Fishermen

(National Fisherman)---The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas showed its true color this week — greed — setting bluefin quotas nearly half again as high as those recommended by commission scientists. Also in contravention of common sense, fishing will be allowed to continue throughout most of the spawning season. READ MORE

www.metrowestdailynews.com -- (CHATHAM, MA) Giant tuna have been in short supply off the Cape in recent years. In early October there was a bit of a bite, and a number of locals and out-of-towners took advantage and then went home or put their boats away. “Then whammo!” said Jimmy Fallon, a computer guru who is hooked on tuna fishing. The weekend after the presidential election, giants galore appeared off Chatham: huge schools of bluefin tuna that, according to the fish stories, were virtually throwing themselves into boats.  READ MORE 

www.sfgate.com -- One of the perplexing problems faced by fishing nations is how to prevent overfishing while maintaining economically viable fisheries. A solution to this fish manager's dilemma, proposed by free-market economists and pushed by the Bush administration, is to aportion available catch of an individual fish species, or group such as groundfish (sole, rockfish), into shares awarded to those in the fishery. Typically, the allocation is based on how many fish an individual had caught in the past. READ MORE

www.newsday.com -- The Viking Fleet of Montauk and one of its captains have been charged by a federal agency with illegally taking patrons to catch striped bass in federal waters. Capt. Steven N. Forsberg, on a trip two years ago, took Viking Starship patrons beyond the three-mile state-waters boundary to catch striped bass in federal waters, where taking the prized sport fish is prohibited, according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration and the New York Department of Environmental Conservation. READ MORE

www.live5news.com -- (Kiawah Island, SC) Crews worked until sundown Tuesday to get a grounded fishing boat ready to be moved from a Kiawah Island Beach. The 80-foot long ship named Nanami broke loose from its anchorage and ran aground Friday. The safety of the crew was the first concern, said Coast Guard Lieutenant Jim Litzinger. The two crew members on board weren't injured, he added. Because the boat had more than 1,100 gallons of diesel, environmental affects became the second concern. READ MORE

www.pressofatlanticcity.com -- (NJ) Two charter-boat operators, one from New York and one from Avalon, have been charged with taking patrons to fish for striped bass in waters where it is prohibited and filing false reports about the catch. The charges were brought by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration but followed a joint investigation by NOAA Fisheries along with New Jersey and New York fisheries' enforcement agents. READ MORE

 

www.kptv.com -- (INDEPENDENCE, Ore.) A man and his young brother were reported missing Sunday after a fishing outing in Independence.Family members said Alvin Troub, 20, and his 8-year-old brother, Michael Runyon, were dropped off at Riverview Park to go fishing Sunday at 2 p.m.When the family returned two hours later, the brothers had disappeared. READ MORE

The Wall Street Journal -- While most people last Tuesday were focused exclusively on the election, alert foodies couldn't stop thinking about tomorrow. That would be their first chance in months to taste the Nantucket bay scallop. The season for this most delicate and flavorful of bivalves begins on the first working day in November. Given the intrusion of the presidential race on the crustacean calendar early last week, we and other pectinophiles delayed gratifying our jones for Nantucket Island's only distinctive export (besides hand-woven "lightship" baskets) until Wednesday. READ MORE

www.miamiherald.com -- (TOKYO) Anti-whaling activists protested Monday as the mother ship in Japan's whaling fleet left for the country's annual hunt in the Antarctic, after last year's expedition was cut short by high-seas clashes with a protest ship, the environmental group Greenpeace said. The vessel Nisshin Maru left the port of Innoshima near Hiroshima on Monday afternoon under tight security, Greenpeace said. The rest of the fleet is expected to leave from another port this month. READ MORE