Ahab's Journal

Life By Lobster

Life By Lobster documents, in their own voices, the decisions made and challenges faced by the young lobstermen of Deer Isle, ME as they continue to choose to fish during a time of increasing regulations and economic pressures on the fishery. The film eloquently illustrates that fishing is more than a trade: it is a traditional Maine way of life.

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Old men and the sea: Younger generation in New England is steering clear of fishing industry

BOSTON — Joe Sava's legs have absorbed the ocean's pitch and roll from the deck of a fishing boat for four decades. At age 75, the Gloucester fisherman says just trying to stay upright at sea can wear him down.

"It takes a toll," Sava says. "The younger guys can do it."

Trouble is, he and other fishing boat captains say, not many younger guys are working New England waters these days.

Fishermen say that because of years of onerous regulations and the rising, six-figure cost of permits, fewer and fewer young people are becoming boat captains. That's left lots of old salts like Sava doing the gruelling job out of both love and necessity.

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WBZ-Boston: Fishermen Hurting Due to Regulations

WBZ-TV Boston's Jonathan Elias presents a two-part series on fishing regulations in New England.  WBZ describes fishing as an iconic symbol of New England and its heritage, but some fishermen say they are in trouble.

 

In Part 1, Jonathan Elias observes that fishermen are trying to live by the rules, but in the process they are losing good fish, losing time, and not making as much money as they used to. 

In Part 2,  fishermen say their livelihoods are on the line and they blame the Federal Government. 

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4th Annual Ocracoke Oyster Roast

The Ocracoke Working Watermen's Association will hold its fourth annual oyster roast, shrimp steam and fish stew fundraiser on Tuesday December 29 2009 at 2-5:00PM at the fish house.

Nonprofit forms to aid fishermen

St. George — The Midcoast Maine Fishing Heritage Alliance will hold a kick-off event Saturday, Dec. 5 to introduce local residents to its mission of helping to preserve the fishing way of life in Midcoast Maine. The event will include a free showing of the film "The Fish Belong to the People," a photo exhibit and a discussion by local fishermen.

In addition to raising funds to assist fishermen with vessel safety, maintenance and repair, the alliance hopes to provide education and community outreach in support of local fishermen.  

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Eulogy for Kenneth Martin Rose Sr. and Kenneth Martin Rose. Jr.

My grandfather and uncle, career commercial fishermen, were lost at sea 20 miles off the coast of Cape May, New Jersey on November 11, 2009. This is the eulogy I gave at their memorial service at the Broad Creek Church of God in Broad Creek, North Carolina on November 18, 2009.

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Long Island Fishing License Comes With a Colonial Catch

EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. -- Stuart Vorpahl has waged a lonely battle since 1984 against the state of New York over his right to fish. For refusing to obtain a commercial fishing license, he has been arrested at least four times, once on a dock after a police officer seized 490 pounds of fluke and two lobsters from his 40-foot trawler.

Now, others here on Long Island's East End are joining the 69-year-old Mr. Vorpahl's cause. And they are supporting his argument, based on a 313-year-old colonial-era document, called the Dongan Patent, that conferred responsibility for town land and waterways on locally elected trustees.

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Falling for fig cake

I fell in love on my honeymoon - with Ocracoke fig cake.

Inside the display case at the Ocracoke Fish & Seafood Co., next to the blue fish and the squid, was a plastic container holding slices of this glazed spice cake, a culinary tradition on the barrier island just south of Hatteras.

Fig cake became a culinary custom on the island because figs are the only fruit that grow well there, explained Elizabeth Wiegand, author of "The Outer Banks Cookbooks: Recipes and Traditions from North Carolina's Barrier Islands." Fig trees flourish in the island's sandy soil and benefit from the nutrients released by the clam and oyster shells that locals use as mulch around the trees' trunks. 

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Sustainable Island Living Conference 2009

The Island Institute invites you to join us for the second Sustainable Island Living Conference.

This three-day event will feature keynote talks, presentations, and group discussions around themes of local food systems, sustainable housing, renewable energy, and economic development.

Come to visit with residents from each of Maine's unbridged year-round island communities, to learn about sustainable resources available locally, and to hear from experts - local, regional, and national- about what we can do to ensure a more sustainable tomorrow.

