Daily Archives: May 22, 2025
Carney government offers DFO no new direction on First Nations fishery enforcement
Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO) has not received new direction from Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government on how to respond to unlicensed fishing. At the Maritime Region Lobster Advisory Committee meeting in Bedford on Wednesday, DFO’s area director of conservation and protection, Noel d’Entremont, told fishery representatives that nothing new has come from Ottawa. Commercial fishery representatives walked out of the last committee meeting last fall after DFO refused to put the illegal fishery on the agenda. Wednesday was DFO’s attempt to rehost the meeting, which brings together science, enforcement, commercial and First Nations fishery representatives from across the Maritimes. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 13:30
Gilbert “Giby” Groome of San Antonio, TX, has passed away
Gilbert “Giby” Groomer, beloved husband, father, grandfather, and founder of Groomer’s Seafood, passed away on May 19, 2025, at the age of 85. A man of generosity, strength, and unwavering principles, Gilbert leaves behind a legacy that extends far beyond the successful business he built – it lives on in his family, in the people he helped, and in the countless lives he quietly impacted. Born in Port Isabel, Texas, on May 11, 1940, Gilbert was raised by his mother after the death of his father when he was just eight years old. Alongside his older brother, he learned early the value of hard work, perseverance, and the deep bonds of family. That foundation shaped everything he did. To Gilbert, family was everything. He began his career as a commercial fisherman on the Texas coast, working tirelessly to support his growing family. In the late 1970s, during a time of economic hardship, Gilbert and his wife made the bold decision to relocate their family to San Antonio. There, he turned his passion for seafood and his entrepreneurial spirit into what would become Groomer’s Seafood – a business built not just on fresh product, but on integrity, trust, and relationships. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 12:01
“FINDERS KEEPERS” – Jim Lovgren.
” I found these notes on the floor at my backroom meeting with the beautiful Governor Hochul. Looks like Equinor, and the Constitution Pipeline Company already got their piece of U, The Don”. 10:45
EU deal: Whitby fisherman ‘devastated’ by government betrayal of the fishing industry
The EU deal is the latest government betrayal of fishermen dating back more than 50 years to Ted Heath says one Yorkshire fisherman. Mr Locker, director of Lockers Trawlers in Whitby, and former chairman of the National Federation of Fishermen’s Organisations, said he was “absolutely devastated” by an announcement which “sacrificed” the industry for other interests. Under the arrangement – which Mr Locker said was “worse” than what he’d feared – the current five-year deal that grants EU fishermen access to UK coastal waters will roll over – for another 12 years, until 2038. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 09:08
New York Wind Project Revived With Natgas Quid Pro Quo
A wind project in New York mothballed by the Trump administration is getting a new lease on life through a compromise that would also see an abandoned natural gas pipeline from Pennsylvania to New York revived. Norway’s Equinor was three months into Empire Wind, a $5 billion offshore wind farm, when Trump came to power and set about dismantling the Biden administration’s wind power program. On his first day in office, the second-term president issued an executive order pausing new leasing and permitting of wind projects, which he said are ugly, expensive and harmful to wildlife. But Equinor, which recently shifted its focus to oil and gas from renewables, told Reuters that construction can resume on Empire Wind, which is expected to bring power to half a million homes after 2027, following the lifting of a one-month stop-work order. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 07:53
Wondering about the boat on its side in New Bedford? It’s the Eileen Rita. What to know
If you’re out on the New Bedford waterfront and see a rather worn looking vessel laying on its side, it wrecked in Boston Harbor more than a month ago and has returned to its home port. The New Bedford scalloper F/V Eileen Rita arrived back in New Bedford over the weekend, just over a month since she capsized and sank in Boston Harbor off Green Island on April 11. The 86-foot, 152 ton vessel was recently raised from the floor of Boston Harbor and towed back to New Bedford, still bearing visible damage from the incident. Now back in familiar waters, her future remains uncertain. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 06:38
