Daily Archives: December 1, 2014
Maine scallop season opens with record high prices
Opening-day prices in Maine, where fishermen with state licenses will have up to 70 days spread out over the next five months to drag or dive for scallops, are around $13 to $14 per pound, people involved with the fishery said Monday. That’s higher than the average price Maine fishermen had last winter, which at $12.24 was the highest such average ever recorded in Maine,,, Read more here 23:11
Rebuilding cod in 3Ps – Stock swimming in right direction – How ’bout that!
David Coffin, a research management official with the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) in Newfoundland, said the federal government has initiated a rebuilding plan for the southern Newfoundland Atlantic cod stock in fishing area 3Ps. Read the rest here 21:43
More info on AK IFQ cost recovery programs for halibut, sablefish, Bering Sea crab
Those who hold quota shares of Alaska halibut, sablefish and Bering Sea crab pay a fee to the federal government for costs of managing and enforcing the fisheries. Information from Troie Zuniga, Fee Coordinator Operations and Management Division NOAA Fisheries NMFS – Alaska Region(907) 586-7105 Read the rest here 20:51
New England: NEFMC, Notice of Public Hearings for Habitat Amendment 2
Dear Council Members and Interested Parties: Please note we have has updated the public hearing notice – REVhabitat.mtg_notice.pdf – 1. The Gloucester meeting has been moved to a new location; and 2. The public hearing document is available online for those who were not able to access it previously – NEFMC_Habitatpublichearing doc.pdf. Patricia M. Fiorelli, Public Affairs Officer, NEFMC [email protected] 19:31
International Pacific Halibut Commission Interim Meeting 2014 – 2-3 December – Attend via Webinar!
Meeting Documents can be accessed here Interim Meeting 2014 Agenda Webinar registration: 2014 IPHC Interim Meeting Day 1 here 2014 IPHC Interim Meeting Day 2 here 18:47
West Coast Crabber’s trip cut short for numerous Safety Violations, Owner charged with Fishery Violations
The Coast Guard terminated the voyage of a commercial crab fishing vessel for numerous safety violations three miles west of Long Beach, Monday. A 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment in Ilwaco escorted the crew of the 58-foot fishing vessel Shearwater Two to Ilwaco following the vessel’s voyage termination. Read the rest here 17:35
F/V Madison Kate being towed to New Bedford by USCGC Tahoma – ETA, 08:00 Tuesday
BOSTON — Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma, homeported in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, assisted a disabled 90-foot fishing vessel approximately 70 miles east of Chatham, Massachusetts, Monday. Read the rest here 15:44
FREE LUNCH!!! Free oyster workshop planned in Houma on Friday
Oyster boat captains, deckhands and owners can attend a free workshop from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Friday in Houma. Topics will include using GPS to find oyster leases, defining a sack, oyster handling and waste disposal, regulations and separating oyster clusters. Lunch will be provided. Information is here 15:20
Let’s take control of our future – why the industry must take centre-stage in implementing the discard ban.
Newlyn skipper of the Crystal Sea (SH118), David Stevens – I have been fishing now for nearly 25 years and in all of that time, the decisions that really matter, on how we fish and by what amount we can catch have been controlled by people far away miles from the sea, who most of us have never met. ,, We needed to filter the juvenile haddocks out of the net, and we knew that a square mesh panel,,, Read the rest here 13:41
Up From the Depths – Sabrina Galloway, Shrimper
It is a bizarrely hot, sunny day in late October and Galloway is in her usual spot, the spot she first stood in when she was 8, back when she had to climb atop a milk crate to steer, the spot she was in on that day this August when the Mr. Anthony flipped over twice, taking her father’s life and trapping her for four hours in a small compartment under the deck. Read the rest here 11:53
UPDATED!: Maine’s scallopers prepare for crowded season
The 
began on Monday. Maine fishery regulators have used a battery of restrictions and regulations to rebuild the fishery in recent years. The fishery has grown from about 33,000 pounds in 2005 to more than 400,000 pounds in 2013. Read the rest here 11:25 – updated 13:51
EPA regs hit fishing industry, unless Congress meets deadline
If the rule goes into effect, the EPA estimates it would apply to as many as 138,000 smaller vessels around the country, and about half them are commercial fishing boats. The rules would apply to, among other liquids, fish-hold effluent, bilge water, grey water, and, Curry points out, deckwash. Even runoff. Read the rest here 11:13
One dead after South Korean fishing vessel sinks off Russian coast
One person was killed and the fate of more than 50 others is unknown after a South Korean fishing vessel sank in the Bering Sea off the coast of Russia’s far eastern Chukotka region, officials have said. Read the rest here 08:15
