Bad reaction to contaminated seafood
A Boynton Beach businessman knew the seafood products he had shipped to retailers from his Lantana office in 2003 were contaminated but didn’t tell customers or ask for a recall, the U.S. Attorney’s Office said today. Timothy DeLong, president of Atlantis Foods Inc., also sold misbranded products, claiming a fish spread […]
Snow Crab
Jerome Kerrivan of Placentia was convicted in provincial court in Placentia Jan. 3 for violating conditions of his snow crab license. Kerrivan was fined $4,500 for fishing snow crab in an area he was not licensed to fish in and $500 for fishing from a vessel not identified on his license. Pius Mulrooney […]
Scientists tracking progress of an invasive crab in the Chesapeake Bay say a third Chinese mitten crab was caught Friday. Two water men checking crab pots in southern Maryland discovered one of the crabs, which burrow in tributary banks and may compete with native blue crabs for food. Gregory M. Ruiz, senior scientist at the […]
Salmon rescued from small pool
Four large spring-run salmon were rescued from Sycamore Pool in lower Bidwell Park on Thursday morning, destined for cooler waters upstream in Big Chico Creek. Crews from California Fish and Game spread a large net across the pool to restrict the adult spring-run Chinook salmon, which were scooped individually into a […]
California Spiny Lobster
California spiny lobsters in San Diego’s Point Loma kelp bed travel from 50 meters to 1 kilometer every night scavenging for food. By morning, many return to a home ground of about 100 square meters. These are two main findings of a California Sea Grant/California Department of Fish and Game tagging study led […]
A veteran town police officer accused of stealing shrimp and lobster from a Madison restaurant has been fired. The Police Commission on Tuesday found Joseph Gambardella guilty of 15 departmental charges including lack of truthfulness, conduct unbecoming an officer, failure to submit reports, falsifying records, and violating the department’s code of ethics. “This whole matter […]
Ohio - A Lorain fisherman is boasting an unusual catch in Lake Erie. Sea wildlife experts are calling the creature an aquatic invader that could pose a threat to Lake Erie. Fishing is more than a chore for Rick Patterson. He does it to enjoy the fresh air and the outdoors. It’s his daily dose […]
One lucky lobster caught over the weekend was rescued from the dinner table for looking more like a Halloween decoration. A Portland, Maine, vessel brought in an unusual calico lobster Sunday. The lobster, with an orange and yellow shell with black spots spread randomly, weighed more than 3 pounds. Sam Parisi, of Pier 7, a […]
Researchers have found that a diet rich in fish, seafood, and grains — also called polyunsaturated fats — is better at preventing heart disease than a diet containing olive oil, nuts, and avocados — called monounsaturated fats. Although both types of fats are healthy, people should probably include more of the first than the second […]
Gyrodactylus Salaris
There has been a warning Scotland’s salmon stocks could be wiped out by a parasite. River managers say thousands of jobs would be lost and rural economies devastated if the deadly organism reaches Scottish waterways. A parasite native to the rivers of the Baltic Sea has devastated salmon stocks in many countries and could […]