Daily Archives: November 30, 2014
Off the Hook: Florida fisherman lands in U.S. Supreme Court case weighing government overreach
John Yates doesn’t make his living as a commercial fisherman anymore. The federal conviction he is fighting all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court took care of that. Instead, he scraped together everything he had, opened a boutique furniture store and called it Off the Hook. Read the rest here 19:32
Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update, November 30, 2014
The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance is dedicated to its mission of continuing to help create sustainable fisheries without putting licensed fishermen out of business.” Read the update here To read all the updates, click here 19:05
South Atlantic Fishery Management Council Meeting December 1-5, 2014 – New Bern, NC Attend via Webinar
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What Wrecks Reveal
From the paper by Penny McCall, – Amidst the hope required to going out fishing day after day, Findus was a portent, a ghost of the devastated future that any small fishing boat could easily become. During the time I knew Alasdair and worked on his small fishing trawler, he told me Findus’ story again and again. The first time was after a month of patiently tolerating my questions about environmental relations and fishing practices. Alasdair pointed out that I had never asked him about friends he had lost at sea: ‘wouldn’t that be quite an obvious question?’ he asked. And then Alasdair told me about Findus and the wreck of his small fishing boat, the Kathryn Jane Read the rest here, 22 pages 15:01
Crew okay, rescued after lobster boat sinks off Wedgeport
While day one of the LFA 34 lobster fishing season got off to a smooth start with relatively few problems, day two of the season saw the sinking off a fishing vessel off of Wedgeport. All four men aboard the vessel, the Lady Wallace, were reported to be okay. They were picked up in a life raft by another nearby fishing boat. Read the rest here 14:03
Bristol Bay’s big run may hurt prices in Cook Inlet
Bristol Bay is expecting a sockeye salmon harvest topping 40 million fish next year, including the southern Alaska Peninsula. That’s bound to challenge harvesters and processors in ensuring quality, and have a chilling effect on prices for Upper Cook Inlet sockeyes. Read the rest here 13:34
As The Boat Grows – F/V Miss Berdie
Newport, Oregon-based Miss Berdie was built by Rodriguez Boat Builders of Bayou LaBatre, Alabama in 1987. When the owner approached Fred Wahl Shipyard and the naval architect Hockema & Whalen Associates (HWA) about increasing the vessel’s capacity,,, Read the rest here 11:52
Recreational Fishing Alliance (RFA) Opposed to 55-square-mile closure area of Stellwagen Bank
Could a closure of Stellwagen possibly lead to other state closures in the future, if the “showroom environmentalists,” as Donofrio calls them, get their foot in the door? Will Buzzards Bay be next? Or Vineyard Sound? Area anglers and businesses supported by recreational fishing are strongly urged to attend on the 16th and oppose the closure. Read the rest here 10:21
Possible rule changes for hogfish overfishing
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Life Research Institute recently completed a stock assessment of hogfish and found the ones in Atlantic Ocean waters off Florida are currently undergoing overfishing, which means the fish mortality rate is at a level that is too high and not sustainable, according to research institute fisheries biologist Mike Murphy. Read the rest here 09:02
