Daily Archives: April 22, 2015
North Carolina: Area lawmakers seek to protect, improve industry
Commercial fishing is a huge industry in coastal North Carolina, and easy access to and from the Atlantic Ocean, Pamlico Sound and Albemarle Sound are key to keeping that industry healthy. That’s why area legislators have filed bills or support bills dealing with commercial fishing and related items. From dredging to oysters, to commercial fishing, these Reps from North Carolina should be an example for other’s, Nation wide. BH Read the rest here 21:55
A Little Paint ‘n Powder for Miss Trish at the Gloucester Marine Railway
Paul Frontiero Jr’s Photo gallery of F/V Miss Trish at Gloucester Marine Railway posted at that funky North Shore blog, Good Morning Gloucester! Click “next” below the image Click here! 21:18
RCMP charges Canadian Olympic snowboarder, members of Coast Guard and RCAF in drug smuggling sting
An international plot linked to Colombian and Mexican drug cartels to bring cocaine into Canada through Nova Scotia ended with charges against 15 people, including a military employee who had security clearance at the largest air base on the East Coast and a Canadian Coast Guard employee serving aboard a patrol vessel. The 413 Squadron is the primary air search and rescue unit on Canada’s East Coast, responsible for an area from south of Nova Scotia, north to Iqaluit on Baffin Island, west to Quebec City and east to the middle of the Atlantic, DND says. Read the rest here 18:56
Coast Guard rescues 3 Fishermen from life raft near Kodiak, Alaska
A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued three mariners after a fire started on board their 82-foot vessel north of Kodiak Island Tuesday. The Jayhawk crew hoisted the mariners from their life raft in Stevenson Entrance, approximately 60 miles north of Kodiak, and transported them safely to Kodiak. “We couldn’t fight the fire, it was too smoky; it was scary,” said Scott Beckstrom, captain of the Northern Pride. Read the rest here, video here 16:10
‘Sea Level Research’ Is Seismic Ruse for Oil Exploration – Neal Roberts, Lanoka Harbor, N.J.
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I read with interest last autumn when a retired Princeton University professor emeritus wrote a letter to the editor defending the Rutgers University seismic testing proposed for the ocean floor within 20 miles of Barnegat Light (“Fear Not,” 11/12/2014). The Barnegat Light commercial fishing industry, local officials, New Jersey congressmen and legislators, Clean Ocean Action, Alliance for a Living Ocean and the state Department of Environmental Protection came out against the 2014 Atlantic Ocean project. (photo) Read the rest here 15:48
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 43′ Fiberglass Novi Scalloper – 320HP, 6 Cylinder Isuzu
Specifications, and information and 26 photos of the vessel, click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:34
Scallop Fleet Responds to NMFS Criticism of NEFMC Habitat Recommendations
Last week, NOAA Fisheries Regional Administrator John Bullard submitted a nine-page letter to the (NEFMC) critical of recommendations made to the full Council by the Council’s Habitat Committee on Omnibus Habitat Amendment 2 (OHA2) . OHA2 is a decade-in-the-making overhaul of the habitat closures off the coast of New England, reflecting the best scientific understanding of the Northwest Atlantic seafloor. Read the rest here Read Administrator Bullard’s letter in full here Read the FSF rebuttal to Administrator Bullard’s letter in full here. 11:57
Omnibus Habitat Amendment 2 – Our View: Lift fishery restrictions to do good for all
The New England Fishery Management Council votes this week on recommendations by the council’s Habitat Committee to lift restrictions in three closed areas. NOAA Fisheries Regional Administrator John Bullard and at least one environmental group are arguing against it because NOAA scientists are saying it would harm important spawning areas for species like cod, haddock and yellowtail flounder. (Which is bull shit!) Read the rest here 08:41
Charter captain refutes red snapper commentary
The “scheme” discussed in the commentary by Mr. Brown (4-15-15 issue) is not that the five state plan will destroy the commercial fishery -far from it, as all the states fully understand the importance of the commercial fishery providing safe local seafood to the consumer. The “scheme” is from the many commercial red snapper IFQ (Individual Fishing Quota) owners who mislead the consumers, the seafood houses and restaurants about what they want to do with their commercially harvested red snapper. Read the rest here 08:16
