Daily Archives: July 1, 2015
Inlet Fish Producers sold to North Pacific Seafoods, a subsidiary of the Japanese trading house Marubeni
Two Cook Inlet processing facilities will be added to a growing list of salmon production businesses owned by the Seattle-based North Pacific Seafoods. The acquisition, announced Tuesday, will add the Kenai and Kasilof plants currently owned by Inlet Fish Producers to the North Pacific Seafoods operates in Alaska. North Pacific Seafoods is a subsidiary of the Japanese trading house Marubeni and the deal cost the company about $8 million, according to the Japanese business and financial publication Nikkei Review Read the rest here 20:11
I like this guy! Stephen Georgouras is selling Shark Fins from legally caught sharks
Cairns Ocean Products has been selling sun-dried shark fin, caught legally by local commercial fishermen, for the past two months, at $25.50/kg. In Queensland, fishers can cut the fins off sharks at sea, as long as they return to shore with an acceptable ratio of shark fins to shark meat. Cairns Ocean Products owner Stephen Georgouras said he was merely trying to onsell the product for local fishermen. “This business about sharks being endangered on our coastline here is unfounded.” Read the rest here 17:38
HabCamV4 sees large numbers of young scallops off Delaware Bay
“We’re seeing many swimming scallops and other behaviors that are providing insights into how the animals live and interact in that environment,” Hart said. “Baby scallops are seen attached to adults, and other scallops are swimming above the bottom, perhaps to diffuse to areas that are less dense and provide more room to grow.” The NEFSC’s annual sea scallop survey is conducted in three segments or “legs,” each ranging from 11 to 14 days, between May and July, beginning with the Mid-Atlantic Bight, then Southern New England and ending on Georges Bank. Read the rest here 15:10
NOAA seeks to put observers on lobster vessels
Local lobstermen are concerned increased observation by the National Ocean and Atmospheric Administration through the will pose an unnecessary burden and result in potentially crippling regulations. Pete Mason, who works as a lobsterman in Marshfield, said boats already provide NOAA with the information it seeks, such as where they fish, what they catch and what they throw back. “It’s just kind of redundant,” he said. Officials from NOAA, however, say there’s been a misunderstanding. Misunderstanding??? BS! Read the rest here 14:02
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 47′ Steel Trawler – C-18 CAT Pullmaster Winches, (2) Net Reels, Stainless 21′ Fish Sorting Conveyor
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Fisherman on Portuguese trawler Pascoal Atlantico medevaced to St. John’s
The Halifax maritime rescue centre says a 21-year-old man was sick onboard the Pascoal Atlantico trawler on Tuesday. The trawler, located about 540 kilometres east of St. John’s, was just inside the maximum range for a Cormorant helicopter. A Gander-based Cormorant was sent to the Grand Banks, and a crew was able to hoist the man aboard. Read the rest here 11:26
Thailand arrests 2 alleged brokers who sent slaves onto boats, new regulations take affect
Chayuthphong Charoenporn, 50, and Samruay Chatkrod, 53, hired middlemen to find workers at train stations, bus terminals and other public places, said Lt. Col. Komvich Padhanarath. Komvich said the middlemen would approach men who looked poor and ask them if they wanted jobs and then take them to a shelter where they were sometimes drugged or given alcohol to keep quiet — and then sold to boat owners for 30,000 baht ($900) per person. The laborers were then taken without their consent to fishing boats near Ambon island in Indonesia, he said. Read the rest here 11:12
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List of 18 people honored with Carnegie Medals for heroism
Winners of Carnegie Medals were formally announced Tuesday. The list is here. They include Lester J. Trafford III, 55, of Hampton Bays, New York, who saved Eastport Fisherman Scott Finne, a 42-year-old man from drowning and attempted to save fishing legend Captain Stian Stiansen, an 85-year-old man, when their commercial fishing boat Pauline IV capsized in the Atlantic Ocean in May 2013. Links to the tragedy are here. 08:41
Study to focus on fishing port of Belford, North Middletown
“We’re going to explore options, meet with people in the community, the various property owners and fishermen, and try to develop a vision for the future.” While the area has a rich maritime history connected to the commercial fishing industry, many of the third- and fourth-generation fishermen have been struggling in recent years to compete with the larger port areas in New York or Cape May. “Whatever we do here, we don’t want to lose the fishing industry — we want to preserve it,” Mercantante said. Read the rest here 08:07:42
Calhoun County, Texas – Shrimp season devastated by freshwater, Judge signs declaration of disaster
The shrimp boat captain sat at the helm, listening to other captains talk over the radio about the catch they brought in the day before. After subtracting the cost of fuel, one captain had $75 to split with his deckhand. “Seventy-five dollars is nothing,” said Capt. Jose Luis Cruz. “There’s no shrimp. The freshwater pushed the shrimp to the Gulf.” An overabundance of rainfall not only devastated the livelihood of farmers but also hurt those who harvest from the sea. Read the rest here 07:34
