Daily Archives: January 8, 2015
Sea lice pesticides used in salmon industry may be hazardous – can harm, or even kill, lobsters, federal scientists find
Salmosan®, a pesticide currently approved for use in the Bay of Fundy, can be hazardous to lobsters and other species hundreds of metres from a farm, the research conducted at the St. Andrews Biological Station showed. Meanwhile, Alphamax®, which was temporarily used during a sea-lice infestation five years ago, could kill lobsters up to 10 km away, the studies found. Sea lice are a parasitic crustacean that feed on the flesh of farmed salmon until the salmon die or the sea lice are removed. They have plagued the New Brunswick salmon farming industry for years. Read the rest here 21:13
Oak Hill fights looming ban on fishing in wildlife refuge
“A determination was made that commercial harvesting of fish, crabs and shellfish has inherent impacts upon the marine environment that are not compatible with the purpose of the refuge; consequently, the decision was to end permitting of the activity by October 2018,” Refuge Manager Layne Hamilton (bureaucrat) said in an email. “We recognized the long history of commercial fishing and the economic dependence of many local residents on this activity and that is reason the Fish and Wildlife Service provided a 11-year transition to reduce the hardship.” Read the rest here 20:35
Prince Rupert Skipper Fined $3,000 and Forfeits Chinook Catch Worth Almost $11,000
A Prince Rupert commercial fisherman has been fined $3,000 after pleading guilty in Prince Rupert Provincial Court to a serious
. In addition to the fine, Michael Andrew Bullock was ordered to forfeit his landed catch of chinook salmon, valued at $10,791. On June 26, 2014, Mr. Bullock, while skippering the vessel HOPEFULL, contravened the conditions of his licence by failing to have his catch validated by an observer when off-loading from the Area F troll fishery. Read the rest here 17:51
Mass DMF giving Rec fishermen chance to reverse regulations – Because someone is bothered!
Pete Kaizer can remember how the rips east of the island looked from the deck of the Althea K, his charter- fishing boat, just a few years ago. “The squid would come into the Sound, spawn, exit out through Monomoy and Great Point. Today he is bothered by the idea of losing that lush fishing ground. (To the squid fishermen so the State is holding a hearing to get rid of them!) Read the rest here. Notice of Public Hearing and Comment here, Item 2. 17:07
How old is that lobster, anyway??!!
HE’S spent the last six months researching lobsters, so Southern Cross University postdoctoral researcher Dr Jesse Leland was right at home in this underwater world in the heart of Lismore. Dr Leland has definitely been discovering new things thanks to his SCU research. He’s currently working on a new method to help determine the age of crustaceans. Read the rest here 16:17
Pushed Out – Mornington fishing business Hutchins Brothers faces closure
GENERATIONS of Neville Hutchins’ family have been net fishing the waters off Mornington and Mt Martha since 1860. But a $20 million State Government plan to phase out commercial netting in Port Phillip and Corio bays over the next eight years means he may be the last in that proud line. Mr Hutchins and his brother Dalton sell locally caught fish — including salmon, snapper and whiting — from their small shed on Fishermans Beach in Mornington. Read the rest here 11:45
Markey, Warren seek answers from NOAA on stock assessment and interim cod measures
Massachusetts’ two U.S. senators didn’t waste much time in the New Year before demanding answers from NOAA on the unscheduled stock assessment last summer that led to the effective shuttering of cod fishing in the Gulf of Maine and other fishery management issues.,, “It is our understanding that the stock assessment update was unscheduled and was conducted outside of the established procedure for conducting such updates,” Read the rest here 09:05
Commercial fishing captain who pleaded guilty to federal poaching charges is missing
A commercial-fishing boat found Wednesday without its 67-year-old operator triggered a search by U.S. Coast Guard aircraft and boats off Key West. The search for Dennis Dallmeyer continued late Wednesday. Dallmeyer was being prosecuted in federal court for his role in a lobster-poaching operation. In late November, Dallmeyer agreed to plead guilty. Sentencing was scheduled for Jan. 27. Read the rest here 08:28
Urbon: “Lost at Sea: The Human Cost of Fishing,” tells tragic side of fishing
“When people buy fish, I want them to think about this,” Cuddy said. He’s not saying don’t buy fish, you understand. It’s just that a lifetime as a sailor and a short stint as a reporter/deckhand on a fishing boat, he has a good understanding of why these fishermen do what they do, why they find the sea so compelling, and how much risk they take to put food on our tables. Read the rest here 08:02
$8.3 million of federal fisheries disaster relief to be distributed to crew members
The long-awaited Round 2 of federal fisheries disaster relief was announced Wednesday, an $8.3 million pot to be distributed among industry members other than the permit holders who benefited from the first round of aid. Phase 2 will assist parts of the state’s groundfish industry including federal limited access multispecies permit holders, state permit holders, for-hire groundfish permit holders, crew members and others. Read the rest here 07:01
