Daily Archives: February 6, 2015
Naturally N’Awlins surgeon wears shrimp boots in surgery
Dr. Misty Suri is born and raised here. He went to high school at Ben Franklin and is an Ochsner sports medicine orthopedic surgeon, as well as a clinician, educator and researcher. It’s a very impressive resume and career, but that’s not what makes him Naturally N’Awlins. As a team doctor for the New Orleans Saints since 2007, you’ve seen him on the sideline and field tending to players. As a local working for his team, he’s living a dream. Video, Read the rest here 19:46
Following a decade of decline, halibut harvest will increase in 2015
In 2004, the coastwide Pacific halibut catch limit was 76.5 million pounds. By 2014, that had been cut 64 percent to 27.5 million pounds. On Jan. 30, the commission, an international U.S.-Canadian body that governs directed halibut fisheries, set the quotas for commercial and charter halibut industries at 29.2 million pounds total coastwide catch, 22 million pounds of which goes to the Alaska waters. The 2015 harvest limit is 6 percent more than last year. Read the rest here 18:28
From Oregon Department of Fish Wildlife – Vessel Contract Applications (2015)
ODFW is looking to contract with local vessels for the 2015 field season to assist with scientific monitoring. Applications are now available to bid on contracts for hook-n-line surveys. The surveys will be conducted this spring and fall. For more information, contact Keith Matteson at (541) 867-7701 x225 or [email protected] This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Vessel Contract Applications: Read the rest here 16:35
Good Read! Desperate scramble to save the Kulluk before it grounded near Kodiak
The Kulluk, Shell Oil’s Arctic drill rig, was “like a Weeble,” says tugboat engineer Craig Matthews — like one of those egg-shaped, roly-poly toys from the 1970s. “Weebles wobble,” the catchphrase went, “but they don’t fall down.” Matthews doesn’t remember how long he slept on New Year’s Eve 2012, the day he was ordered to save his crew’s life by cutting the Kulluk loose. He just remembers what woke him. Read the rest here 14:25
Cap’n Oscar sinks again
The Cap’n Oscar sunk — again. The Port of Astoria’s 69-foot steel fishing vessel, the Cap’n Oscar, sank up to its pilothouse next to Pier 2 at North Tongue Point between Wednesday and Thursday, the second time it’s gone down in less than a month. The Cap’n Oscar previously sank Jan. 20. At that time, at low tide, the vessel became snagged on the pier, and at high tide, it was pushed down and eventually flooded. Read the rest here 13:53Provincetown commercial fishermen find ways to survive in a struggling industry
They may not be cut from the same cloth, but they are bound by a common thread.Chris King, Mike Packard and Beau Gribbin are commercial fishermen who fish out of Provincetown. Even as the number of fishermen here has fallen off steeply, they have survived. And they go on seeking better ways of making a living.“We represent three different roles in the spectrum,” says Gribbin. “We employ different strategies.” Read the rest here 12:11
Canadian and P.E.I. lobster brands can go hand-in-hand
Canada’s lobster fishery is already worth $1.7 billion annually and employs approximately 15,000 people, says the LCC’s executive director, Geoff Irvine. He said the LCC is setting out to grow those figures through its generic marketing and promotion strategy; one which presents the message: “The best lobster in the world comes from Canada.” “The P.E.I. lobster is a Canadian lobster. They go hand-in-hand,” Read the rest here 09:06
Pacific Andes factory vessel lands on illegal fishing list – China Fishery Group “disappointed” to be on the list
Pacific Andes’ flagship factory trawler Damanzaihao, formerly known as Lafayette, is on the final list of vessels marked as engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated (IUU) fishing drafted by the South Pacific Regional Fisheries Management Organization’s technical and compliance committee. Also on the list is Avrora, alternatively spelt as Aurora, the Russian-flagged trawler previously known as Pacific Conqueror and with former ties to Pacific Andes. Read the rest here 08:48
Inshore Fishermen Frustrated with the Fish Food and Allied Workers Union – What Representation?!!
I want to express my displeasure and frustration with the Fish Food and Allied Workers (FFAW) union. My goal, along with the help of fellow fishers, is to prove that we, the inshore fishe
r people, are being misrepresented by the FFAW and seek an inquiry into the affairs of this union that represent the inshore fishers here. Problems and disagreements with the FFAW: Read the rest here 08:10
