Daily Archives: May 9, 2015
Meet the best Florida Keys lionfish killers
“There are places in the Bahamas where, because of lionfish, there are no more parrotfish,” she said. “And we need parrotfish.” “Averaging three dives a day, four days a week, Adolphus, Rachel and their friends [including Chase Grimes, Jonny Schrier and Willie Dominak] brought in an estimated 7,500 fish in 2014, supplying local restaurants with their catch to help promote a commercial lionfish industry and to take pressure off of other species,” the FWC says. Read the rest here 19:28
Pew’s Greenberg and Worm Bomb – When Humans Declared War on Fish
ON Friday we humans observed V-E Day, the end to one part of a global catastrophe that cost the planet at least 60 million lives. But if we were fish, we would have marked the day differently — as the beginning of a campaign of violence against our taxonomic classes, one that has resulted in trillions of casualties. Oddly, the war itself was a great reprieve for many marine species. Read the rest here 13:51
Welcome to Ocean County, Mary Lee. 3,500-lbs. great white shark off Long Beach Island
Welcome to Ocean County, Mary Lee. The nearly 16-foot, 3,456-pound female great white shark (or Carcharodon carcharias, if you prefer the scientific term), which goes by the name Mary Lee, was last spotted off the southern end of Long Beach Island this morning after reaching the coast of New Jersey yesterday. The great white shark appears to trekking its way north along the New Jersey coastline, just a couple weeks away from Memorial Day Weekend and the kickoff to beach season. Read the rest here 12:30
Lobstermen depend on boat hauler Paul McDonald, he’s feeling the heat. Big time.
The way Paul McDonald sees it, lobster fishermen need him, not the other way around. Well, a large percentage of lobster fishermen in the Louisbourg region do, anyway. He’s also half joking. But when the fishery reopens each year, the Birch Grove resident is the man counted upon to drive his transport truck and trailer wherever a boat has been stored for winter, and deliver these vessels to the water — 130 of them to be precise. Read the rest here 12:10
Oregon shuts down razor clam digging on Clatsop beaches
Oregon health officials ordered an immediate and emergency closure of razor clam digging and mussel gathering on Clatsop County beaches Friday afternoon as levels of sea-borne domoic acid grew exponentially. The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife has ordered commercial diggers to surrender all razor clams taken Thursday. Read the rest here 09:39
