Daily Archives: December 18, 2019
Your View: Turning fishery into police state won’t stop fraudsters like Carlos Rafael
First, I want to point out that none of this is to defend Carlos Rafael. The nicest thing he ever said about honest, small boat fishermen like me was to compare us to mosquitoes to his elephant. (“The maggots screaming on the sidelines, they’re done. They can scream all they want. Nobody can save them,”>click to read<) I do, however, think this case has one notable shortcoming in that the New York dealer who delivered his “bags of jingles” was never charged. Why? Maybe it is because enforcement used a crooked dealer as its star witness,,, by David Goethel >click to read< 22:23
Video: Emergency crews battle shrimp trawler fire near Core Creek bridge
Emergency crews from several departments battled a boat fire near the Core Creek bridge Tuesday evening. Carteret County Fire Marshall Eddie Lewis says the fire was reported at about 4:45 p.m. and crews arrived to find a shrimp trawler burning near the dock. The trawler– which Lewis says he can comfortably confirm was a fishing vessel — was a 1987 built, 56-foot boat named the Melissa Ann II– and was occupied by two people at the time of the fire. Video, photo’s >click to read< 20:05
Ocean Beauty accepts offer on seafood plant for sale in Petersburg
Ocean Beauty Seafoods says it has accepted an offer on the shuttered seafood processing plant on the Petersburg waterfront, but is not identifying the buyer. The former cannery and seafood plant has been on the market for over a year. Recently, the price was reduced on both that facility and a nearby bunkhouse for the plant workers. >click to read< 15:42
Coast Guard medevacs man 90 miles southeast of Charleston
A Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew medevaced a man from the 72-foot fishing vessel, Seneca, Tuesday, approximately 90 miles southeast of Charleston. The Dolphin helicopter crew safely hoisted a 33-year old man using a rescue basket and transported him to the Charleston Executive Airport where emergency medical services took him to Medical University of South Carolina for further medical care. >click to read< 14:52
Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 68′ Steel Longliner, 500HP Cummins, 30-kw gensets, Federal Permits
Specifications, information and 25 photos >click here< To see all the boats in this series, >click here<13:47
Study: offshore renewable energy installations rough on marine life
Researchers suggest that if marine renewable energy devices (MREDs) – such as wave energy converters and wind turbines – are placed in marine environments without consideration of environmental consequences, marine life could be severely damaged. That stands in stark contrast to the environmentally friendly mindset that drives such devices in the first place. The study insists that these energy devices can greatly advance climate goals but cautions that greater thought must be given to when, where and how they are implemented. >click to read< 12:41
Energy conglomerate spent $14.5M to bury subsea cables as result of unexpected redfish population boom!
It’s a fish story no one saw coming, at least not Halifax-based energy conglomerate Emera. The parent company of Nova Scotia Power disclosed this week to the Utility and Review Board that it spent almost $14,492,000 this summer to bury its Maritime Link cables lying on the floor of the Cabot Strait between Newfoundland and Cape Breton. The cables were protected because an unprecedented explosion in the redfish population in the Gulf of St Lawrence is about to trigger a corresponding boom in bottom trawling in the area. >click to read< 10:09
P.E.I. fishermen, Indigenous groups pleased with Northern Pulp decision
P.E.I. fisheries and Indigenous rights organizations, and the province say they are pleased the Nova Scotia government has rejected a plan by Pictou’s Northern Pulp plant to pipe treated effluent into the Northumberland Strait between Nova Scotia and P.E.I. Nova Scotia had until Tuesday to decide whether or not to approve Northern Pulp’s proposal for a new treatment facility that would pump up to 85 million litres of treated effluent daily into the strait. >click to read< 09:31
Video: Millions in investment creating a boom in New Bedford Harbor
Millions of dollars are being invested in New Bedford Harbor and the result is expected to be hundreds of jobs. The port is already experiencing a boom.,, “We’re seeing double digit increases in commercial fishing vessels. “If we’re going to continue to grow as a commercial fishing port, we do need to get more dockage. Video, >click to read< 08:48
Huh! Town Dock was meeting spot for man arrested on terrorism charge
A West Haven man who was led to believe he could travel from the Town Dock en route to Turkey to fight for ISIS was arrested by the FBI on Sunday afternoon. The man, Khalil Elshazly, 22, was taken into custody by the FBI’s Joint Terrorism Task Force at the Town Dock in Stonington Borough, according to federal court documents.,, Elshazly was arrested after arriving at the Town Dock to meet a supposed fishing captain who would provide him with transportation, officials said. He was taken into custody without incident. >click to read< 07:49
