Daily Archives: January 12, 2016
Fishermen welcome call to lift Cove harbour blockade
A plastic surgeon embroiled in a long-running land dispute with fishermen has been ordered to remove a harbour blockade. Pralhad Kolhe, who owns part of the bay at Cove on the outskirts of Aberdeen, provoked outrage when he ordered fishermen to remove their boats from the site more than a year ago. The surgeon is currently locked in legal proceedings with the Cove Fishermen’s Association, which represents around ten boat owners, in an attempt to force them to remove their vessels from the site. However, residents have fished out of Cove harbour since the 1790s. Read the article here 21:39
Friend Don Cuddy joins WBSM’s Phil Paleologos at 10am to discuss AS Monitor law suit and bad science
Don and John Haran will join Phil in the studio. David Goethel, and Richie Canastra, will join in over the phone. As Phil writes in Government Using Bad Science, “On Wednesday, the spotlight is on the fishermen paying for monitors that could likely put the fishermen out of business. There is a lawsuit challenging the government’s authority to impose that requirement. On January 13, at 10 am, four experts will join me to discuss topics that apply to the fishing industry in 2016. This program promises to shed sunlight on problems that are drowning the fishing industry”. Call-in number for listeners is 508-996-0500. Click here@ 10:00 and click Listen Live 18:46
Fairhaven Firefighters Battle Extremely Smoky Fire on Fishing Boat
Fairhaven firefighters battled a smoky blaze onboard a fishing boat today. Firefighter Wayne Oliveira says the fire was reported late Tuesday morning aboard the 75-foot fishing vessel “Thor” which is docked in the Fairhaven Shipyard for repairs. The fire was contained to the crew quarters below deck. Oliveira tells WBSM News fighting a fire inside of a boat is already a difficult task. “It’s even worse under extremely heavy smoke conditions when you really can’t see anything,,, Three photos, Read the article here 17:38
N.S. committee to work on system for tracking escaped farmed salmon
Nova Scotia now has a committee to develop a system to track escaped farmed salmon. “This is a first step where government, industry and wild Atlantic salmon conservation groups are working together to develop a system to trace the paths of escaped farmed salmon from the cage to the river. “Escapees are a worldwide concern wherever there are marine salmon farms,” chair Carl Purcell of the Nova Scotia Salmon Association, said in a news release issued Tuesday. “Nova Scotia can become a world leader in this field and develop a tracing system that could be used globally.” Read the article here 15:54
Nova Scotia cautions Trudeau government over marine protection goal
Nova Scotia used its first meeting with Canada’s new fisheries minister to express caution over the Trudeau government’s plan to greatly expand 
, a move that could close designated ocean and coastal areas to economic activities like offshore energy development and fishing. The province’s energy minister, Michel Samson, delivered the message Tuesday during a Halifax stop by federal Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo. The first item in the mandate letter from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau instructs Tootoo to work to increase the proportion of Canada’s marine and coastal areas that are protected to five per cent by 2017 and 10 per cent by 2020. Read the article here 15:26
Last Week’s Biggest Sales: Deadliest Catch Captain Gets $3.65M For Sammamish Home
Listed for: $4.1M Received: $3.65M Size: 5-BR, 5.25-bath, 5,435 sf. Location: 3113 E Lake Sammamish Pkwy, Sammamish, WA The Skinny: The seller of this nautical-themed lakeside home is Bing Henkel, owner and former captain of the Erla-N, which was featured on the TV show ‘Deadliest Catch.’ Designed by Henkel and wife Betsy, the 5,435 square-foot home has seafaring touches throughout, including the living room’s inlaid-tile mariner’s compass mosaic and the office’s antique ship wheel. They came down a bit on the asking price before they got their pending offer. Read the rest here. 14:14
NMFS – Gulf of Mexico rule opens the door for seafood farming in the open ocean
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NOAA filed a final rule today implementing the nation’s first comprehensive regulatory program for aquaculture in federal waters. The groundbreaking rule creates a coordinated permitting system for the Gulf of Mexico, opening the door for the region to expand seafood production and create new jobs in an environmentally sustainable manner. “As demand for seafood continues to rise, aquaculture presents a tremendous opportunity not only to meet this demand, but also to increase opportunities for the seafood industry and job creation,” said Kathryn Sullivan, Ph.D., NOAA administrator. Read the rest here 13:30
Petersburg harbor board balks at use of fish tax for police station
Petersburg’s harbor board is not excited about one part of the borough’s plan to fund a 10 million dollar remodel of the police station and municipal building. Some of the cost of the project could be repaid with raw fish tax revenue that the borough gets from the state and passes on to the harbor department. Board chair Mike Bangs also was not a fan of using that money. “What it amounts to is the people that are going to be paying for this are just commercial fishermen,” Bangs said. “Cause it’s raw fish tax that they paid to the state that’s coming back and that’s what that money’s coming from. It’s not coming from yachts, it’s not coming from boats like the RB, it’s coming strictly from commercial fishermen.” Read the article here 11:01
The great lobster liberation, well almost
It all began when the Big New Supermarket advertised they would have live lobsters for sale on New Year’s Eve. Some of you were thinking, “Yum! Get out the cooking pot and melt that butter!” Others of us were thinking, “Oh, poor lobsters.” OK, one of us was thinking, “Poor lobsters.” It was a slow day, right? So I began researching “lobster rescue” on the net. Surprisingly, there were no sites devoted to lobster liberation. The PETA folks said, “Consider the plight of lobsters.” But they did not offer much advice other than meditating upon the concerns of crustaceans. Read the rest here 10:15
Cod is king — in China, Ryan Cleary, St. John’s
The king of Newfoundland and Labrador is dead, long live the codfish king. But it will take a monumental effort to elevate our iconic cod back to its historic throne of global powerhouse. Challenge appears on every front — including reintroducing cod into a world fish market dominated by cheap, Chinese product, and a potential foreign takeover of local plants and quotas. Read the letter here 08:37
Federal Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo meets with Dwight Ball in St. John’s
Premier Dwight Ball welcomed new Federal Fisheries Minister Hunter Tootoo to Newfoundland and Labrador on Monday, as the new federal and provincial governments continued to showcase a renewed relationship, and spoke of maintaining their pre-existing commitments. “Our overarching goal is to protect our three oceans, coasts and waterways and fisheries. We must ensure that they remain healthy for future generations, while mitigating the impact of climate change.” Read the article here 08:02
Federal Government May Offer Help To Local Crab Fishermen
Local fishermen who may have suffered economic losses due to the recent restrictions on commercial and recreational Dungeness and Rock crab fishing may receive financial help from the federal government. The Small Business Administration wants to hear from anyone who believes they suffered financial losses.,, The SBA will look at the feedback and determine if the impacts were enough to meet disaster loan criteria. If it does, any business or entity impacted by the closure could qualify for low-interest loans. SBA officials are only gathering information at this point. Read the rest here 07:38
‘Wicked Tuna’ star Paul Hebert agrees to plead guilty, sentencing deal would keep him out of jail
Wicked Tuna” cast member Paul Hebert, facing federal charges in Vermont that he illegally collected more than $44,000 in Social Security, disability and Medicaid payments for two years, is looking to make a deal that could keep him out of jail. The other two counts originally contained in the indictment, Assistant U.S. Attorney Jonathan Ophardt said Monday, will be dismissed if the agreement is accepted by the court and Hebert meets all conditions. “Paul Hebert agrees to plead guilty because he is, in fact, guilty of the above crimes,” said the plea agreement, Read the rest here 06:57
