Daily Archives: December 24, 2014
Shrimp boats sought for Gulf of Maine research – Boats will collect samples for study
The states of Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts are seeking four shrimp trawling vessels to collect samples for research this winter. There is a total of $10,000 available. Each participant will be required to make five research trips and will get $500 per trip. They also will be allowed to land and sell up to 1,800 pounds of shrimp per trip. Read the rest here 23:31
CODFISH IN GULF OF MAINE – Sam Novello, Gulf of Maine Fisherman
My family has been fishing the GULF OF MAINE,since 1920 to present times . My grandfather and father always told me ,the GULF OF MAINE HAS VAST CODFISH LESS AREAS!! I have fished this area most of my life and agree with them . Noaa ,when they do their surveys , it seems, they always pick codfish dead areas. , the GULF OF MAINE IS MORE COMPLEX THEN MOST AREAS SURVEYED BY NOAA BECAUSE OF TOPOGRAPHICAL FEATURES OF GULF OF MAINE.Lots of valleys and peaks. Codfish fellow contours and depths , where Noaa goes in a straight line. So, all GULF OF MAINE FISHERMEN SHOULD HAVE a SAY WHERE NOAA SURVEY TOWS ARE MADE IN THE FUTURE!!!!! SAM NOVELLO, GULF OF MAINE FISHERMAN 12:32Canadian crustaceans satisfying China’s demand for Atlantic lobster
The Chinese wholesaler wanted 1,000 kilograms of live lobster from Nova Scotia – the bigger the better – and he wanted it in Beijing in less than a week. That was a Friday morning. By the next Thursday, 76 cases of live lobster, worth nearly $25,000, arrived from Tangier Lobster company via refrigerated truck and an Air Canada flight, and 1,200 lobsters were crawling over one another in huge tanks at Jingshen Seafood Market, China’s largest. Read the rest here 12:18
NOAA regional office eyes 5-year priorities (I say Layoffs should be priority #1!)
The draft of a five-year strategic plan developed by NOAA’s Gloucester-based Greater Atlantic Regional Fisheries Office is short on specifics and long — very long — on the stilted linguistic gymnastics of the bureaucracy. (well said!) The stated-goal of enhancing community resiliency is sure to raise an eyebrow or two along the Gloucester waterfront. Read the rest here 11:27
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 58′ Steel Scalloper/Longline, 550HP Iveco Diesel
Specifications, and information and 19 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 11:11
Enviro Lawyer Lawsuit Filed to Protect Endangered Steller Sea Lions AGAIN!
“We have been forced back to court once again by an agency that appears intent on sacrificing healthy ocean ecosystems for short-term economic gain,” said Michael LeVine, Pacific Senior Counsel for Oceana. “We hoped that the Fisheries Service would show the leadership needed to find long–term, sustainable solutions, but instead, we find ourselves back in court to defend the basic premise that sea lions need fish caught by industrial fisheries to survive.” Read the rest here 10:58
NOAAgate: how ‘ocean acidification’ could turn out to be the biggest con since Trawlgate!
For years this has been touted by environmentalists as possibly the greatest threat to the planet after “global warming.” According to Jane Lubchenko, the (former) head of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), it is “climate change’s equally evil twin” because of the disastrous consequences it may have for everything from the navigational systems of spawning salmon to the health of coral reefs. Ocean acidification is said to be caused when excess atmospheric carbon dioxide is absorbed by the sea, reducing its pH levels to make it more acidic. Read the rest here 08:02
Dungy crab bring $15 million at the docks – Audio
While a few areas still remain open to commercial Dungeness fishing, the majority of region closed on November 30. Compared to historical numbers, this year has been a good one. Joe Stratman is the State’s Lead Crab Biologist for Region 1 which includes Southeast Alaska. “This total full season harvest thus far is above the ten year full season average,” Stratman says. Read the rest here 07:41
Work starts on disputed offshore windmill project
Work began Tuesday on a proposed New Jersey wind power project that’s still very much up in the air. Fishermen’s Energy held a groundbreaking in Atlantic City for the onshore portion of its proposed project to locate five windmills about three miles off the city’s coast by workers preparing for a connection cable. The plan, rejected three times by New Jersey utility regulators, is the subject of a court appeal due to be heard in March. Read the rest here 07:19
Young to take lead on Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization
The House Committee on Natural Resources will be restructured in the 114th Congress; all ocean-related issues will be heard in the Water and Power Subcommittee and redubbed the Water, Power, and Oceans Subcommittee, All pending legislation expires at the end of the current Congress, however, and any MSA bill will have to be reintroduced in the new Congress. Although not the chair of the committee, spokesman Matthew Shuckerow said Young will introduce the MSA in the new Congress. “He’s excited to make this a priority,” Shuckerow said. Read the rest here 06:53