Read "Sustainable Island Living Conference 2009"

The Faces of California Fishing

The Faces of California Fishing is a new initiative to promote the real stories and people behind California's fishing communities. Consumers can support them and get great quality fish by eating safe, fresh local seafood.

The Faces of California Fishing Website

What is a Waterman?

by Jennings Evans
From the Summer 1993 issue of the Crisfield & Smith Island Newsletter

What is a waterman?
Well, that's not easy to define
But he comes from a special breed
He's usually not the wimpish kind. He's dedicated to making a living
From a blustery Bay
That can be unrelenting
On any given day.

"A Day In The Life Of A Smith Island Crab Potter"

by Jennings Evans

Your alarm clock sounds off at 3:30 A.M.
Another summer morning is about to begin
From your cozy bed you must now descend
And head on out for the Bay again

As you leave your home in the darkness
With your family still snuggled in bed
It looks like a nice day ahead

There's a fresh North wind a-blowing
Yet the stars are twinkling bright
The Chesapeake Bay could be rough today
But there's no bad weather in sight

Out In The Deep

Fisherman Dale Farrow wrote and read Out in the Deep at the Hatteras Island Blessing of the Fleet yesterday:

 

Lord you hear me saying

For today I give thanks

Other times I cried out in fear

Like the day my boat sank

2009 DAY AT THE DOCKS SCHEDULED EVENTS

Here's the skinny on scheduled events - other activities run throughout the day.

10:00 AM OPENING CEREMONY – Willis Boat Landing

Fifth annual Day at the Docks on Sept. 19 will celebrate Hatteras Island watermen

The fifth annual “Day at the Docks: A Celebration of Hatteras Island Watermen” will be on Saturday, Sept. 19, on the Hatteras village waterfront from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m. with a workboat parade and blessing of the fleet.
 
“The celebration this year promises to be the best ever,” said Lynne Foster, chairperson of the Day at the Docks planning committee.
 
The day brings local fishing families and island visitors together on the waterfront where commercial fishing boats, charter boats, and fishing gear are displayed.

 

Day at the Docks is Saturday, September 19

Seafood, children's fishing contest, cooking demos, chowder cook-off, boats, gear, survival suit contest, music, blue crab races, net hanging contest, exhibits and displays.  Free.  Runs from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the waterfront in Hatteras village.  Work boat parade and blessing of the fleet at 6 p.m. 

Day at the Docks is September 19

Where is N.C.'s 'Down East'?

A recent column on the art and craft of wooden boatbuilding mentioned "Down East" North Carolina and referred to it as that part of the state on the yon side of the lower Neuse River -- and communities such as Davis, Stacy and Atlantic. (I know: Maine has its own Down East, and fine boatbuilders, too.) Like most North Carolinians, I've heard the term applied to a much larger area of the Eastern N.C., but I believe it most accurately describes a particular section north of Cape Lookout and west of Core Sound, including Core Sound. If it had a capital, it would be Harkers Island. But like all good things North Carolinian, it's a matter of some contention. Barbecue, for example.

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Raising the Story of Menhaden Fishing

The story of menhaden fishing will be told as part of Beaufort’s 300th Anniversary Celebration on September 11, 6:30 pm at Ann Street Methodist Church’s Eure Hall. Captains, crew, pilots, seine menders, and factory workers will be on hand to share stories, photos, and answer questions about their experience in this unique fishery. The Menhaden Chanteymen will perform some of the work songs that crewmen used to sing to raise heavy nets of fish before new technology made chanteys obsolete in the workplace.  

 

Plummeting lobster prices dragging coastal economies down

As the 'boat price' of lobster bottoms out, local businesses from car dealerships to restaurants feel the pinch.  

ROCKLAND — Maine's lobster industry is struggling with the steepest price decline in generations, raising tensions between fishermen and wreaking economic havoc in communities up and down the coast.

The "boat price" of lobsters has crashed from a peak of more than $12 a pound in the spring of 2007 to around $2.50 a pound today. Moreover, lobstermen today are paying more for bait, fuel and gear, and many are burdened by debt they took on when they bought bigger, more powerful boats during the good times. Boats can cost as much as single-family homes.

