Daily Archives: June 13, 2015
With industry bouncing back, Steveston Harbour Authority’s chair shares vision
Former fisherman and current Steveston Harbour Authority chair Robert Kiesman has a grand vision for the future of Steveston. The idea, in a nutshell: consolidate fishing companies, related businesses and retail offices currently scattered across the Lower Mainland, and bring them all to Richmond, and specifically the fishing village that is still Canada’s largest commercial fishing harbour. “What our idea is, is more than a marine park,” Kiesman told The Richmond Review Thursday. Read the rest here 22:55
Maine lobster marketers look to re-brand ‘shedders’ as treat
When Maine’s lobsters start shedding their shells, restaurant owner Steve Kingston goes to the docks with a message for lobstermen: bring ’em to me. Kingston is among a group of people in Maine’s lifeblood seafood industry trying to make the coming season the summer of shedders. The Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative, a group funded by the state’s lobster fishermen, dealers and processors, is launching a push to re-brand recently-molted lobsters as a regional treat that deserves more attention from chefs, restaurants and vacationing tourists. Read the rest here 11:49
Special Master Questions $8M in Oil-Spill Payouts – Law firms that handled claims against BP settlement also targeted.
A special master tasked with rooting out fraud in BP PLC’s $9.9 billion oil-spill settlement has sought the return of nearly $8 million in awards paid to commercial fishermen and . Former FBI director Louis Freeh has filed clawback motions against more than a dozen claimants and lawyers who drew percentages of the payments in contingent fees. Lawyers targeted in nine motions have repaid fees, and a federal judge has ordered one claimant to return money, Freeh has reported. Read the rest here 11:22
40 years on, Manny Silva remembers towing Jaws behind his boat
At 83 years old, Manny Silva has done a lot — including towing a 22-foot-long mechanical shark around on the set of the movie “Jaws” over forty years ago. The retired commercial fisherman is full of stories from his time working the make the South Coast-based movie, which marked its 40th anniversary June 1. Silva said one of the funniest days was the time he accidentally flipped the cameraman — camera and all — into the water. Read the rest here 11:03
Bristol Bay Fisheries Report June 12, 2015
Tim Sands joins for a discussion on Westside counts and more on his plan to open fishing at 30,000 sockeye up the Wood River. Law enforcement has some thoughts on how fishermen can help make this a fair fishery. Plus a look at some of the industry spinning up in Togiak. Listen to the report here 10:30
Fish War: What does the future hold for setnets?
A one handed clap best describes the reaction to the 43,000 signature drop off by anti-salmon setnet advocates at the Division of Elections last week. The ban is being pushed one-handed by the Alaska Fisheries Conservation Alliance (AFCA), whose board of directors delivered stacks of signature booklets, followed by a press conference rife with talking points, table pounding, bravado and buzzwords.,,, “Setnetting in Alaska is very important to these local coastal economies. They are long time, family based operations ,,, Read the rest here 09:43
Schooner Adventure, one of just five original Essex-built fishing schooners still in existence, to return to sea
The Adventure, built in 1926 and one of just five original Essex-built fishing schooners still in existence, received final clearance to launch charter sailing trips from the U.S. Coast Guard through a final certificate of inspection issued Monday. From the day the Adventure hit the water at the Essex boat yard on Sept. 15, 1926, to the day it returned from fishing Georges Banks for the last time in 1953, the vessel was a workhorse of Gloucester’s historic schooner fleet. The Adventure was the last sailing ship to fish the traditional grounds of the banks from Newfoundland,,, Read the rest here 09:10
The word play of the Environmentalists’
Charles Edwardson, born and raised in Ketchikan with deep roots there, write’s about the environmentalists’ manipulative wordsmithing regarding the proposed old growth timber harvest on Prince of Wales Island.,, Now these Environmentalists groups are just throwing crap out there with no requirement to be factual. On the other hand to be factual is a requirement through federal and state,,, great letter, Read the rest here 08:28
Native American tribes start yearly harvest of eel-like fish, the Lamprey
The jawless, gray fish are a traditional food source for tribal members in the Columbia River Basin, which stretches from the Oregon coast to Canada and into Idaho, Montana and Washington. Lampreys grow to about 2 feet long and are prized for their rich, fatty meat. Tribes have been instrumental in advocating for lamprey restoration, and the government has started paying attention. That’s because lampreys also offer an alternate food source for sea lions and other predators that otherwise would be munching on threatened salmon. Read the rest here 07:58
