Daily Archives: October 13, 2023
A Southern tradition, fresh from the Snohomish River
It’s a far cry from the bayous of Louisiana, but the crawfish look right at home in the metal trap as Ithamar Glumac hoists them out of the water. “They’re bottom feeders, so they’re perfectly happy to hang out in this trap for as long as I’ll leave them there,” Glumac said. “Food floats right on by and predators can’t get them, so it’s probably like a nice vacation home for them more than anything.” A huge plastic bucket, full of crawfish loosed from similar traps just minutes before, awaits on Glumac’s boat. He unlatches the wire cage and shakes the most recent handful of tiny lobsters out into the tub with their brethren. Then it’s on to the next stop, another one of the hundreds of traps up the Snohomish River pinpointed by Glumac’s GPS-powered fish finder. Photos, >>>.click to read<<< 15:42
Three Fishermen Rescued as Commercial Vessel Sinks Off Hampton Bays
Three commercial fishermen were rescued from the waters off Hampton Bays on Thursday afternoon after the 41-foot trawler they were aboard began rapidly taking on water and sank. According to the U.S. Coast Guard, the fishing vessel Kary Ann sent out a mayday call about noon on Thursday from about one mile south of Shinnecock Inlet. By the time a Coast Guard launch reached the scene, the three fishermen who were aboard had abandoned ship. >>click to read<<< 13:30
Fishers suffering from seal boom, Senate committee hears in Newfoundland and Labrador
The Canadian sealing and fishing industries have been left to sink or swim while booming seal populations on the Atlantic Canada coast deplete fish stocks and disrupt marine ecosystems, the Senate Committee on Fisheries and Oceans heard on a recent fact-finding mission. The committee took its in-depth study on the effects of Canada’s seal populations to Newfoundland and Labrador from September 11 to 13, 2023. Fact-finding activities in Elliston, South Dildo, Port de Grave and St. John’s, capped off by day-long public hearings in the provincial capital, provided senators with a detailed picture of the province’s rich history with the seal fishery and the serious challenges domestic sealers and fishers are facing today. >>>click to read<< 11:46
Qikiqtaaluk Corp. signs deal to acquire new fishing vessel
Qikiqtaaluk Corp. has reached a deal to purchase a new fishing trawler, to be called Saputi II, from a Spanish firm. “It’s a big project,” Jerry Ward, the company’s director of fisheries, told Nunatsiaq News of the agreement signed Sept. 26 with shipbuilder Freier Shipyard in Vigo, Spain. Ward said it could take about two and a half years to build the ship but the Qikiqtaaluk Corp., the business development arm of the Qikiqtani Inuit Association, hopes it will be ready sooner than that. The Saputi II will be a factory-freezer fishing trawler, able to keep fish frozen after they’ve been caught until the ship returns to its port in Newfoundland. It will measure nearly 80 metres long and 17 metres wide. Designed for multiple species, the vessel will be able harvest shrimp and turbot. >>click to read<< 10:48
Three Fijian fishermen found by NZ Air Force after missing for nine days at sea
They had not been heard from since and did not have locator beacons. Their sole communication was a mobile phone that was believed to have run out of battery, but they did have life jackets and flares. Local search efforts were hampered by poor weather, and the Rescue Coordination Centre Fiji asked for help. The Poseidon P-8A aircraft and crew were launched to assist on Wednesday morning. By the afternoon, they had located the fishers using radar and visual searches and contacted a nearby vessel to rescue them. Air component commander Air Commodore Andy Scott said it was a challenging search over a large area. >>click to read<< 09:19
Small town fisherman harpooned on federal charges for catch that’s legal in other states: lawyer
The 63-year-old captain of a Montauk, New York, fishing trawler has been convicted of federal conspiracy and fraud charges for violating local fishing rules that his lawyers say are outdated, wasteful and wouldn’t be a crime in other states. A federal jury found Christopher Winkler, who owns the 45-foot trawler named New Age that is based on Long Island’s East End, guilty of five counts last week – two each of mail fraud and obstruction of justice and one more for criminal conspiracy for an overfishing plot that racked up nearly $1 million in proceeds. The problem is, according to his defense, if Winkler had caught the fish in neighboring New Jersey, there likely wouldn’t have been a crime at all. Photos, >>click to read<< 07:53