Read "Plummeting lobster prices dragging coastal economies down"

Fishermen the forgotten victims of un-Sound policies

The real enemy of Connecticut’s lobstermen and other commercial fishermen is indifference. As long as the beaches are open, as long as the bluefish still run, most people view the Sound as clean and healthy. The legislature, for all its talk of preserving the environment and creating jobs, has done little to protect commercial fishing. The one program in place to restore the lobsters — the V-notch program — nearly died in the latest budget wrangle.

It has to stop.

The state, from Gov. M. Jodi Rell down to each resident, must act to save the fishing industry, not simply because it’s part of the past, but because it holds a promise of jobs for the future.

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Hatteras Island's Fishing Fleet: A Vision for the Future

The doomsday prophets that say only darker days lie ahead for Hatteras Island’s fishing community don’t have to be right.

Sure, fishing families are running on a treadmill of challenges that only seems to move faster and faster.  And parents, fiercely proud of their fishing heritage and of the work they do, shoo their babies away from the boat and the docks, praying hard that their children never develop a taste for the fishing life.

But despite gut-wrenching days filled with worry, fishermen still haul in a sustainably-harvested resource that provides food for consumers, small boats still dance on the water, and our community and our economy are made stronger by the hard-working watermen who live here. 

The only way this could disappear forever is if our island doesn’t reclaim its rightful responsibility and build a sustainable future for a new generation of working watermen on the island.

 

Day at the Docks is September 19

Dear Friends,

 

The 5^th Annual “Day at the Docks: A Celebration of Hatteras Island Watermen” will take place Saturday, September 19, 2009, on the Hatteras village waterfront.

 

The day brings local fishing families and island visitors together on the waterfront where commercial fishing boats, charter boats, and fishing gear are displayed.

 

The event continues to draw increasing numbers of Outer Banks visitors interested in discovering the essence of our community.

 

Your financial support has made the event a success in past years and we hope you will consider helping us again this year.  Donations should be made payable to ‘Day at the Docks’ and mailed to P.O. Box 120, Hatteras, NC 27943.

Bred in the Basin: Fisherman recalls life on the Atchafalaya

HENDERSON -— A lifetime of commercial fishing in the Atchafalaya River and Basin left Kaiser Dupuis with a strong handshake that belies his 92 years on this Earth.

Until he retired four years ago, Dupuis says he was the only man who fished year-round in the Atchafalaya. He sold some of his catch to people who met him at the river. The rest he sold to J.B. Talley fishery, which is no longer in business.

In his heyday, Dupuis would lay out 200 hoop nets in the river, sometimes catching two boatloads of fish a day. That’s somewhere between 4,000 and 5,000 pounds of fish a day and, even when he got just four cents a pound, he managed to make a decent living.

Read "Bred in the Basin: Fisherman recalls life on the Atchafalaya"

Oceans chief: Future of fishing lies in local nets

BOSTON -- The head of the agency overseeing ocean research and fisheries says the federal government has no interest in consolidating the nation's fishing industry into the hands of a few large companies.

Instead, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief Jane Lubchenco said the government can help craft rules to protect smaller, family-run fisheries that have traditionally plied the nation's coastal waters.

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Hatteras Island Prepares to Host 5th Annual Day at the Docks Celebration in September

Hatteras Island, North Carolina (July 20, 2009) - The 5^th Annual “Day at the Docks: A Celebration of Hatteras Island Watermen” will take place Saturday, September 19, 2009, on the Hatteras village waterfront.

 “The celebration this year promises to be the best ever,” said Lynne Foster, chairperson of the Day at the Docks planning committee.

The day brings local fishing families and island visitors together on the waterfront where commercial fishing boats, charter boats, and fishing gear are displayed.

Water is Life on Smith Island, Md.

View video here: http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/07/12/travel/20090712-smith-island-ss/index.html#

Fishers are victims; stop blaming them

"This past spring, the New York Ocean and Great Lakes Ecosystem Conservation Council called for the creation of a preserve on Long Island to protect offshore aquatic ecosystems. Fire Island National Seashore ended its policy of allowing baymen to harvest horseshoe crabs, which baymen use to harvest killies, conch and eels as part of their livelihood. And the Nature Conservancy now prohibits commercial fishing in the former underwater lands controlled by the Bluepoints Co.

Meanwhile, the National Marine Fisheries Service has eliminated the commercial harvesting of summer and winter flounder by New York fishers, yet allows out-of-state fishers to harvest these same fish - in our waters.

