Fishermen
U.S. sets 2012 catch limits for all managed fish
(Bangor Daily News) WASHINGTON — In an effort to sustain commercial and recreational fishing for the next several decades, the United States this year will become the first country to impose catch limits for every species it manages, from Alaskan pollock to Caribbean queen conch. READ MORE
Post to TwitterCoast Guard Rescues Three Fishermen Off Shinnecock Inlet
(27east.com) Three Hampton Bays-based commercial fishermen were rescued by other fishermen after their boat began taking on water 12 miles south of Shinnecock Inlet on Sunday. The fishermen were picked up in a life raft by the fishing vessel Rhonda & Denise after they sent out a distress signal and reported they were abandoning ship. Rescuers search ocean for lost man
(WORLD LINK) COOS BAY -- The Coast Guard is searching for a man who fell into 51-degree water after his fishing vessel overturned Monday afternoon. The man, identified by friends as Jim Peterson, was aboard the Charleston-based fishing vessel Randi with two other men. A Good Samaritan vessel managed to rescue two of the three, but the third man did not surface.NOAA: Regional saltwater recreational fishing plans to improve fishing, stewardship and science
( TCPALM) NOAA today released the first regional saltwater recreational fishing action plans designed to help improve fishing opportunities and address recreational fishing priorities in each of the nation’s six coastal regions and for the angling community that fishes for tunas and other highly migratory species. READ MORECrew Rescued From Grounded Seiner
(http://www.thewesternstar.com/) Ed Lawless thinks someone "Up there" was looking out for him. The fisherman from Port aux Choix, along with shipmate Dean Offrey, were sailing along the coast Wednesday, heading south when a storm came up with 40-knot winds and four-metre waves. He said they managed to get their boat, Atlantic Endeavour, off the rocks the first time, but became stuck again on a shoal and started taking on water. Full story here.
The 881-pound tuna that got away
(SouthcoastToday)This fish story may lack the epic qualities of Ernest Hemingway's 1952 classic "The Old Man and the Sea," but for New Bedford's Carlos Rafael, the outcome was about the same. In both cases, despite capturing and bringing home a huge fish, powerful circumstances conspired to deprive the luckless fishermen of a potentially huge reward. READ MOREState Seeks Federal Aid for Fishermen
(Boston Globe) A year after strict federal rules took effect to limit the catch of local fishermen, Governor Deval Patrick asked the federal government yesterday to provide $21 million in disaster assistance to the state’s fishing communities, arguing that “significant financial losses and dramatic consolidation’’ have harmed the state’s groundfish industry. Read MoreSixth dead seal found shot on Cape Cod beaches
(Reuters) - A
sixth dead gray seal was found shot on a Cape Cod beach on Friday
following similar cases in recent weeks, an animal welfare group said.
The International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) was carrying out its routine search for stranded marine mammals when it discovered the seals with gunshot wounds.
Cleaner Bay means more days for quahoggers
(Warwick Beacon) For the first time in more than 20 years, the Department of Environmental Management has eased restrictions on shellfishing in upper Narragansett Bay based on the level of rainfall thereby allowing an untold number of additional harvest days.
With the exception of the “Conimicut triangle,” an area of about 120 acres off Conimicut Point where regulations won’t change, 9,500 acres of waters will remain open after new levels of rainfall where they have closed in the past.Red tide shuts down region's shellfish beds
(Eagle Tribune) SALISBURY — The state's Division of Marine Fisheries
announced yesterday it was closing shellfish beds across the region
because of the presence of paralytic shellfish poison, an algae more
commonly known as red tide.
