Daily Archives: February 4, 2015
Letters to the Editor: Lifejacket safety response – Live to Be Salty!!!
I stumbled upon Al Coddington’s “The Business of Business” column about lifejacket safety (published Nov. 5, 2014) and really enjoyed the advice he had for the woman wanting her husband to wear a lifejacket while fishing. The gift of a lifejacket could be the gift of life. I work for the National Institute for Occupation Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) Alaska Pacific Office, and we are currently working on a similar issue: encouraging commercial fishermen to wear Personal Flotation Devices. Read the rest here 20:06 Live to Be Salty.org
Coast Guard medevacs ailing fisherman 170 miles northwest of St. Paul Island, Alaska
Coast Guard 17th District command center watchstanders received a request from Health Force Partners in Seattle that a 22-year-old man aboard was ill and needed a medevac. The duty flight surgeon and search and rescue mission coordinator reviewed the man’s medical condition and ordered an immediate medevac. Read the rest here 16:49
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 50′ Fiberglass Day Scalloper, Fiberglass, 425HP CAT
Specifications, and information and 33 photos click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 14:50
La Scie fisherman nets $15K fine for illegally poaching halibut
A stakeout of the wharf in St. Lawrence two summers ago has netted a hefty fine for one halibut fisherman convicted of violating the federal Fisheries Act. Keith Bath was found guilty in Grand Bank provincial court three weeks ago of possessing Atlantic halibut during closed time, failing to accurately complete a fishing log and failing to have all catch weighed and verified by a dockside observer. Read the rest here 13:37
Fisherman must abide by agreement involving licence buyout
A Cape John fisherman has been ordered to abide by a civil agreement he signed with the Northumberland Fishermen’s Association four years ago that involved his participation in the lobster buyout program. In a recently released decision from the Supreme Court of Canada, Robert Lloyd Patriquin has been ordered to turn in his core licence as well as any existing fishing licences he currently has in his possession since he agreed to the terms of the buyout program by signing a contract with NFA in 2011. Read the rest here 13:16
Grachek – American Seafoods Group: What made America Great?
One of these times, after one of these failed empires, the financial luminaries—that seem to want to run the world—might realize that not everything can be market- capitalized. Fishing, for example, simply does not lend itself to consistent quarterly profit numbers, or to huge monthly payments on mega-fleets targeting one or two species. Industrialization of wild fish is not good for the fish, the consumer, or even the I’m-fated-to-be-a-mogul Yale MBA grads that perpetrate these debacles. Read the rest here 12:20
American Seafoods struggles with high debt, low fish prices, has ratings agencies warning it may soon default on its massive debt.
American Seafoods Group, whose fleet of big, blue-and-white catcher-processor ships harvests more fish than any other U.S. company, may soon default on some of its massive debt as it struggles with low prices and inadequate cash flow. The Standard & Poor’s credit agency last month lowered its rating of the Seattle company, writing that unless market conditions change, “a default or financial restructuring appears inevitable within six months.” Read the rest here 08:29
Scientific facts contradict group’s ‘very high risk’ label for American eel
According to the environmental group the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, American eels are endangered and at a “very high risk” of extinction. That news was both shocking and perplexing to Maine’s hardworking fishermen, who have built a successful eel fishery by sustainably harvesting the species for many years. Their first-hand experiences and the overall success of Maine’s eel fishery are only a few of the many reasons to be skeptical of the environmental group’s designation. Read the rest here 08:17
Letter: NOAA can never take away fishermen’s souls
To the editor: You know I’ve had people ask why I stepped down from my “official” positions in fishing industry advocacy? Because I found that I — no, we — could no longer make a difference. Our sacrifices, our input, our expertise, our faith in the process and rule of law, have all been dismissed as “anecdotal input”, hardly worth the paper it was printed on, let alone the postage. Sadly, Read the rest here 07:57
Phuket, Thailand – Villagers feast on dead shark’s pups
Scientists from the Coastal Fisheries Research and Development Centre in Krabi went to take a look at a very large dead shark found floating just off the coast. But when they got there they found that local residents had already beaten them to it, chopping up the shark and 18 baby sharks found dead inside it, and distributing the meat fairly to everyone, while it was still fresh. Read the rest here 07:33
Oyster wholesaler’s attempt to privatize over 23,000 acres of Galveston Bay could change who owns the bottom of Texas bays
At issue is a lease between Chambers-Liberty Counties Navigation District and , based in Smith Point, which is commonly referred to as STORM. While the two parties in the lease say the contract authorizes the wholesaler alone to harvest oysters, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and General Land Office disagree. Read the rest here 07:20
