Daily Archives: June 14, 2025
Video: d’Entremont calls on govt. to crackdown on illegal fishing
The lobster fishery in southwestern Nova Scotia was a topic in the House of Commons. Acadie-Annapolis MP Chris d’Entremont says a crackdown is needed on unregulated and unreported fishing. d’Entremont says coastal communities are sounding the alarm about lobster stocks being down. He asked minister Joanne Thompson to listen to commercial fishers. Video, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 14:46
Australia to boost aerial surveillance of Pacific for illegal fishing fleets
Australia plans to significantly boost surveillance of Pacific Islands territorial waters, spending A$477 million ($310.72 million) on aerial patrols for illegal fishing fleets, tender documents viewed by Reuters show, as China takes steps towards sending its coast guard to the region. Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will visit Fiji on Friday, the Fiji Times newspaper reported, after the government of Prime Minister Sitiveni Rabuka last week approved a maritime security agreement that will see Australia fund a patrol boat for Fiji. Australia will operate commercial aerial patrols to support Pacific Island countries monitoring exclusive economic zones which span millions of kilometres of ocean. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 13:47
Shrimpers sue Lowcountry restaurants over import and advertising practices
The South Carolina Shrimpers Association is suing 40 currently unnamed restaurants after testing revealed many local restaurants, some of which even explicitly advertised local shrimp, were not actually serving local shrimp. The lawsuit says a restaurant that advertises local shrimp but doesn’t serve it is breaking two laws: a federal law against false advertising and violating the South Carolina Fair Trade Practices Act. “At the core of what we have here is in the state of South Carolina, it’s illegal to say that a product is from SC when it’s not, and similarly, federal law prohibits the mislabeling of the origins of seafood. It’s simply illegal at a state and federal level,” Attorney for the S.C. Shrimpers Association, Gedney Howe, says. The Southern Shrimpers Alliance commissioned DNA testing on shrimp dishes at 44 local restaurants. Video, more, <<CLICK TO READ<< 10:02
Kodiak fisherman testifies about illegal fishing at U.S. Senate subcommittee meeting
Gabriel Prout and his family have fished the Silver Spray, a Kodiak-based commercial fishing boat, for about 20 years. But on Thursday, he traded his Xtratufs and fishing gear for a suit to represent Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers, a trade association that represents the Bering Sea fleet, for a meeting with lawmakers in Washington, D.C. He was the only fisherman on the panel to discuss the impact of illegal, unregulated and unreported – or IUU – fishing on American fishing fleets. Prout presented a few ideas to the subcommittee he thinks could help, like better monitoring seafood imports and mandating labels for countries of origin. Prout also said other countries have more subsidies for fishermen than the U.S. does and asked for programs to help fishermen facing rising costs. Photos, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 08:02
Fishermen’s voices must be heard amid Attenborough ocean propaganda
He is our national treasure, embraced by kings, princes, prime ministers and celebrities too many to mention. This week, it is his campaign to save the ocean that is driving the UN Ocean Conference as it tries to ratify the High Seas Treaty. Who would dare to denounce David Attenborough, beloved around the world for his conservation crusade, feted in the highest echelons and trusted to such an extent that his every word is gospel? Step forward one Elspeth Macdonald, little known outside her Scottish homeland but a strident, often lone, voice of dissent in the Attenborough global love-in. Macdonald is the chief executive of the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) but she speaks for the industry across Britain when she calls out the “anti-fishing propaganda” of Attenborough’s recently released film, Ocean. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 06:42
