January 11, 2023 — The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management on Tuesday announced a series of meetings to get feedback on offshore wind energy in the Gulf of Maine.
Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders’ Alliance: Amendment 53 Court Decision is Disappointing
January 11, 2023 — Allocation issues are nearly always complicated and controversial. The same could be said of Amendment 53 to the Management Plan for Reef Fish in the Gulf of Mexico.
On Friday, Jan. 6, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia upheld NOAA Fisheries’ decision to implement Amendment 53 to the Management Plan for Reef Fish in the Gulf of Mexico, the Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders’ Alliance said in a statement.
Dungeness crab harvest delayed off Washington, Oregon coast
January 11, 2023 — The key Dungeness crab harvest areas from Klipsan Beach, Washington, to Cape Falcon, Oregon, will not open until Feb. 1 because surveys found legal-sized males still lacked enough recoverable meat in their shells.
A policy group that includes the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife and the Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife made the announcement late last week, The Seattle Times reported.
Maine lobster fishermen must report more about their catch
January 11, 2023 — Fishermen in Maine, the state responsible for about 80% of the nation’s lobster haul in 2021, must now report more detailed information such as when, where and how many they catch.
Few had to report until this year, making Maine the only state that harvests lobster that didn’t require full details, according to the Portland Press Herald.
Read the full article at the Associated Press
Lund’s Fisheries’ CEO Wayne Reichle: Scallops, calamari center firm’s sales strategy
January 11, 2023 — Cape May, New Jersey, U.S.A.-based Lund’s Fisheries’ latest investment in its scallop operations is one part of the company’s long-term sales strategy, Lund’s Fisheries CEO Wayne Reichle told SeafoodSource.
Lund’s announced in early January it has purchased a new USD 2 million (EUR 1.8 million) tunnel freezer for its operations in Cape May – a move Reichle said geared toward enhancing the control of the scallop resources the company processes.
Mixed forecast for 2023 US restaurant seafood sales
January 11, 2023 — Higher ingredient costs will continue to plague restaurant operators in 2023, forcing them to streamline menus, according to several foodservice industry experts.
Their overall outlook for seafood on U.S. restaurant menus in 2023 is mixed, even as restaurant chains start out the new year with new seafood offerings.
HAWAII: Commercial fishermen offered ‘bounty’ to clean up ocean
January 11, 2023 — Those who make their living out on the open ocean now have the opportunity to partake in a side hustle that simultaneously tidies up the environment.
Commercial fishermen have been offered a “bounty” to collect derelict fishing gear, often the culprit of the death of marine animals, and bring the debris back to shore.
Hawaii Pacific University’s Center for Marine Debris Research has launched a project to pay eligible commercial fishers to remove fishing gear at sea before it strikes Hawaii’s coral reefs or wildlife, according to a press release from the university.
The fishermen will be paid a bounty of between $1 and $3 per dry pound of derelict fishing gear found at sea and brought back to Oahu, the research center said.
The research center first tested the program between 2020 and 2021, when researchers trying to determine where the fishing gear was coming from paid fishermen who were already fishing near the northwest Hawaiian islands, the main Hawaiian islands and the North Pacific gyre a bounty to collect the debris and bring it back, Raquel Corniuk, research manager for Hawaii Pacific University’s Center for Marine Debris Research, told ABC News.
OREGON: Oregon’s commercial Dungeness crab season to see limited opening on Jan. 15
January 10, 2023 — The Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife has announced that the state’s commercial crabbing season will see a partial opening on Jan. 15 from Cape Falcon in Tillamook County to Cape Arago in Coos County.
The news comes after more than a month of delays caused by dangerously high domoic acid levels and undesirably low meat levels among Dungeness crab populations in the Western Pacific. The commercial season will open from Cape Falcon to the Washington border on Feb. 1, per the tri-state protocol agreed upon by Oregon, Washington and California, as tested crabs in the region reportedly now meet industry standards. California’s Commercial crabbing season opened statewide on Dec. 31, 2022.
Executive Director of the Oregon Dungeness Crab Commission Tim Novotny said the seasonal fishing delays aren’t ideal for the industry, but that the quality testing is crucial for maintaining consumer confidence year after year.
“Look, everyone wants to start Dec. 1,” Novotny said. “But the fishermen know that this process sets a high bar on purpose, so consumers know they’re getting the highest quality and safest product possible.”
Preferred Dec. 1 openings, which allow crabbers to set prices and get meat into markets during the holiday season, have become uncommon in recent years. The industry has seen one undelayed, coastwide opening since 2014.
HPU project aims to remove derelict fishing gear from the ocean
January 10, 2023 — Hawaii Pacific University’s Center for Marine Debris Research has launched a project to remove derelict fishing gear from the ocean. The goal is to remove 220,462 pounds of derelict fishing gear from the ocean over a two-year period.
The HPU project is a partnership with the Hawaii Longline Association and the Department of Land and Natural Resources’ Division of Aquatic Resources with partial funding by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Marine Debris Program Removal Grant.
Lost and abandoned fishing gear, including ghost nets, make up derelict fishing gear that eventually reach Hawaii’s beaches. But before doing so, ocean currents tangle up the gear into large masses that entangle and drown marine animals, and smother and kill Hawaii’s reefs as they make their way to the shoreline. DFG is one of the most harmful types of marine debris to marine animals and ecosystems.
CALIFORNIA: California moves ahead with plans for floating wind turbines miles off its coastline
January 10, 2023 — The following transcript is from an NPR interview:
California is charging ahead with plans for floating wind turbines miles off its coastline. A federal lease auction took place last month, a first for the state. The future turbines will generate enough wind to power 1.5 million homes. From member station KQED, Kevin Stark reports.
KEVIN STARK, BYLINE: California’s coast – rocky bluffs running into green-black water and a completely empty horizon.
(SOUNDBITE OF WAVES CRASHING)
STARK: In the coming years, about 20 miles off the coast, state plans for two clusters of wind turbines on floating platforms. For the Biden administration, it’s a cornerstone of its ambitious climate plan. For Jeff Hunerlach, it means jobs for his members.
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