Daily Archives: February 18, 2016
This Insane Mimosa Has a Lobster Tail and Muffins in It and You Will Want It Right Now
Depending on where you fall on the minimalist-maximalist scale, you’ll either love or abhor the newest drink on offer at the Nectar Wine Bar & Ale House in San Antonio, Texas. Called the Ultimate Mimosa, it’s a top-heavy brunch cocktail ($28) served with skewers of fruit, cheese, smoked salmon, a lobster tail, and, wait for it, two kinds of muffins: banana nut and blueberry. Oh, and you get Champagne and orange juice too. Read the rest here 18:03
Endangered winter-run Chinook Salmons fingerlings released into Sacramento River
For the second year in a row, federal officials on Wednesday released hundreds of thousands of endangered salmon into the Sacramento River in Redding to compensate for a massive summer fish die-off. Wednesday’s release of fingerling winter-run chinook salmon was the first of two batches — both about 200,000 fingerling-size fish — being released this week. This year’s release is about twice as many as the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service typically releases into the river annually. For the past two years, the agency has released more fish to make up for young salmon that were killed by warm water in the river during the summer and fall. Read the rest here 15:58
UMass hires former head of failed Cape Cod Fish Shares business
David Henchy has had some serious misfortune in recent years. His father died a year ago, his business failed and he declared bankruptcy, and now his wife is gravely ill. Perhaps the only bright spot was securing a job at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth as an interim assistant dean in the graduate program at the Charlton College of Business this past September. But creditors who lost money when Henchy’s Cape Cod Fish Shares business collapsed in 2014, wonder how the university could hire someone who wrote off almost $574,000 of other people’s money. They are asking why he isn’t making attempts to pay them back now that his salary is $90,000 a year. Read the story here 13:02
Creelers and divers join European crew for more power
Scottish shellfish creelers and divers have joined a pan-European coalition to push for “fairer representation” for the inshore fleet. The move sees nine fishermen’s associations from across Scotland under the umbrella of the Scottish Creel Fishermen’s Federation (SCFF) bolster the clout of small-scale fisheries at European level. It also sees the membership of the Low Impact Fishers of Europe (Life) mushroom to more than 4,000 active fishers. The coalition works to promote the interests of its members by pushing for the proper implementation of the Common Fisheries Policy to grant priority access to fishers who have the least impact on the environment and add the most value to local fishing activities. Read the rest here 12:51
Commercial Dungeness crab season put off a bit longer
The California Department of Fish and Wildlife has decided to push back the opening of the commercial Dungeness crab season once again until public health officials determine the crustaceans in some or all of the state’s northern counties are safe to eat. “I understand that there are people suffering economic losses from this closure,” Bonham said in a statement. “However, the majority of the commercial fleet tells me they want a statewide opener or could live with an opener that adheres to traditional management areas.” Read the rest here 11:19
P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association launching crew member recruitment campaign
The P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association is launching a new campaign and training program to combat a growing problem in the lobster industry — fishermen are having trouble finding enough crew members. The association conducted a survey of 250 captains that showed many respondents were struggling to recruit crew members. Fishermen describe the problem as a perfect storm: they are getting older, the catches are up, and they need two crew members to help handle the load. But finding them is now harder. The survey showed: Read the article here 08:42
New fishery safety standards to affect about 20,000 Canadian boats
A cool head, safety training and a decision to keep survival suits handy kept Martin d’Entremont and his crew alive when things went terribly wrong on board the Poseidon Princess, 102 kilometres off southwest Nova Scotia in the early morning hours of Jan.31, 2015. “I never dreamed she would go so fast,” says d’Entremont, 57, a veteran skipper from West Pubnico, N.S. The exact cause of the sinking remains unknown. What is clear is that safety procedures on board the Poseidon Princess saved lives as the boat slid under the waves, its lights winking out and engines shutting off in the darkness. Read the story here 08:19
Letter: Scallop regulators threaten fishery by opening Nantucket Lightship – Eddie Welch
A recent controversial decision to open select scallop grounds off the coast of New England to certain select fishing groups undermines , and threatens the future health of one of the region’s most valuable resources. On Dec. 3, the New England Fishery Management Council allotted one component of the fishing fleet 300,000 pounds of scallops for harvest from an area of the Atlantic known as Nantucket Lightship. Proposed by council member and Cape Cod Commercial Fishermen’s Alliance CEO John Pappalardo, this allotment would open Nantucket Lightship too early, and goes against the principles that have made scallop management so successful. Read the letter here 07:59 (photo cred gulfseafoodnews.com)
