Daily Archives: August 15, 2023
Fish tales and tails: Festival celebrates Gloucester Fisheries Heritage
Gloucester’s Jodrey State Fish Pier was hopping this weekend as America’s oldest seaport celebrated its 400+ anniversary during Gloucester Fisheries Heritage Month with a festival. Hundreds took in hands-on demonstrations and exhibits showcasing Gloucester’s part in feeding the world, from net mending to recipes for some of the less well-known species of fish and shellfish landed by the city’s fishermen, during the Gloucester Fisheries Heritage Festival on Saturday and Sunday. >click for 7 photos< 17:38
Crab catching ship Vaigach of Project КСП01 built by Krasnoye Sormovo completed sea trials
Krasnoye Sormovo PJSC (a company of United Shipbuilding Corporation) says it has completed the trial of crab catching ship of Project КСП01, Vaigach. The trials were held near the Gogland island in the Gulf of Finland. The test programme included checking of the vessel’s propulsion system, its performance, automation/communication/navigation systems, as well as all equipment installed on the crab-processor. The tests were carried out with the participation of specialists from Krasnoye Sormovo shipyard’s commissioning team in the presence of representatives of the customer, contractors and RS. >click to read< 15:06
North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for August 14, 2023
Upcoming Fisheries Meetings are listed with details in the update. COURT RULES IN FAVOR OF NC SHRIMPERS AND COMMERCIAL FISHERMEN “SOME COMFORT”. In a major decision handed down by the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals, a group of North Carolina shrimpers won a huge victory! In a unanimous decision on August 7, 2023, the Court affirmed a previous decision made by U.S. District Court Judge Louise Flanagan on September 17, 2021. The plaintiffs then appealed, with the oral arguments made before the court in the fall of 2022. >click to read the update< 13:14
Lobsterman Sadie Samuels to speak at Camden Yacht Club Aug. 23
How did a young girl from Searsmont become a professional lobsterman? Find out during a free seminar at the Camden Yacht Club, 68 Bay View St., at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 23. Only 8% of the Mainers with commercial lobster fishing licenses are women. Sadie Samuels, who captains the F/V Must Be Nice out of Rockport Harbor, is among them. This young entrepreneur will explain how she works from sunrise to 10 p.m., yet remains hooked on the joys, perils, and vicissitudes of commercial fishing. The session will include a brief film and time for questions and answers. >click to read< 10:57
UK opens more opportunities for sustainable Atlantic bluefin tuna fisheries outside EU
39 tonnes will be used for a new trial commercial fishery which takes advantage of an increased quota share of 65 tonnes for 2023. The new trial commercial fishery for Atlantic bluefin tuna, delivered by Defra and the Marine Management Organisation (MMO) on behalf of the UK Fisheries Authorities, is the first of its type in the UK for decades. Licence authorisations have been issued to 10 fishermen following an expression of interest process. Vessels will be permitted only to use low-impact rod and reel fishing gears which use lures, no live bait or chumming will be permitted. >click to read< 10:27
NOAA Is Rolling Out a Plan to Radically Expand Offshore Aquaculture. Not Everyone Is Onboard
The cardboard gravestones read “RIP Local fisherman,” “RIP Wild Fish,” and “RIP Humpback Whales.” Assembled in response to new aquaculture sites planned off the coast of California, the gravestones were brought to the offices of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) in Long Beach, California, in April by activists keen to register their discontent. The sites pave the way for possibly dozens of new open-pen fish farms as far as three miles offshore, the future home of species that range from carp to salmon. Chief among the protesters’ concerns were entanglement of marine mammals, the expansion of dead zones caused by fish excrement, and infringement on wild fishing grounds. >click to read< 09:07
Save Right Whale Coalition Sickened Over Government Response to Deaths of Whales in NY, NJ
New York and New Jersey are witnessing an alarming increase in whale deaths, with 23 known fatalities in less than a year, sparking concerns and anger among environmental activists and political figures. Critics of offshore wind farm developments, including David Shanker, the New Jersey Spokesperson for Save Right Whales Coalition, are attributing the tragic deaths to sonar blasting activities related to wind turbine construction. A coalition of political figures including Representative Jeff Van Drew (NJ), Representative Jeff Smith (NJ), the Commissioners of Cape May County, and 50 Coastal Mayors have asked President Biden and New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy for a moratorium on the sonar blasting to investigate the cause of the whale deaths. However, their pleas have so far been met with silence, even as the Save Right Whale Coalition prepares to release a documentary with evidence linking sonar testing vessels to whale deaths. >click to read< 07:46
