Daily Archives: September 19, 2015
Proposal to Protect Deepwater Habitat and Cashes Ledge, Divides Room
The commercial fishing industry noted that the area under consideration isn’t even entirely clear. The meeting’s agenda listed three canyons — Oceanographer, Gilbert and Lydonia — and the four seamounts south of them, but NOAA officials admitted the area in consideration could change. In fact, the two other canyons in the area — Nygren and Heezen — were mentioned, and plenty of speakers, both for and against monument designation, brought up Cashes Ledge, north of the area that was the meeting’s planned topic of discussion. Read the rest here 18:30
Senator Ayotte Challenges NOAA regional administrator John Bullard over fishing regulation’s.
Fishermen aired grievances face to face with federal officials they say are ruining their industry, backed in person by U.S. Senator Kelly Ayotte, R-N.H., who arranged the meeting at Pease Tradeport Friday. Ayotte backed fishermen, telling Bullard that the regulations fly in the face of federal law. She said the Magnuson-Stevens Act which sets parameters for fishery management requires NOAA balance the fisheries’ health with the welfare of fishing communities. Read the rest here 14:09
Senators Shaheen, Ayotte push for a full investigation into NOAA at-sea monitoring program
“As you may know, the New England fishing industry has been devastated in recent years by severe cuts to catch quotas,” wrote the Senators. “In this moment when the fishery can least afford it, NOAA announced on August 4, 2015, that it would end its funding for the ASM program on October 31, 2015. This move will cost individual fishermen an estimated more than $700 per trip and will force many out of business entirely.” Read the rest here 13:18
Bagels, cream cheese, salmon…. and weed?
Rosenberg’s owner Jason Pollack said that he came up with the idea of infusing pot into gravlax as a joke, but the samples were so popular that he has decided to perfect his technique and sell the combination. “It puts two things that people really love together,” Pollack said. “That’s why I did it. There were people freaking out when they heard about it.” Pollack makes a tincture — a combination of herbs and strong alcohol — with the marijuana, then spreads it onto the salmon along with salt and other ingredients. After about 72 hours,,, Read the rest here 12:43
NOAA Grants available to help New York’s fishing industry recover from superstorm Sandy
Grants totaling $3.6 million are available to businesses in New York’s fishing industry affected by the impacts of Superstorm Sandy. Funded through the NOAA, the grants will reimburse sectors of New York’s fishing industry that suffered a loss of revenue due to the storm. Eligible applicants include businesses in the following sectors: bait and tackle; for-hire fishing boat operators; marinas; commercial harvesters; commercial seafood dealers, shippers or processors; and aquaculture facilities. Read the rest here 09:36
Fishery follies. Really Fred Winsor? Conservation chairman, Sierra Club Canada
Noah-Davis Power’s letter “A meaningful moratorium.” The Telegram, Aug. 7 identifies several key issues which have plagued the fishing industry, but have never been appropriately addressed. They include how we fish, and how we manage our fisheries. Regarding how we fish, neither the Canadian government, nor the Government of Newfoundland and Labrador have ever effectively acknowledged and addressed overfishing from bottom trawling – that process where fishing vessels tow large steel doors and heavy steel rollers across the ocean floor. Read the rest here 09:03
What about the jobs?! Assateague National Seashore: Commercial fishing, Aquaculture ban proposed
Chincoteague officials are preparing to respond to a plan that could put an end to commercial fishing, aquaculture and the horseshoe crab harvest within the boundaries of Assateague Island National Seashore. Assateague Island National Seashore Superintendent Deborah Darden presented an overview of a draft general management plan for the national seashore — including the proposed prohibition on commercial seafood activities — to the Chincoteague Town Council on Thursday, Sept. 17. Read the rest here 08:27