Then there are the minuscule quotas for recreational and commercial fishers established in 1996, numerous state permits required for working fishers, and the imposition of a state recreational fishing license whose proceeds will maintain existing government expenses but will not directly assist the beleaguered recreational fishing industry.

All these factors point the way to the imminent extinction of Long Island's commercial and recreational fishing industry."

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fighting for fish

"Travel anywhere on the Seacoast and you’ll see fishing boats along the shore. But where to eat their fresh fish? Good luck with that. About 11 million pounds of fish, including just over 3 million pounds of fin fish, landed on the New Hampshire coast last year, and nearly all of it left the state after being unloaded on the pier.

Like most of us, I didn’t have a clue that our fish are heading down the interstate. But for those who’ve been watching the industry consolidate over the last 30 years, it’s like standing by while trucks full of money disappear down the road. And seeing 400 years of tradition being sold to out-of-staters. And, for some reason, saying “no, thanks” to an affordable supply of fresh healthy food, only to buy it back a few days later and older, at a higher price."

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Yukon fishermen ignore closure, catch kings

" “We were ready to make a statement. We were ready to send a message to the fishery managers, to the governor, and to big business – meaning the trawl fishery. That you waste, you know, you’re allowed to waste all this fish. We only take a small fraction of the runs,” said Nick P. Andrew Jr., a Marshall fisherman and member of the Ohagamuit tribal government.

He's talking about the belief among many Yukon River fishermen that they have to sacrifice their king salmon seasons while the Bering Sea pollock fleet wastes tens of thousands of salmon a year.

It was Andrew who described the protest fishing trip to the Tundra Drums. He was one of six fishermen who went out Friday night and caught 100 kings – at a time when the state says no one is supposed to be subsistence fishing in that part of the river.

“I’m one of the most wanted people on the river," he said today.

“Law enforcement came out yesterday and asked questions," Andrew said at one point. "We developed amnesia. Let me put it that way." "

Read "Yukon fishermen ignore closure, catch kings"

Hispanics dominate a traditional workforce

"At Bornstein Seafoods, many of those workers are Hispanics who have migrated to the North Coast for the high-paying jobs, which can yield $15 to $20 per hour.

Plant manager Anne Espedal said about 90 percent of the workforce at Bornstein's is Hispanic.

Liisa Penner, archivist of the Clatsop County Historical Society, notes an immigrant succession in the Astoria waterfront workforce. In the late 19th Century, Astoria's cannery workers were largely Chinese. By the 1930s they were largely Finnish, with other Scandinavian nationalities. Today, Hispanics are the largest component of the waterfront workforce."

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SalmonAid 2009 Festival Announced

Unlikely coalition puts on 2-day festival in support of rivers, estuaries, and the beleaguered fishing and tribal communities that rely on wild Pacific salmon

"Oakland, CA -- Gathering under the banner: “Restore Rivers, Recover Salmon, Rebuild Jobs”, a coalition of commercial, recreational and tribal fishermen, conservation organizations, slow food chefs, and scientists are coming together to honor wild Pacific salmon. 

“Salmon are a vital part of the economy, ecosystem, and culture up and down the West Coast,” said spokesperson Jessie Raeder, “which is why our many communities are putting aside their differences to jointly call for the drastic measures that are needed so that these fish can thrive once again.”

A festival of food, music, and culture, SalmonAid 2009 features an impressive line-up of musicians, sustainable seafoods, educational forums, demonstrations from First Nation’s tribes, children’s activities, films, speakers, and more."

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Quiet kingdom of the crab

"If you're lucky, you might hear the women's voices raised in beautiful a cappella renditions of their favorite hymns while they work. This evening, they share recipes for crab imperial, a baked loaf of crab and cream sauce; stewed jimmies, the big male crabs simmered with onions, dumplings, potatoes, and white gravy; and crab cakes made with lump meat, egg, mayo, scallions, and Ritz crackers. My question about adding diced celery or peppers raises a few eyebrows:

"I guess if your crabmeat tastes bad you could do it," says Tina Corbin, "but I wouldn't. That would ruin the taste." "

Read "Quiet kingdom of the crab"

Fishermen Gather to Celebrate Revival of Home Port, and Point Their Future

"During several speeches throughout the dinner Mr. Osmers urged wide-ranging action under the auspices of community-based fishing.

