Prince Edward Island Mussels
Fishing company Sealord today confirmed it will cut 323 jobs at its Nelson mussel factory. The company announced last month it was proposing to cease production of half shell mussels and wanted to focus on producing high quality mussels without shells. Sealord chief executive Graham Stuart said after three weeks of consultation […]
Soup Sampler from Lobster Gram
Gas prices eclipsed the $4 a gallon mark nationwide this weekend. But it didn’t discourage droves of chowder lovers from exercising their seafood palates at the 27th annual Schweppes Great Chowder Cook-Off at the Newport, R.I., Yachting Center on Saturday. Seafood festivals are a summer tradition, and if the Great Chowder […]
Littleneck Clams
A Manhattan-based seafood vendor has been arrested on criminal charges involving the alleged unlawful sale of foreign, contaminated clams. Shi-Ben Zheng, the owner of Bao Ding Sea Food Inc., surrendered himself on two counts of felony charges of illegal commercialization of clams and a misdemeanor charge of reckless endangerment. The case stems from the […]
Fish Exposed to Acidic Waters
A panel of marine scientists are warning that the Pacific Coast’s increasing acidity could disrupt food chains and threaten the Pacific Northwest’s shellfish industry. The increasingly corrosive water threatens the survival of many organisms, from microscopic plants and animals at the base of the food chain to shellfish, corals and the […]
Salmon Farm
“Mercury and Other Trace Elements in Farmed and Wild Salmon from British Columbia, Canada,” a report in the monthly journal Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry has found that mercury levels in British Columbia farmed salmon are lower than those in wild salmon. The study, conducted by Fisheries and Ocean Canada, Institute of Ocean Sciences and […]
Lobster Haul
Canadian fisheries officials arrested three men in southwestern Nova Scotia after seizing 5,300 undersized lobsters from a fishing boat. Department of Fisheries and Oceans Field Supervisor Dan Fleck told the Globe and Mail newspaper by telephone from Wedgeport the seizure was the largest he has ever seen. We’re still sort of awestruck, Fleck said. […]
Horseshoe crab Spawning
Forget the American Museum of Natural History — for a glimpse of some “living dinosaurs,” area residents can visit Jamaica Bay and catch a glimpse of the prehistoric horseshoe crab, which will come ashore to lay eggs in the coming weeks. But time may be running out, since the horseshoe crab population is […]
New Orleans Post Hurricane Katrina
The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries this week is set to distribute $27 million in federal relief to more than 8,000 members of the commercial fishing industry in the New Orleans area. The funds are the first direct aid specifically targeted to fishermen since Hurricane Katrina. Each sector of the […]
Lobster Boat
Police arrested a Beals Island teenager late Monday in connection with the theft and vandalism of a lobster boat early that morning that caused an estimated $50,000 in damage to that vessel and several others. Kenneth Chandler, 18, was taken to Washington County Jail in Machias around 9 p.m. Monday and booked on a […]
Snow Crab
Fifty-six Island fishermen will be going for snow crab this season after winning the temporary permit lottery held recently by the P.E.I. Fishermen’s Association. Six hundred registered for the draw, which offers a limited number fishers each year a chance to take part in the lucrative snow crab fishery on a one-time-only basis. […]