American Bison
The state Department of Livestock has hazed about 110 bison into Yellowstone National Park from private land. Board of Livestock executive director Christian Mackay says all the bison that were on Horse Butte are back in the park. He says enough snow had melted to conduct the operation safely and there was enough green […]
Isamu Kuroiwa, chairman of World Ocean Farm of Japan, along with nine accomplices, were taken into custody this week for alleged shrimp farm fraud. In addition to the 10 arrests, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department is looking for eight more people tied to the case. According to Japanese news reports, World Ocean Farm, from 2005 […]
Oil Spills Cause Wide Spread Destruction
The state Department of Ecology has fined Seattle-based Trident Seafoods $12,000 for causing an oil spill in a Tacoma waterway. Last summer, Trident crew was refueling one of its ships and opened two tanks already full, causing an overflow and spilling 90 gallons of diesel oil into the water off […]
Plastic Harms More than just lobsters…
New studies are showing that compounds from plastics are being found in the bloodstream of lobster and scientists are linking this to lobster shell disease. As consumers begin purchasing more and more plastic because of low-cost and durability, it is critical that people take responsibility for the waste being generated […]
Typical Fish Farm
British Columbia’s Environment Ministry is investigating last week’s escape of about 30,000 Atlantic salmon from a fish farm 125 miles northwest of Vancouver operated by Marine Harvest Canada. Marine Harvest, the world’s largest salmon farming company, is cooperating with the investigation, Clare Backman, director of environmental compliance at the Marine Harvest office in […]
Whale caught in crab trap rope
A humpback whale off the west coast of Vancouver Island has a knotty problem. The whale, initially spotted by a Remote Passages Marine Excursions guide on a whale watching tour out of Tofino, has a rope and a float from a crab trap tied around its dorsal fin. Don Travers […]
A Hampton man lost his lobster fishing license for four years and was hit with a hefty fine after pleading guilty to hauling dozens of undersized lobsters. John Welch, 49, of 26 Fairfield Road, pleaded guilty in Portsmouth District Court Thursday to six Fish & Game charges, each citing the taking of various numbers of […]
Thai Shrimpers
Local shrimpers yesterday called on Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej to help shore up shrimp prices. They said shrimp farmers all over the country were ready to make some ‘’movements’’ if their plea for help was not answered within the month. Shrimp farmers were being severely affected by a price slump on top of other […]
Steak & Seafood. Is it really worth jail time?
A man was arraigned Tuesday on charges he stole packages of king crab legs, shrimp and fresh steaks from a local grocery store four times since mid-May. Raymond John Cordy, 50, was charged with felony counts of retail theft and criminal conspiracy for stealing packages once on […]
Mako Shark. I wouldn’t want to catch one of these!
When it hit, Jamie Doucette knew it was big. He was used to big, mind you, being a man who’d spent two decades on the Nova Scotia coast as a lobster fisherman, and being a regular entrant in the annual Yarmouth Shark Scramble, in which he […]