End of a high speed police chase
He must have had a craving for crustaceans. A parolee who stole $500 worth of shrimp was arrested after leading Oakland police on a chase that ended in a crash. The suspect, David Frazier, 41, not only totaled the car he used in trying to get away with the […]
An investigation was under way last night after a $30,000 boat sank yards from shore after a suspected vandalism attack. Alastair Matthew believes crab-thieves were behind the sinking of his catamaran, which was moored to the recently built pier on the Moray Firth coastline. The fisherman believes the vessel’s ropes were cut, causing it to […]
Mexican authorities have seized more than 69 tons of illegal seafood in two operations recently, Mexico’s Agriculture, Livestock and Fishing Ministry said Tuesday. The Ministry said this was one of the strongest actions against illegal fishing, which refers to seafood whose origin cannot be proven. The first operation was carried out last week in Mexico […]
Ice locked ship
Three Bering Sea crab boats and two ships were stuck in sea ice late last week, and nervous crews were hoping the wind and tide would soon shift the ice pack and free the vessels. “It’s an uncomfortable feeling,” said Ian Pitzman, captain of the Jennifer A, one of the three crab boats […]
Gerat White Shark feeding
Over-fishing of powerful sharks — a top predator in the ocean — may endanger bay scallops, a gourmet delicacy. With fewer sharks to devour them, skates and rays have increased sharply along the East Coast and they are gobbling up shellfish, particularly bay scallops. Ecologists have known that reducing key species […]
Example of Chitosan pills
Shrimp-lovers take note - research has shown that a chemical called chitosan, derived from shrimp shells, might be useful in the fight against obesity and high cholesterol. This study is published by Wiley-Blackwell in the journal, Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology. Lead author Dr. Shahdat Hossain from the Department of […]
Sign advertising fish fry
A Seguin man was in jail Thursday on a charge of burglary of a building after $800 worth of seafood and equipment was swiped from a church. Reports of a man trying to peddle a variety of seafood on the streets of landlocked Seguin from a serving cart led to the arrest […]
Blue crab fisherman
Two Merritt Island men — including one formerly dubbed “Crab King” — face up to 10 years in prison and $10,000 in fines each for allegedly stealing dozens of blue crabs from someone else’s traps. In one of the region’s biggest crab-theft busts in years, state wildlife officers on March 16 arrested Edgar […]
Seafood Buffet at Casino Rio
Brian Alan Buckman, 49, of Conesville was arrested Thursday afternoon in Lone Tree for a felony charge of assaulting a police officer with a dangerous weapon, that can bring up to five years in prison and a $7,500 fine if convicted. He was also charged with two counts of aggravated assault […]
Patrick Lynn Jackson, 36, was in jail Thursday on $2,500 bond, charged with theft of two or more prior convictions. Jackson was arrested Wednesday at a Wal-Mart. Police said the suspect left the store with more than $200 worth of meat and seafood after paying for only a $2.13 item at the cash register. Jackson […]