Determined crooks went to great lengths to get what they wanted. Burglars hit two businesses, but they weren’t after cash. They broke through steel-reinforced walls in the businesses. One break-in happened Monday night at a vacant office next a grocery. One suspect cut themselves as they bashed their way into the store. “You see they […]
Lobster Trap
A candidate for the Portland City Council found a unique way to display his campaign signs around town, but now the city has taken his lobster trap signs down.Instead of your typical wooden stake, Bill Linnell mounted his signs on lobster traps.But the city clerk notified Linnell that the signs are illegal because they […]
Lobster Tank
Lobsters in Germany took fate into their own claws and broke out of an Asian supermarket. They now face a brighter future in an animal home. Dozens of lobsters destined to be boiled alive made a successful getaway from an Asian supermarket in the German city of Stuttgart in the early hours of Sunday […]
A coalition of scientists from private groups and federal agencies announced yesterday that pregnant and breastfeeding women should consume a minimum of 12 ounces of seafood weekly to ensure optimal brain development for their babies. The recommendation from the National Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition (HMHB) in Alexandria, Va., is a departure from federal health […]
Odd Octopus
Rock lobster fishermen in south-eastern Australia have a new weapon in the fight against marauding octopus. The tentacled creatures eat lobsters and constantly raid lobster pots, causing millions of dollars of lost production. But a Western Australian-designed trap, about to be trailed off South Australia, catches the octopus without killing them. Trap developer Craig […]
Oil spill on fire
After a summer of poor fishing, the Golden Gate’s fishing fleets face a new crisis less than a week before the commercial crabbing season is set to begin. Bunker fuel from the Cosco Busan spill has drifted not only right over many of the prime fishing spots in the main bay but […]
Rescue at sea
The Coast Guard and Towboat U.S., a commercial salvage company, worked together to save a fisherman’s life about 16 miles south of Atlantic City, today. Rescued was Robert Cooper, 45, of New Bedford, Mass. A scallop boat captain is safe and on shore, thanks to an early morning ocean rescue 16 miles off […]
How do you fit that much crab and steak in a purse?
A woman stole $600 in groceries from Piggly Wiggly, 32 Shelter Cove Lane, by placing the items in her handbag, according to a Beaufort County Sheriff’s report. The goods were stolen Thursday evening, but the crime wasn’t detected by store employees until Monday, according […]
Cesar Vazquez loves his son so much that, on the night of Oct. 4, he refused to embrace him. Vazquez’ fishing boat was sinking off Dana Point as he and his 16-year-old son thrashed in the water, lobster nets lacing both their bodies. Vazquez can’t swim, but wouldn’t grab on to his son, Louie, who […]
Very large Salmon
Up to 14,000 salmon may have escaped from a Sutherland-based fish farm today as a result of severe weather conditions. In storm force 10 conditions, one of the walkways at Loch Duart broke some of its moorings and started to drift from shore.Despite what were described as “appalling” working conditions, staff battled to […]