Sea Fishing News
- Shrimping season in La. reopens after spill Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 7:29PM(AP:GRAND ISLE, La.) Fishermen who spent much of the summer mopping up oil from BP's disastrous spill got back to work as the fall shrimping season in Louisiana's coastal waters opened Monday amid anxiety over whether the catch will be tainted by crude and whether anyone will buy it even if it is clean.
- Fla. & La. Opening Up Shrimping In Gulf Waters Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 7:07PMMonday the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced it was reopening state waters offshore of Escambia County to the harvest of shrimp on August 17th; the news comes a day after commercial shrimpers in Louisiana took to Gulf waters for the first commercial shrimping season since the BP oil spill occurred.
- Fishing Column: Sen. Chuck Schumer calls for better data Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 6:59PMLast Thursday, Sen. Chuck Schumer of New York gathered members of the the Long Island fishing community to meet with Dr. Jane Lubchenco, regional administrators for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association (NOAA).
- Gather the Ghosts & Goblins, Boo at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Returns Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 6:46PMCleveland Metroparks Zoo is Gearing Up For its Wildly popular Halloween Event By Amanda Majewski Cleveland, OH - Summer's not over yet, but Cleveland Metroparks Zoo is gearing up for its wildly popular family-friendly Halloween event, Boo at the Zoo. Tickets for this sell-out event go on sale Monday, August 16. This year, buying tickets early can save money. Tickets are only $6 in August, $7 in ...
- Skeptics as Gulf Shrimping Season Opens Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 6:37PMGulf fishermen warily go back to the waters as shrimping season opens in Louisiana and scientists say a small sample of seafood shows no evidence of oil. Louisiana - United States - Gulf of Mexico - Shrimp - Fishing
- Oily slow start to Louisiana shrimping season Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 6:31PMLouisiana's first shrimping season since hundreds of millions of gallons of toxic crude spewed into the Gulf of Mexico opened Monday but few boats took to the water and some found oil while fears lingered that no one will buy the shrimp anyway.
- Massive coral mortality following bleaching in Indonesia Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 6:15PMInitial field observations indicate that a dramatic rise in the surface temperature in Indonesian waters has resulted in a large-scale bleaching event that has devastated coral populations.
- Gulf seagood getting safety tests Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 6:02PMFish, shrimp and other catches from the Gulf of Mexico are being ground up to hunt for minute traces of oil in what's considered unprecedented safety testing — sort of a "CSI" for seafood that's far more reassuring than the sniff test that made all the headlines.
- Fishing legacy fades away from New England ports Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 5:53PMPLYMOUTH, Mass. | Mike Secondo remembers the days when Plymouth's docks outshone its rock. Tourists swarmed the town pier in the 1970s and '80s, snapping pictures and bantering with commercial fishermen as they unloaded another shimmering haul for Mr. Secondo's company, Reliable Fish, to truck to points south. Mr. Secondo ...
- Oil, Price Worries As La. Shrimpers Start Season Monday, August 16, 2010 @ 5:49PMShrimpers returned to Louisiana waters Monday for the first commercial season since the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster, uncertain what crude may still be in the water and what price they'll get for the catch if consumers worry about possible lingering effects from the massive BP spill.
- Sea turtle egg evacuations begin along oiled Gulf Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 2:59PMBiologist Lorna Patrick dug gingerly into the beach Friday, gently brushing away sand to reveal dozens of leathery, golfball-sized loggerhead sea turtle eggs.
- Sea turtle egg evacuations begin along oiled Gulf Coast Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 2:57PMBiologist Lorna Patrick dug gingerly into the beach in Port St. Joe, Fla., Friday, gently brushing away sand to reveal dozens of leathery, golfball-sized loggerhead sea turtle eggs.