“Maybe it’s permit banking, maybe it’s suing the federal government, the commerce department,” he said, “But we need to get this thing moving.”

Lifelong fisherman Dennis Jason said later he was energized by the potential for community fishing revival he heard in the speeches.

"I've been waiting decades for this," he said."

Read "Fishermen Gather to Celebrate Revival of Home Port, and Point Their Future"

Auction block is fishing boat's latest sad chapter

"As the F/V Suzanne Beth stood in the distance, obscured from view by the masts of other boats at the sprawling facility, she seemed lost. Towed from New Jersey after being seized by U.S. marshals, her fate rests in the hands of a cluster of lawyers, an anonymous man in sunglasses and a federal agency ordered to seize and protect her – for now.

She is an 83-foot, twin oil screw, all welded steel Eastern-rigged offshore dragger. She features an aft pilothouse deck, raised foredeck and main workdeck. She weighs 168 gross tons and is powered by two Caterpillar model 3406 turbo charged marine diesel engines rated at 400 hp each. Attached is a commercial fishing license authorizing her crew to fish for bluefish, black sea bass, spiny dogfish, summer flounder, herring, scallop, monkfish, quahog, scup, surf clam, skate, mackerel, butterfish and tilefish."

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Documentary showcases disappearing profession

"HOUMA — The 2008 shrimp season was one of the worst in recent memory, with small catches, two hurricanes in the middle of fishing time and high fuel prices making it hard to break even.

Two local filmmakers documented it all, hoping to record and preserve the colorful culture and deep traditions that typify one of the Louisiana coast’s oldest professions.

The Barataria-Terrebonne National Estuary Program premiered its documentary, “Down the Bayou,” Tuesday at the Jean Lafitte Acadian Wetlands Cultural Center in Thibodaux." 

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Basnight birthday surprise

"Senate Leader Marc Basnight's 62nd birthday is today. Or was it yesterday?

For 61 years, Basnight celebrated his birthday on May 13.

"My mother always told me it was the 13th," he said."  

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New NOAA Online Handbook Helps Teachers and Community Groups Create an Oral History of the Fishing Culture

A new handbook published online today by NOAA’s Fisheries Service gives teachers, community groups, and the public a detailed roadmap of how to design and conduct oral history projects that celebrate the people, history and culture of our nation’s coastal and Great Lakes fishing communities.

Capturing the stories and experiences of local men and women who take part in commercial and recreational fishing and other marine-related occupations is especially important for young people growing up in these towns and cities,” said Dr. Susan Abbott-Jamieson, senior social scientist with NOAA’s Fisheries Service. 

Read "New NOAA Online Handbook Helps Teachers and Community Groups Create an Oral History of the Fishing Culture"

The value of farmland goes beyond money, study suggests

Do NC citizens feel that the value of fish houses and commercial fishing docks go beyond money?

"For several years now, Agriculture Commissioner Steve Troxler has been pushing for the preservation of farmland in North Carolina, saying that its value goes beyond dollars and cents.

A study released by UNC-Asheville suggests he’s right."

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Shrimp net mender last of his kind locally

"FREEPORT — Tom Wood’s hands are his most important asset.

Every day at dawn, he wraps one around a shuttle and uses the other one to weave tough, plastic twine through the bullet-shaped tool. The motion done repeatedly for a day can create one 40-foot net capable of scooping up mounds of shrimp.

Wood, 40, runs Tom’s Net Shop, a one-man operation that is the port city’s only shrimp net repair shop.

“I’m the last one left,” he said. “Everybody else has died off. But I love what I do.” "

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Reibel and Shackelford Imagine Legislation

GENERAL  ASSEMBLY OF NORTH CAROLINA

                                                                                 SESSION 2009

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                                                              HOUSE KCC 24-7-365 (04-08-09)

     Short Title:   Kill Coastal Communities                                                                                       (Public)

     Sponsors:     Reibel and Shackelford (Primary Sponsors).

     Referred to:   NC Dept. of Revenue and Deceptive Practices

 

The Tragedy of Economics: Market Theory vs Human Nature

"A human economy is a social system, and by definition. It revolves around relationships and interactions, and the people who actually make the economy work understand this. The copious management literature dwells on such things as teamwork and corporate culture. Advertisers, who must deal with people as they are, play to the social cravings for acceptance, esteem, belonging and the like.

