Daily Archives: January 4, 2016
Bluefin Tuna Sells for $117,000 at Tokyo Auction
The owner of a chain of sushi restaurants paid ¥14 million ($117,000) for a 200-kilogram bluefin tuna at the first auction of the year at Tokyo’s Tsukiji fish market Tuesday. Kiyoshi Kimura, president of Kiyomura Co., has won the year’s first bid for the fifth consecutive year. He told reporters the tuna “is in great form and should taste splendid.” The tuna was caught off Oma, Aomori prefecture, in northern Japan. Read the article here 23:17
20 years after gill net ban, poaching persists along west coast
It was just after midnight Monday when two commercial fisherman saw the blue lights of law enforcement and made a break for it near the mouth of the Manatee River. The water chase was brief, wildlife officers say, because in the end the fisherman got tangled up in their own illegal net. It’s been 20 years since Florida voters, 72 percent of the vote, approved a constitutional amendment banning the use of gill nets within nine miles of Florida’s Gulf Coast and three miles of the Atlantic Coast. The ban was hotly contested and ultimately put out of business about 1,500 commercial fishermen whose livelihood depended on the practice. Read the article here 20:34
Coast Guard cutter tows disabled New Bedford fishing boat
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England’s command center received notification at approximately 7 a.m. Sunday from the F/V Megan Marie’s captain reporting the vessel, with six people aboard, was disabled due to a lost rudder. The good Samaritan fishing vessel F/V Jason and Danielle, the disabled vessel’s sister ship, respond Sunday at about 2:30 p.m. and took Megan Marie into tow. However, as the winds increased to 20-30 knots and the seas built to ten feet, the good Samaritan’s tow line parted and Megan Marie’s owner requested the Coast Guard take over the tow. Read the article here 17:27
Video footage of shark strapped to car in Perth goes viral
The Road Warrior!
A Perth motorist has been filmed driving with a shark strapped to the front of their 4WD in Safety Bay near Rockingham, with the video proving a hit on social media. Julie Wright and her son captured a video of the shark on Monday afternoon while driving on Safety Bay Road heading towards Kwinana Freeway. Ms Wright said she “had to look twice” when she saw the vehicle travelling along the road towing a boat with the animal attached to its bulbar. Video, and read the article here 16:56
Paul Davis raising questions about sale of Quin-Sea Fisheries and CETA
Opposition Leader Paul Davis is raising questions about the pending sale of one of Newfoundland and Labrador’s largest seafood companies to a firm wholly. It was revealed last month that a company called Royal Greenland has reached an agreement to purchase Quin-Sea Fisheries Ltd. In a news release issued on New Year’s Eve, PC leader and former premier Paul Davis said he has written the licensing board, urging it to consider a number of questions, including the possibility that a foreign company may gain control of Canadian seafood quotas. Read the article here 16:35
Adding Insult to Injury of a Late Start, Coast Guard keeps watch over crab fleet
Wildlife officers got a bird’s eye view of the commercial Dungeness crab fishery opening, courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard. The C-130 Hercules motored north along the Washington state coastline in the wee hours of a frigid New Year’s Day. The plane turned off all but its navigation lights to be stealthier. “It looks like the gear is all on board,” she says, marking another vessel, stacked high with crab pots, as non-suspicious before quickly moving onto the next. Read the article here 16:08‘I love it’: More women making a living on the water off Shelburne
Emily Swim is one of a growing number of women in Shelburne County who head out to sea in a lobster boat to work. As a child and then teenager she remembers seeing her dad head off each day, but never believed it would one day be herself waking up in the wee hours of the morning to fish. This is now her fourth year fishing with her father and brother and – while the work can be labourious, the days long and the weather vicious – she brings back to the wharf a collection of happy memories and discoveries. Read the article here 13:42
Gulf of Maine lobster stock at an all-time high
A recent lobster stock assessment shows the population of the state’s famous bottom-dwelling crustacean at record highs in the Gulf of Maine. Through data collected by fishery-dependent and fishery-independent sources, the stock assessment gives fishermen and scientists a picture of the condition of the economically important stock. According to the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, the 2015 benchmark stock assessment for lobsters shows the stock of crustaceans in the Gulf of Maine and Georges Bank is not depleted and overfishing is not occurring. However, the situation for the stock in southern New England is far less clear,,, Read the article here 12:52
Jolly moves to eliminate guesswork from fishing regulations with third party data collection
“It’s all about the numbers,” said Jolly, a Dunedin native who has taken a particular interest in fisheries issues. “Without good data, you can’t make good decisions.” Jolly, a Republican, represents Florida’s 13th Congressional District which covers most of Pinellas County. First elected in March 2014, Jolly quickly recognized the importance of both commercial and recreational fishing to the region’s economy. His plan for a third-party data collection system for sn was included in the recent budget deal signed by President Barack Obama. Read the article here 12:15
‘Wicked Tuna’ Exclusive Clip: It’s A New Day & Everyone’s Looking For The First Catch
“Wicked Tuna’s” fifth season will pick up with some captains still struggling after the rough winter season captured in spinoff series “Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks.” This season, newcomer Captain Pete Speeches of the Erin & Sarah leaves his home port in Maine to fish in Gloucester waters. Speeches is a skilled fisherman with decades of experience, and his arrival makes the local captains nervous. Speeches fishes with his oldest daughter, Erin, a recent college graduate who is embarking on her first season of commercial fishing. Video, Read the article here 11:15
Mustang Survival Recall Advisory Notice for MD315x/MD318x Model Inflatable PFD’s
If you have purchased any of the models of inflatable PFDs listed below from September 2014 onwards, please click the corresponding link below for important recall information. Canada: MD3153, MD3154 or MD3157: English Advisory Notice & FAQs | French Advisory Notice & FAQs – USA: MD3183, MD3184 or MD3188: US Advisory Notice & FAQs – Please note: Not all versions of the models listed above are affected by this recall advisory notice. Please ensure to read the advisory notice and follow the steps outlined in order to identify if your version is affected. Read the notice here 08:04