- Obama administration prepares deepwater drilling ban response Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 2:47PMThe Obama administration scrambled on Friday to respond to a court's refusal to reinstate a ban on deepwater drilling imposed after BP Plc's massive oil spill, while insisting the ruling was not a major setback for the policy
- Rescuers dig up, Fed-Ex sea turtle eggs in effort to save them from oil spill Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 2:40PMAn effort to save sea turtle eggs began in earnest today along Florida's Panhandle, with two loggerhead nests excavated. Up to 800 more nests across Alabama and Florida beaches will be dug up in the coming months in an attempt to move some 70,000 eggs to safety before oil wipes out their nests.
- Gulf oil leak could be capped by Monday: official Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 2:34PMEfforts to place a new containment cap over the gushing Gulf of Mexico oil well could effectively stop the disastrous spill as early as Monday, a US official said Friday.
- Crews evacuate turtle eggs from oiled Gulf Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 2:26PMBiologists are embarking on a sweeping and unprecedented effort to save tens of thousands of turtle eggs from certain death in the oiled Gulf of Mexico. Gulf of Mexico - Mexico - Sea turtle - Biology - Flora and Fauna
- Sea turtle egg evacuations begin Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 2:23PMFederal officials are beginning an extraordinary effort to try to save thousands of threatened sea turtle hatchlings from death in the oily Gulf of Mexico.
- Nice weather, good fishing Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 2:14PMDr. Bogus Tranquil, a word we haven’t been able to use in a while.
- U.S. will announce new drilling moratorium soon Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 2:12PMHOUSTON/NEW ORLEANS (Reuters) - The Obama administration said on Friday it is essential that its ban on deepwater oil drilling be restored after a court struck it down and promised a revised moratorium would be announced soon.
- Saving Sea Turtle Eggs Friday, July 9, 2010 @ 2:10PMPORT ST. JOE, Fla. (AP) - Biologist Lorna Patrick dug gingerly into the beach Friday, gently brushing away sand to reveal dozens of leathery, golfball-sized loggerhead sea turtle eggs. Patrick, of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, carefully plucked the eggs from the foot-deep hole and placed them one-by-one in a cooler layered with moist sand from the nest, the first step in a sweeping and ...
- Ocean Explorer Fabien Cousteau Announces Plant A Fish: A New Nonprofit to Restore and Protect Healthy Waters Around ... Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 11:52AMPlant A Fish will launch June 7, 2010, in Honor of Jacques Cousteau's 100th Birthday and to Celebrate World Oceans Day read more
- Ocean Explorer Fabien Cousteau Announces Plant A Fish: A New Nonprofit to Restore and Protect Healthy Waters Around ... Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 11:45AMFabien Cousteau, third generation Ocean Explorer, has announced Plant A Fish, a campaign to help restore and protect healthy waters around the world. Continuing a legacy of exploration and marine life protection pioneered by Fabien's grandfather Jacques Cousteau, Plant A Fish intends to educate and engage people in greater ocean awareness and ultimately ocean stewardship, beginning with the ...
- Stuck blade stalls BP effort to cap well Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 11:41AMBeleaguered BP hit another snag Wednesday morning in its attempt to cap the undersea gusher responsible for the worst oil spill in U.S. history.
- Latest effort to contain Gulf oil spill stalls Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 11:36AMBP's latest, and possibly last-ditch, attempt to stem the flow of oil from its crippled Gulf of Mexico well ran into another snag Wednesday.
- Bid to Contain Gulf Oil Stalls with Stuck Saw Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 11:30AMCoast Guard Says Saw has Become Stuck in Riser Pipe in Latest Attempt to Contain Gulf Oil Spill; Oil Slick Closes In on Fla.
- Guangxi traders eye food, copper Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 11:13AMA BUSINESS delegation from Guangxi, China expressed interest in tapping the province’s food and copper mining industries during a roundtable discussion with the Cebu business community on Tuesday. read more
- India, Seychelles sign two agreements Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 10:35AMNew Delhi, June 2 : India and the Seychelles Wednesday signed two economic agreements as the visiting president of the Indian Ocean nation James Michel invited Indian firms to invest in diverse sectors ranging from fishing and oil exploration to hospitality.
