Daily Archives: January 1, 2016
Fatal Gloucester rescue could change policies
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As dusk settled Dec. 3 on stormy seas 18 miles off Cape Ann, the crew of the Orin C felt a wave of relief. The Coast Guard had just arrived to tow them home to Gloucester, where they could unload 10,000 pounds of slime eel and repair their overheated engine. But three hours later, the relatively routine tow took a tragic turn. The 51-foot Orin C rapidly succumbed to 12-foot seas, leaving three men bobbing in the dark, 49-degree waters amid a blizzard of heavy debris. Crewmen Rick Palmer and Travis Lane swam to safety, but the Coast Guard later said Captain David “Heavy D” Sutherland could not be revived after a rescue swimmer reached him. Read the article here 22:28
U.S. tuna fishing fleet to be shut out of vast area of Pacific Ocean in fee dispute
The U.S. tuna fishing fleet, which helps feed San Diego’s storied tuna industry, is fighting for business survival thousands of miles from home. By New Year’s Day, the entire fleet of 37 boats will effectively be cut out of a vast area of the Pacific Ocean — source of 60% of the nation’s canned tuna — because of a high-stakes dispute over how much they will pay to fish there. Stateside companies, including several with ties to Southern California, say the conflict will not just hurt or destroy businesses, but also raise sustainability concerns for American consumers. Read the article here 12:52
How sharks owned the Internet in 2015
In 2015, it was the shark that became the apex predator of the Internet. A combination of tiny POV cameras and ginormous sharks mean that we have been able to get up close and personal with these prehistoric beasts for the first time. When footage emerged from Mexico’s Guadalupe Island of a female shark named Deep Blue, who measured 20-plus feet with the girth of a small elephant, the internet sizzled. In November, Vince McKaney a 35-year commercial fishing veteran, encountered what he believed was a 4000 pound great white. “What it was, it was massive. I could have jumped in his mouth,” he said. “He would have ate me like an aspirin.” Video, read the article here 11:50TJ’s Seafood Market in Dallas Provides Unlikely Safe Haven for Orphaned Lobster
Generally, when lobsters leave the counter at TJ’s Seafood, they’re destined for a large pot of boiling water and plenty of drawn butter. One anonymous seafood enthusiast, though, decided that they couldn’t go through with the ritualistic steaming of Snappy, a lobster that had been purchased from TJ’s just hours earlier. Yesterday, employees at the TJ’s Seafood location at Preston and Royal found a small styrofoam cooler outside the restaurant’s back door. Attached to the cooler was a note that read “Please take Snappy the lobster in. I can’t kill him.” Read the rest here! 10:23
