Daily Archives: April 6, 2025
Body of missing fisherman recovered along Captains Bay shoreline
The Unalaska Fire and Police Departments, along with members of the U.S. Coast Guard and Alaska State Troopers recovered the body of missing fisherman Jacob Riley Veeser Saturday morning. 28-year-old Veeser was reported missing Friday afternoon. City officials said in a press release that evening that he was last seen at midnight on April 4 walking down the GI “dolphin” dock at the UniSea Inc. processing plant. Veeser, a crewmember aboard the F/V Lady Alaska, was discovered in the water along Captains Bay Rd. around 10:30 a.m. Saturday morning. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 12:31
Economic State Making it Tough for the Fishery, Says Producer
A local value-added seafood producer says the current economic climate under U.S. tariffs has proved very challenging for his business. Danny Dumaresque of Labrador Gem Seafoods says half of his product has traditionally gone to the U.S. market, but “there’s no way to overcome a 25 per cent tariff.” While the province’s seafood industry has managed to avoid the tariff, for now, continued threats and the uncertainty that it created has forced many producers to look elsewhere. Dumaresque is now working on securing greater access to buyers in Spain, Italy, France and the U.K. Meanwhile, provincial fisheries minister Gerry Byrne has launched a Seafood Marketing Support Program to help local companies expand into global markets. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 11:40
City of Unalaska in search of missing fisherman
A 28-year-old fisherman was reported missing Friday in Unalaska. The City of Unalaska said in a press release that Jacob Riley Veeser was last seen at midnight on April 4 walking down the GI “dolphin” dock at the UniSea Inc. processing plant. Local police, fire and ports departments began a shoreline search for Veeser shortly before 7 p.m. Friday evening. The search was suspended around 10:30 last night and will pick back up again Saturday morning. The search team plans to use remotely operated vehicles to survey underwater. Veeser is described as a 6-foot, 200-pound white male with brown hair, brown eyes and a full beard and mustache. He is a crewmember on the F/V Lady Alaska. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 09:08
South Carolina shrimper says Trump’s tariffs will provide ‘immediate relief’ to US fishery
CJ Seafood owner Craig Reaves told “America Reports” that so much of the industry is being outsourced to Southeast Asia, Ecuador, India and South America, while the U.S. fishery has been “crushed.” “I’m a lifelong shrimper. My dad was a shrimper, so we’re generational fishermen, and we’ve been getting killed by imports for not just years, but literally decades,” Reaves said. “So, we’ve been suffering for a long, long time, and these tariffs, we believe, are going to give us some immediate relief. Also, it’s bringing attention to our industry, who is dying. We’ve outsourced our whole industry. Ninety-four percent of the shrimp consumed in the United States is imported.” Video, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 07:52
Judge blocks Chilean sea bass imports from Antarctica in fishing feud
A federal judge in Florida has blocked the imports of a high-priced fish from protected waters near Antarctica, siding with U.S. regulators who argued they were required to block imports amid a diplomatic feud triggered by Russia’s obstruction of longstanding conservation efforts at the bottom of the world. Judge David Leibowitz, in a ruling Monday, dismissed a lawsuit filed in 2022 by Texas-based Southern Cross Seafoods that alleged it had suffered undue economic harm by what it argued was the U.S. government’s arbitrary decision to bar imports of Chilean sea bass. The case, closely watched by conservation groups and the fishing industry, stems from Russia’s rejection of catch limits for marine life near the South Pole. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 06:43
