What’ll it be? The beef or the fish? For one guy it was plenty of both. Beef, fish,and a fist. Authorities are looking for a man seen in surveillance pictures taken at the Wegmans in Bethlehem. Officers say he stole more than $1,000 dollars worth of meat and seafood from the store early […]
A lobster man lost his license to catch crustaceans after pleading guilty Monday to stealing, then fishing from someone else’s traps off New Castle. Philip Nute, 60, of 10 Hidden Valley Road, Dover, appeared in Portsmouth District Court on a New Hampshire Fish and Game charge of possessing someone else’s traps without permission. According […]
Maine- A new study out of Norway concludes that it’s unlikely
lobsters feel pain, stirring up a long-simmering debate over whether Maine’s most valuable seafood suffers when it’s being cooked. Animal activists for years have claimed that lobsters feel excruciating agony when they are cooked, and that dropping one in a pot of boiling water […]
Frozen Salmon Steaks
Alaska -A defunct fish processor accused of letting 400 tons of Alaska salmon rot and stiffing the fishermen who sold it has been charged with five misdemeanors for what prosecutors called “an environmental and economic catastrophe.” The Alaska attorney general’s office filed charges of violating Alaska’s Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act this week […]
Tiger Shrimp Shells
Scientists in Taiwan are developing new technology, which utilizes a material derived from the shells of shrimp to administer insulin orally. Researchers at the National Tsing Hua University detailed their findings in the Biomacromolecules journal, stating that they had used a shell which can protect the drug against stomach acid, which otherwise destroys […]
President George Walker Bush
Washington- President Bush exercised his executive authority to lift the ban on drilling off the southwest coast of Alaska in the fragile, salmon-rich waters of Bristol Bay. Bristol Bay, one of the world’s most productive marine systems for fish, marine mammals and migratory birds, has enjoyed federal protection since the Exxon Valdez […]
Eating a variety of seafood can help you lose weight, and stay healthy
Anyone who has made a resolution to lose weight in 2007 might want to add seafood to their diet. Nutritionists say salmon, for example, is one of the best foods to place in a diet because it is low in fat, high in […]
Cushing, Maine - A scallop fisherman pulled up what appears to be the tusk of a woolly mammoth off the Maine coast. The Maine State Museum is examining the dark, curved and pointed specimen, which was dredged up in a load of shells by the New Bedford-based scallops dragger Celtic. Fisherman Tim Winchenbach of […]
This is an amazing video of a lobster molting his old shell to make room for a new, larger shell that allows growth.
Santiago, Chile - An American sailor was rescued early Friday after three days adrift on a disabled yacht in treacherous seas off the southern tip of South America, the Chilean navy said. Ken Barnes, 47, was picked up shortly before 6 a.m. EST by the Chilean trawler Polar Pesca 1, the navy’s Operations Department reported […]