It seems so obvious. Yet for most economists, context barely exists. Where the cancer researcher fixates on the individual cell or gene, the economist does so on a hypothetical molecule of economic action called homo economicus. This is the character that inhabits the economics texts, and the computer models that are the silent dictators of analysis and policy. Econ, as I will call him, is a myopic integer of self-seeking, who goes through life with a relentless and unfailing calculus of personal loss and gain. He has no social affinities, is oblivious of social context, and has no capacity or inclination to think of anyone besides him or her self."

Read "The Tragedy of Economics: Market Theory vs Human Nature" 

Plan for coin inspired by memorial stirs proud hearts

"For 83 years, the Gloucester Fisherman's Memorial has towered over the city's main boulevard. Fishermen and their families consider it a holy place, and the bronze statue - which depicts a fisherman holding a boat's wheel out at sea - is a magnet for tourists and locals. Even Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes shed tears when he saw the memorial, and its inscription inspired by the 107th Psalm, "They that go down to the sea in ships." "

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A Fishery for the Future

How a community of fishermen is collaborating to preserve their heritage and restore the fishery

"National Standard 8 was created to protect fishing communities.  However, little has been done to stop the loss of fishermen, fishing communities and access to a critical food source right off our shores due to regulation. 

Our fishermen couldn't sit idly by and wait for government to change this course: that correction and direction had to come from our fishing community."

Read "A Fishery for the Future"

Many commercial fishermen are hanging up their nets

"The nation's commercial fishermen have been hit by limits on their catches, lower prices for their haul and higher prices for fuel. Combined with a recession and the danger of working in the country's least-safe industry, the situation is prompting more fishermen, most of whom are small, independent operators, to hang up their nets."

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Create the Future Website

"The Create the Future Website is designed to allow a conversation about our future that will bring new ideas to help us capture the opportunities of tomorrow.  Through this conversation, we are hoping that Northeast North Carolina will have a better understanding of who we are as a community, what technology is going to make possible, and where we can go as a community.

It is your chance to not only tell us what you think is important and how we can get there, but also have discussions with others about their ideas.  To help this occur, we have set up a virtual “Forum.” "

Visit the Create the Future Website
 

 

Commercial fishing on San Mateo County coast is sinking fast

"HALF MOON BAY – If you give a fisherman a million bucks, the old joke goes, he’ll keep fishing until it’s all gone.

That kind of gallows humor rings a little too true to generate many laughs these days in Pillar Point Harbor, where a once-thriving fishing community has dwindled to an aging group of only the most devoted fishermen — and many of those are relying on savings to sustain till the next good year."

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THE LAMPREY HARPOON

THE LAMPREY HARPOON
~ WE SPEAR THE NEWS THAT’S FIT TO EAT~
VOL. 01, NO. 02
1 April 2009 

All the Bycatch Netted, Reported and Discarded by the Fishermen’s Liberation Front 

 IN THIS ISSUE…….
PCFFA FILES 10,000 LAWSUIT………………………………………………….…...……………...…01:02/01.
LAST NEW ENGLAND GROUNDFISH CAUGHT…………….….…………………………………....01:02/02.
LOOK OUT HOLLYWOOD, LOOK OUT BOLLYWOOD, HERE COMES BARROWOOD...………01:02/03.
CALIFORNIA FISH & GAME TO ISSUE PERMITS FOR MOUNTAINTOP MINING………...…….01:02/04.
MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS DIVERSIFY INTO FISHING…………….………….………………..…01:02/05.

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NOAA Report Shows Rich Diversity Across U.S. Fishing Communities

Fishing Communities of the United States, 2006 is NOAA’s first national reference guide featuring snapshots of selected fishing communities and ports from the nation’s 23 coastal states. The ports that are profiled were chosen by experts around the country, primarily on the basis of commercial fisheries landings in 2006 and the historical significance of fishing in a community. The report is a companion to the recently released Fisheries Economics of the United States, 2006.

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Southeast harvester is rising star in Alaska fisheries

 

"It's still a man's world out there in the raucous Bristol Bay salmon fishery. But among the roughly 1,800 vessels jockeying for position, Southeast Alaska Capt. Lindsey Bloom holds her own aboard the 32-foot drift boat Erika Leigh."

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