Daily Archives: December 10, 2014
Congress votes to keep USCG chopper in Newport Oregon
WASHINGTON — Congress has voted to keep the U.S. Coast Guard air facility at Newport open through 2015, Senator Ron Wyden’s office confirmed Wednesday. The Coast Guard was preparing to close the facility, where a search-and-rescue helicopter is stationed, on December 15. Coast Guard budget cuts were blamed for the closure. Read the rest here 19:36
Breaking News – Disastrous Start to Oregon Dungeness Crab Fishery – But is it Really?
Yesterday morning we were told that the Oregon Dungeness Crab season was off to a near disastrous start. The “derby” style fishery opened on December 1st with dismal returns so far. We interview Hugh Link the Executive Director of the to get some insight into the Oregon Dungeness Crab Fishery. Watch the video here 19:21
Discharge exemption ok’d; USCG Act reauthorized
Fishermen can safely hose down their decks without fear of violating the Clean Water Act. Congress yesterday voted unanimously to extend a moratorium for three years that exempts commercial fishing vessels from needing incidental discharge permits. Senator Lisa Murkowski spearheaded the bipartisan push –Read the rest here 18:35
Editorial: NOAA owes answers regarding latest fishing aid delay
It’s been 11 months now since Congress allocated $75 million in to help ease the effects of the economic disaster that has befallen fisheries around the nation, with more than $30 million targeted to aid the Northeast groundfishery, and $14.9 million of it headed for Massachusetts. Read the rest here 17:07
Fishermen’s Wives attorney responds to Coast Guard claims that the helicopter is not needed in Newport
Fishermen’s Wives attorney Michael Haglund has filed his clients’ rebuttal to the Coast Guard’s allegations that they have done their homework to justify the closure of the Coast Guard Air Facility at Newport. But first a review of the Coast Guard’s basic arguments for closure. The Coast Guard contends the closure will have no effect on the safety of those,,, Read the rest here 15:52
Hard headed! Banned Kent waterman charged with new violations
A Kent County waterman whose license was revoked earlier this year was charged Tuesday, Dec. 2, by for violating his revocation by fishing for striped bass. NRP identified the man as Benjamin L. Reihl, 27, of Chestertown. According to NRP, Reihl was seen on successive days working on a commercial boat in the waters off Queen Anne’s County by NRP officers on routine patrol. Read the rest here 14:34
Singing the halibut blues – Buck Laukitis, commercial fisherman
Why is more of the halibut resource wasted in the Bering Sea than landed and sold? Thirteen out of 14 fish in the Central Bering Sea will be wasted next season. Overall, the entire Bering Sea will only have 2.4 million pounds of halibut that can be sold in 2015, while more than 6 million pounds will be killed and thrown overboard as bycatch. Read the rest here 14:10
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 76′ Stacked Wheelhouse Stern Trawler,1979, Dragger Steel, CAT 3412 – Permits
Specifications, and information and 4 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:22
Louisiana has an ambitious $50 billion plan to fight coastal wetlands erosion. But will it work?
As Brig. Gen. Duke DeLuca wrapped up his 32-year career with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers in August, he contemplated the key to Louisiana’s massive, 50-year, $50 billion effort to prevent the southeastern portion of the state from being swallowed by the Gulf of Mexico. Read the rest here 10:49
Maine scallop survey shows mixed results
LUBEC, Maine (AP) — A Maine state government survey about the density of scallops from Penobscot Bay to Lubec shows mixed results for the fishery. The survey found that the density of harvest-ready scallops was significantly higher in the Bold Coast area in 2014 than in an adjacent area in 2013. The density of harvestable scallops was also higher in the Little Kennebec and Englishman Bay area in 2014 than an adjacent area last year. The survey results say five other areas – Addison, Frenchman Bay, Swan’s Island, Isle au Haut Bay and upper Penobscot Bay – had “poor scallop abundance.” The state Department of Marine Resources performed the survey in April 2014 10:11
New study translated: public servants are more likely to become eco-activists
“Some people are born with a higher intrinsic need to serve the public,” said study co-author Robert K. Christensen, an associate professor in the School of Public and International Affairs. “They have a desire to help others and serve society. Government and nonprofit managers, for example, typically have higher levels of public service motivation than business managers.” Read the rest here 08:29
