National Fisherman articles from April 2005

National Fisherman archives from April 2005

A sea in the making.(fishery law)(Editorial)
April 1, 2005... Sometimes in the midst of otherwise unremarkable weather we'll note the arrival of a groundswell, marking the passage of a low-pressure system way, way over the horizon. It wasn't there this morning, but there it was this afternoon, a...

Fishing back when.
April 1, 2005... 50 YEARS AGO this month Gloucester (Mass.) Whiting Association votes to oppose state regulation of their fishery. Almost to a man, association members say conservation measures are needed. But no single state, they say, is in a position to...

The ultimate reality show.(Deadliest Catch--television documentary)
April 1, 2005... There are a lot of fascinating fisheries in this world, but to watch the Discovery Channel, they're all in Alaska and most of them are crab. It's easy enough to see why. Bering Sea crabbing is fishing at its most elemental: life and death,...

N.E. fishing industry is needlessly on the line.(Forum)(New England)
April 1, 2005... Amendments 5 and 7, enacted in the early 1990s, were all that was needed to fix problems caused by the overcapitalization of New England's groundfish fleet in the 1970s and '80s. The amendments were necessary, simple and tough, yet workable....

The odds were stacked against him.(Safety)
April 1, 2005... Many small-boat operators look at stability as a big-boat issue. Indeed, Coast Guard regulations spell out stability requirements for vessels over 79 feet. The reality, however, is that adequate stability is crucial for the safe operation...

Chesapeake oyster grower defends experiments.(To the editor)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... After reading Tom Brigante's letter in the February NF Mail Buoy ["Chesapeake oyster solution is shortsighted," p.9], I felt compelled to rebut most of what he said as misinformation, innuendo, and mostly complete ignorance of the issue. ...

Real 'fisheries deep throat' claims conspiracy is fiction.(To the editor)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... Everyone loves a good conspiracy theory and Trevor Corson delivers one in "The Secret Life of Lobsters." In his review of the book in the March NF ["Eat and run," p. 7], Jerry Fraser picks up on this theme and says: "What's worse as far as...

Addressing reauthorization.(To the editor)(Letter to the Editor)
April 1, 2005... One of the most important actions facing fishermen and fisheries managers this year will be Congress' efforts to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Much attention has been focused on the act, last updated...

Cap' Sane says ...(Mail Buoy)(captain)
April 1, 2005... Most of the Cove folks are back from their winter vacation. All 'cept Shorty Gage, who spent most of the late winter looking f'his lobster boat, Oatmeal II. Short usually hauls his boat mid-December but there was a hitch this year 'cause...

Abrupt end to tuna season sends boats north empty; NMFS closes fishery after three days when international quota is reached, infuriating fleet.(Northeast)(National Marine Fisheries Service )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... New England tuna fishermen are still bristling mad at federal officials after a disastrous 2004 season that included insult as well as injury. Tuna catches off the Northeast coast decreased by two thirds during the traditional June through...

Maine fish market gets crab meant for president; sales proceeds benefit tsunami relief effort.(Northeast)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... "Ask us about President Bush's crab-meat" read the hand-printed message on a white piece of paper taped to one of the display cases at Hotrod Seafood in Rockport, Maine. That was on Dec. 31, and by day's end and into the following week...

Scallop report predicting drop in turtle encounters; says shift to Georges Bank will lower take.(Northeast)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Atlantic scallop fishermen may have a worst-case potential for up to 749 bycatch or entanglement incidents with sea turtles annually, according to a coast-wide assessment--which also predicts actual numbers will drop as fishing shifts northward...

Last crab derby claims the lives of six in Bering Sea; a pot sweeps a crewman off a 134-footer on the same day 5 from the Big Valley perish.(North Pacific)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Alaska's last derby-styled crab fishery couldn't come and go without taking the lives of more Bering Sea fishermen. Within hours of beginning the Bering Sea opilio crab fishery on Jan. 15, the Kodiak-based Big Valley, a 92-foot crabber,...

Trawl operations caught under-reporting bycatch: Halibut violations bring jail time, stiff fines.(North Pacific)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The federal government is cracking down on fishing vessel crews, the vessels' owners and processors for under-reporting halibut bycatch. Paul Ison, the captain of the trawler Unimak, and first mate Daniel Skauge pleaded guilty in November...

