Daily Archives: January 19, 2015
Fishing gear and methods – a layman’s guide and reference.
A great guide for anyone needing a better understanding and knowledge of the different fishing gear and methods in use by fishermen – though foucussed on the Scottish fishing fleets the same methods can be found all round the coast of the UK. A very nice presentation. Read the rest here, and click on the booklet. Very interesting. 20:57
Four rescued from sinking fishing vessel near Sitka
Rescuers picked up four people from a grounded 80-foot tender Monday morning, just before Alaska State Troopers say it sank near the Southeast Alaska town of Sitka. In a Monday AST dispatch, troopers say the U.S. Coast Guard called them for assistance at about 5:45 a.m. after the 80-foot ran aground, then began to take on water about 16 miles south of Sitka. Read the rest here 17:02
Roughhead Grenadier Consultations on listing under the Species at Risk Act – Please provide your input by March 15, 2015
Before deciding whether Roughhead Grenadier (Macrourus berglax) will be added to the List of Wildlife Species at Risk, we would like to hear your opinion, comments, and suggestions regarding the possible ecological, cultural, and economic impacts of listing or not listing this species under the SARA., About the Roughhead Grenadier, and Questionnaire: Your comments are important! Click here 16:03
Barents Sea awash with snow crabs
Nofima is researching the best ways of using snow crabs as more and more of the species are being caught in the Barents Sea by both Norwegian and Russian vessels. Traditionally, snow crabs have been one of the most important products from Alaska, but with up to 4,000 tonnes of the species being landed in Norway in the past year, Nofima says it’s time to get to know the cold-loving crab. Read the rest here 15:47
CETA negotiations suspended over fisheries fund, N.L. says
Newfoundland and Labrador is and all trade agreements currently being negotiated with the federal government. Newfoundland and Labrador says the federal government is not honouring a prior commitment to set up the fund, which it says will be needed to help the seafood industry when a trade deal with the European Union is approved. Read the rest here 12:18
A Must Read! FishNet USA / Dogfish and seals and dolphin, oh my!
The bottom line is that while commercial fishermen from North Carolina to Maine are at work catching on the order of half a million mt of fish and shellfish a year, it appears as if it takes an annual 20,000,000 tons or more to keep all those marine mammals and low-value spiny dogfish and various other predatory fish going. How much of that 20 million tons is commercially/recreationally valuable species or the forage species that sustain them? No one seems awfully interested in finding that out, but they sure should be. Read the rest here 10:55
Eel Farms in Maine? Idea is Gaining Traction
The baby eels they harvest are exported to Asia, where they’re grown to full size in fish farms and sold at a much higher price as sushi products. Barry Costa-Pierce says this is a missed economic opportunity for the Pine Tree State. “So Maine has got, what, over 600 permits out there for harvesting elvers,” he says, “and we’re shipping all of our elvers to China and Taiwan and we’re missing all of that value.” Audio, Read the rest here 09:40:
US imports more fish from Iceland than any other country,
“The US is the largest importer of haddock and farmed fish. In 2013 almost 60 percent of salmon and 40 percent of Arctic char was sent there,” Hlynur told RÚV. “I believe there are opportunities for salted fish. We have seen examples of that in Canada.” Read the rest here 09:27
Cape Wind ending Quonset lease option
Sources confirmed Friday that Cape Wind Associates LLC has ended payments and an existing lease agreement option with Quonset Business Park in North Kingstown. Ending the agreement option marks another sign of an ailing wind farm company, as Cape Wind took a major blow earlier this month after losing two significant electricity contracts. Read the rest here 09:13
