Spider Crab
City foodies are becoming more adventurous in their search for unique delicacies. The latest craze among those with deep pockets is the Norwegian spider crab, costing a whopping RM556 a piece. The 2-kilogram crab is usually steamed or eaten raw while its claws are used to make soup. Chef Sham Chung Ho, the owner […]
Police are looking for a man they say was caught putting seafood and steak in his jacket at a Giant store, then punched a clerk to get away. Charges against Juan Quiles Jr., 24, include theft, robbery and simple assault. Police were still looking for Quiles on Friday because of charges stemming from an attempted […]
A Lobster Processing Machine
A lobster processing company has been fined $60,000 for failing to provide a hazard-free workplace after an employee died in a fall in 2005. Geraldton Fisherman’s Co-operative Ltd was fined in the Geraldton Magistrates Court today after pleading guilty to failing to provide a safe working environment and causing the death of […]
Brown Tide
Brown tide, the algae that triggered the collapse of Long Island’s scallop fishery, has reappeared in the Great South Bay for the first time since 2001 and spread farther west than ever before. The blooming algae has turned water from Patchogue to Massapequa Park a cloudy brown, Suffolk County health officials said. It has […]
The Pacific Humpback Salmon
A Pacific humpback salmon that apparently got lost on its travels has been caught in the Tweed, the first recorded specimen of its kind to be discovered in a river in Britain. The species, also known as pink salmon, and nicknamed ‘humpies’, are native to the Pacific and Arctic coastal waters. But […]
Paddlefish make excellent American Caviar!
A shovel-shaped fish with a prehistoric-looking snout is at the center of a federal case involving a Plantation man. Max Moghaddam is accused of illegally shipping American paddlefish caviar to Belgium and then on to other countries in an attempt to overcome an expensive sturgeon caviar industry that’s in serious decline. […]
Black Tiger Shrimp
Some North Carolina shrimpers have pulled in an unusual type of shrimp in addition to the common white, pink, or brown species in their trawl nets. In 2006 and 2007, fishermen reported catching a few Asian black tiger shrimp (Penaeus monodon), a species not native to South Atlantic waters. “We don’t think the […]
Sea Lions Trapped Died from Heat Exhaustion, Not Gunshots
Six sea lions caught in traps at a major dam on the Columbia River died of heat exhaustion, not gunshots, as had earlier been suspected, federal officials said this week. The sea lions, which were found dead on May 4, feed off salmon and other fish making […]
Bonfire
Wellington firefighters were busy this morning fighting a fire that had claimed hundreds of lobster traps. Fire chief Alan Doucette said an Egmont Bay lobster fishermen was painting several buoys outside his home while burning scrap wood in a five-gallon drum. Unfortunately, the fire quickly spread to the nearby lobster traps and most of the […]
Wild Salmon
Cutting-edge DNA analysis is being used in an attempt to explain why alarmingly high numbers of salmon are dying at sea. Marine scientists have adopted the skills used to track criminals for a ground-breaking survey following young fish from rivers into the North Atlantic. Researchers from Ireland, Norway and the Faroe Islands will take […]