Fishermen
ICCAT can’t
Submitted by admin on Mon, 12/01/2008 - 14:38.(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
Maine salmon industry mounts a vigorous comeback
Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/24/2008 - 15:20.EASTPORT, Maine (AP) — It's feeding time at Cobscook Bay's Broad Cove and the 25,000 salmon are hungry. Their twice-daily dinner arrives on a barge loaded with 80 tons of feed pellets, which deliver the food through a 3-inch plastic pipe. In a matter of minutes, an underwater camera shows the pellets draws no more takers: The salmon are satisfied. READ MORE
Big tuna bite a boon to fishermen
Submitted by admin on Fri, 11/21/2008 - 15:09.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
The downside of the fish stock market
Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 15:08.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
Feds charge Montauk fleet with illegal bass fishing
Submitted by admin on Thu, 11/20/2008 - 14:27.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
Trying to get grounded fishing boat back to sea
Submitted by admin on Wed, 11/19/2008 - 14:04.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
Avalon charter-boat captain faces $25,000 in fines over striper fishing
Submitted by admin on Tue, 11/18/2008 - 13:39.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
Brothers Missing After Fishing Outing
Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 16:16.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
New England's November Delicacy, the Nantucket Bay Scallop
Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 16:07.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
Japanese whalers leave for annual hunt
Submitted by admin on Mon, 11/17/2008 - 15:43.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
