Monthly Archives: November 2014
Princeton Professor Emeritus of Geosciences Defends Marine Seismic Surveys for Study of Earth
R/V Maurice Ewing – The vessel was also slated for use in summer 2014 for a Rutgers University-led near-shore seismic study – opposed by many on the Jersey Shore, including fishermen, lawmakers and the nonprofit Clean Ocean Action, because of potential harm to sea life and fisheries commerce. Read the rest here 08:29
Know Your Supplier: FDA Refusing Record Amounts of Shrimp Contaminated with Banned Antibiotics
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (“FDA”) recently reported that in October 2014 the agency refused a total of 101 entry lines of seafood. Of these refusals, 35 of the refusals were of entry lines of shrimp due to antibiotic contamination. Read the rest here 23:34
Cod prohobition imperils deep-sea fishing charter businesses
Gibson said the ban on cod possession probably will remain for two years and could last a generation if cod stocks don’t recover. In recent years, a ban on cod possession lasted only a few months. During those months, business dropped by half, said Tim Tower, who runs Bunny Clark Deep Sea Fishing in Ogunquit. “They said, ‘We won’t be going out fishing again until we can keep cod,’” Tower said. Read more here 22:52
Updated :James Landry ‘murder for lobster’ trial hears closing arguments
‘Cripple’ and ‘destroy’ – But Crown prosecutor Shane Russell told the jury that James Landry was directly involved in the killing. He said Landry told police he had been pushed to the limit and wanted to “cripple” and “destroy” Boudreau if he got the chance and “let the crabs eat him.” When Landry saw Boudreau that morning and suspected him of cutting traps, that was the opportunity to get rid of him, the prosecutor said. Read the rest here 21:57
We wish you a Wonderful Thanksgiving!
We wish you a Wonderful Thanksgiving with family, friends, and loved ones. We also want those that have lost power due to the Nor’easter, and have been inconvenienced that you will be in our thought’s today. 09:40
It’s Thanksgiving in St.Johns for these Sailors, a Community Outpouring! – Ship has arrived in heaven
A couple of weeks ago, a news conference was held at the Fish, Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) office to let people know the crew members are in hard shape. “They said they feel like their boat has docked in heaven,” says Geanine Mulrooney. “I couldn’t get over that there were 11 men next door to where I grew up and they were literally starting to starve,” says Mulrooney. Read the rest here 07:36
World Wide Phenomenon – Fishermen in the South West braced for damaging cut in EU quotas
Jim Portus, chief executive of South Western Fish Producer Organisation, said “things were looking pretty bad” and blamed Government cuts to the number of research voyages which he claimed had not correctly assessed fish stocks. European fisheries policy sets quotas to achieve what it calls Maximum Sustainable Yield – essentially the point at which fishing would not affect whether a species could thrive. Read more here 06:35
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
Philip Boudreau ‘murder for lobster’ trial Continues: Crown witness was so frightened, he soiled himself.
On Monday, Craig Landry told court, it was James Landry who fired the shots at Boudreau’s boat, who dragged Boudreau out to sea with a gaff and who helped tie Boudreau to an anchor. Early Tuesday, the defence drilled Craig Landry on his testimony from the day before, asking him why he didn’t say anything when Landry allegedly fired shots at Boudreau’s boat. Read more here 22:12
Swimmers could be attacked in British waters by killer grey seals, warns a new report.
Britain’s largest carnivorous mammal has been blamed for a spate of mysterious mutilations of harbour porpoises in the North Sea. Many of the carcasses were washed up on Dutch shores frequented by human bathers who may also be endangered by attacks from the vicious predators. Read the rest here
A Rosie Report! Observer program gets ‘sea legs’ as fisheries recover
This summer, the alleged assault of a federal fisheries observer by a deck boss of a groundfish trawler from Astoria,,, Brad Pettinger, director of the Oregon Trawl Commission, called it a “renewal of the social contract that we have with the public.” Now, NOAA is juggling new questions ,, And observers, once viewed with distrust and even hostility, say their jobs have gotten easier. Read the rest here 18:00
Fishermen Are Going To Rename Dogfish (Sand Sharks) So We Will Eat Them – Hippies Top 5 Names! Can you beat them?
Feeney and his colleagues, along with the Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance and the National Oceanic,,,Orrrr… maybe the reason for dogfish’s popularity in the UK might be the fact that they are used to eating grey meat that had all the flavor sucked out of it by boiling water? Or,,, Video, Read the rest here 16:30
Comparing the Pacific Coast’s Commercial Fisheries
Since these Fish Reports focused exclusively on salmon and striped bass fishing in California, we wanted to share an expanded review of fisheries harvests and their economic value in other Pacific Coast states, based on a report from the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS 2014), and in a nod to the recent World Fisheries Day. Read the rest here 15:55
Squid Fishermen save Six Kayakers off the Coast of Malibu
Six kayakers off the coast of Malibu were unexpectedly blown out to sea today as the Santa Ana winds returned to the region on Sunday morning, but thankfully a squid-fishing fleet came to their rescue. Read the rest here 13:16
Tradex:It’s a Buyers Market for Pacific Cod; 2015 Alaska Salmon Fisheries
It certainly is a buyers market right now for Pacific Cod out of the Gulf of Alaska; Processors are holding high levels of inventory, especially in fillets. The 2015 Bristol Bay Sockeye fishery is predicted to be the largest harvest in the past 20 years Click Full Screen, lower right 11:52
Controversial Bristol Bay salmon permit buyback support falters
Bristol Bay salmon fishermen’s 81% support of studying the economic impact of a drift gillnet buyback program in Bristol Bay broke down into a general sense of opposition during a Pacific Marine Expo discussion on the program last week. Fishermen and regulators criticized the potential program’s cost, whether it is even necessary and the uncertainty of its ability to improve the fishery. Read the rest here 11:37
BOEM OCEAN GRABBING – To Auction of 742,000 more acres of Fishing Grounds for commercial wind scam energy production
Offshore wind energy generation always seems to be a distant reality, for the United States at least. But the development pace could pick up with the planned auction of over 742,000 acres off Massachusetts that could produce enough electricity to power half of the homes in that state, said the U.S. Department of Interior on Monday. Read the rest here 11:17
Fisherman Racism? Cape Breton aboriginal man blames boat damage on non-native fishermen
Kenny Basque says he knew he would suffer racism when he was getting into the native fishery five years ago, but he didn’t expect it would lead to serious vandalism. His boat sustained more than $9,000 in damage after it was untied from its mooring at the St. Peter’s Canal on Nov. 3. Read the rest here 08:54
Overwhelmed with turtles, aquarium even uses airlift
This year, nearly 1,000 endangered sea turtles have been recovered from Cape Cod Bay beaches, and the turtle pipeline is full. The New England Aquarium, the regional destination for injured and cold-stunned turtles, has already treated nearly 400 animals, almost double the record for a full year. Read the rest here 08:07
November 2014 PFMC Decision Summary Document Online
The Pacific Fishery Management Council met November 14-19, 2014 in Costa Mesa, California. The November 2014 Council Meeting Decision Summary Document summarizes the decisions made during that meeting. Read it here 19:46
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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