By the time Robbie Roberge spotted the fire consuming his boat’s galley last August, he knew he had just minutes to evacuate his beloved Three Girls fishing vessel, named for his daughters. As the flames spread up the boat’s walls, he helped his crew into safety suits, deployed a life raft and made a mayday call to alert nearby mariners and the U.S. Coast Guard that he was abandoning ship more than 100 miles offshore. Roberge, a commercial fisherman from South Portland, Maine, learned how to handle such an emergency just three months earlier at a workshop held by Fishing Partnership Support Services, a nonprofit that has trained thousands of East Coast fishermen in safety practices. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 12:06Daily Archives: May 31, 2025
Trump cuts threaten safety training for America’s most dangerous jobs
By the time Robbie Roberge spotted the fire consuming his boat’s galley last August, he knew he had just minutes to evacuate his beloved Three Girls fishing vessel, named for his daughters. As the flames spread up the boat’s walls, he helped his crew into safety suits, deployed a life raft and made a mayday call to alert nearby mariners and the U.S. Coast Guard that he was abandoning ship more than 100 miles offshore. Roberge, a commercial fisherman from South Portland, Maine, learned how to handle such an emergency just three months earlier at a workshop held by Fishing Partnership Support Services, a nonprofit that has trained thousands of East Coast fishermen in safety practices. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 12:06
Shrimp labeling transparency bill headed to Gov. Abbott’s desk
A bill prioritizing imported shrimp labeling transparency is headed to the governor’s desk after it cleared a final House vote in the waning days of this legislative session. Senate Bill 823 ensures that shrimp sold in Texas by a food service supplier, wholesaler or distributor include a “clear and conspicuous” label stating whether the shrimp is imported. Under the legislation, a restaurant can’t label or represent imported shrimp as “Texas shrimp,” “American shrimp,” “Domestic shrimp,” or “Gulf shrimp.” “Gulf shrimp is a key part of the state’s coastal economy,” Middleton said. “Shrimping is a struggling industry because we are being flooded with cheap, poor-quality, overseas imports. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 09:41
Democrats seek to overrule Sussex offshore wind substation denial
Last week, more than two dozen Democrats lined up behind a proposed bill that would retroactively strip Sussex County of its ability to deny a permit for a massive offshore wind project, injecting a new debate over local control into the future of offshore wind in Delaware. Those proponents include the influential chair of the Senate Environment, Energy and Transportation Committee as well as the House representative for the Lewes and Rehoboth Beach area, where the debate over offshore wind has run hot. For some Sussex County Council members, however, the move to overrule its decision on land use issues is a troubling development. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 07:38
Fishing vessel returns to home port after 138 years
The owner of a 138-year-old fishing ship, believed to be the only one left of its kind, is hoping to raise funds to turn it into a research vessel. The Nordlys has returned to Lowestoft in Suffolk, where it was built, for the first time in more than a century. William Lund wants to raise £700,000 to convert the vessel into an eco-friendly ship for scientists to use. “I am a custodian of history here and it is up to me to maintain that and keep this bit of Lowestoft afloat and alive,” he said. The ship – originally called the Jubilee – was built in the coastal town in 1887 at the peak of the fishing industry and was used as a drifter to catch herring. Photos, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 06:44
