco-imperialism” for trying to impose their beliefs on countries that hunt and eat whales, Japan’s pointman on the issue said Wednesday. Critics of whaling needed to drop their “zero tolerance” stance and recognize that different countries have “different codes,” Read the rest here 16:10
Fishermen vent about proposal to close Stellwagen Bank, other areas for research. “playground for scientists,”
PLYMOUTH – A charter boat captain who makes a living chasing tuna, Johnny Johnson finds it infuriating that regulators may close stretches of ocean in the name of research, but he doesn’t know when, exactly where or for how long “You’re telling me I can’t go feed my family. That’s what you’re telling me. “Our kids are hungry every single day, and we can’t have these people making these decisions about how we will survive.” Read the rest here 13:33
New smelt regulations: quiet hearing, strong feelings
Maine’s smelt fishery is far from the largest in volume and very, very far from the top in value, but the silvery little fish stir strong feelings within a cluster of Mainers who ascribe an almost mythic quality to the toothy delicacy that run up many of the state’s coastal brooks from the sea each spring to spawn. Read the rest here 13:11
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 43′ Fiberglass Lobster/Crab/Gillnet – 300HP, John Deere 6081
Specifications, and information and 14 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here
Aquaculture debated in Delaware, booming in Maryland
Looking into Tar Bay, the man at the helm of the Chesapeake Gold confidently clicks the mud-splattered throttle forward. The morning is too cold, he says; temperatures have dipped to the 20s. Water freezes in place as it splashes the deck. Those are January temperatures, not mid-November. The wind stings the face of everyone on board. Read more here 11:30
Massachusetts: At Large Seat on NEFMC- Needs to be filled – Applications due Dcember 1
Interested in serving on the New England Fishery Management Council? Applications are due 12/1: http://ow.ly/EMVk6 09:34
Southwestern Nova Scotia: Lobster season opening set for Friday morning
UPDATED: Unless there is a drastic change over the next couple of days, the opening of the lobster fishing season off southwestern Nova Scotia is set for Friday, Nov. 28, with the LFA 34 district opening at 6 a.m. and the LFA 33 district opening at 7 a.m. Read the rest here 09:03
UPDATED: Search suspended – Coast Guard searches for overdue crabber near Anacortes, Wash.
Missing is Dean Harvey, 48, of Bremerton. Robert Romero, Harvey’s brother, reported that they both left Anacortes around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday on separate, 18-foot fishing vessels to go crabbing and agreed to return to Anacortes at 3:30 p.m. Romero returned to Anacortes at 3:30 p.m. and waited for his brother to return until 4:30 p.m., when he called Skagit County 911 operators to report him overdue. Read the rest here. 07:30 Update here 22:22
Greenpeace whines about John Sackton’s seafoodnews.com pollock redlisting comment while kissing undercurrents fanny
After numerous suggestions to Seafood.com’s John Sackton that his stories about Greenpeace might be more accurate if he took the time to check in with us, we finally concluded that if his biases were obvious to us, they were probably obvious to others as well. Read the rest here 08:31
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