Crabs stay oil-free while spill cleanup continues: 'pom pom packs' keep fish holds clean.(North Pacific)(Selendang Ayu ship spill soy oil)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Cleanup efforts continued through January in the oil spill of the grounded soybean freighter Selendang Ayu, near Dutch Harbor. The 738-foot ship was en route between Seattle and China in December when it lost power. Rough seas and high...

Ore. governor stands against federal salmon plan: slams administration's idea of 'partnership' in efforts to rebuild Columbia River stocks.(Pacific)(Oregon)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Oregon Gov. Ted Kulongoski took a firm stand in January against the federal government over Columbia River salmon issues, vowing to stand with environmental groups opposing some of the federal administration's plans. In his January State...

Home port: where we live.(Pillar Point, Half Moon Bay, California)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... PILLAR POINT, HALF MOON BAY, CALIF. THE TOWN Population; 11,842 Number of boats: 125 TOP LANDINGS IN 2003 By value Dungeness crab--1.42 million pounds worth $2.55 million Market squid--3.65 million pounds worth $917,000...

Wives' group organizes tsunami relief program: fund to aid Southeast Asia fishing families.(Pacific)(Newport Fishermen's Wives Association)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Soon after December's tsunami in the Indian Ocean, Newport, Ore., fisherman's wife and former Sea Grant agent Ginny Goblirsch could only imagine a similar disaster hitting the West Coast. That thought was the motivation to raise funds for...

Ore. yard emphasizes environmental practices: publishes 24-page booklet of guidelines.(Pacific)(Charleston Shipyard, Oregon)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The Charleston Shipyard, operated by the Oregon International Port of Coos Bay, is one of the first--if not the first--shipyard to print a handbook of guidelines about working on vessels at the facility. Entitled "Best Management Practices...

Homeward Bound: combination boat.(Boat of the Month)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... When Albert and Lori Giddings decided it was time to shop for a boat, they wanted something that would include the whole family. Although Albert, 49, previously owned a larger vessel and has run crabbers, processors and 70-passenger charter...

Industry groups forming to promote united front; looming Magnuson-Stevens reauthorization spurs fishermen's organizations into action.(National)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Efforts are afoot to get a national seafood organization together before reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Act. In a December message to some Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations members, Executive Director Zeke Grader...

Safety issues slow effort to keep out Asian carp; electric fence worries commercial shippers.(National)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Efforts to keep invasive, hungry bottom-feeding fish such as Asian carp from reaching Lake Michigan suffered a setback in January, as commercial shippers raised questions about a new electric barrier's safety. State and federal officials...

Brothers seek protection for dwindling eel stocks; file petition to list species as endangered.(National)(Tim and Douglas Watts)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Blocked by dams, funneled into fyke nets, fed to striped bass, the lowly American eel is getting hit in so many ways that New Englanders Tim and Douglas Watts decided someone has to do something. So the brothers filed a petition with the...

Fishermen dispute report stating skates are scarce; auction manager challenges World Wildlife Fund assertion, says Irish Sea stocks thriving.(International)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... In January, the World Wildlife Fund issued a report claiming that many species around Great Britain and Ireland are in serious decline and that the fabric of the marine environment is at risk because of chronic habitat destruction. Many...

Ireland expands probe into violation of quotas; authorities seize paperwork, computers.(International)(fishery quotas)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Ireland's National Bureau of Criminal Investigation, investigative arm of An Garda Siochana, the national police service, has taken over investigation of alleged wrongdoing in Ireland's biggest fishing port and expanded it to other major West...

Tariff schedules in place, but shrimp price still lags: import flow remains strong, impact of duties, tsunami, other 'wild cards' still shaking out.(Gulf/South Atlantic)
April 1, 2005... Final tariff schedules on shrimp imported from six nations are in place, after three years of struggling by U.S. shrimpers and processors, and millions of dollars in legal fees. But industry sources say they are not predicting any major...

Galley watch: at-sea cuisine.(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Shrimp perlo David Bratcher, Fernandina Beach, Fla. David Bratcher, 44, is a fisherman with 30 years of experience. Recently he purchased his own boat, the Lady Amelia, a 1974 Greek-built vessel. He and his wife, Veronica, shrimp...

Corp axes dredge funds, puts fleet in a tight spot; loss of waterway will mean long steams.(Gulf/South Atlantic)(United States Army Corps of Engineers)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... For as long as he has hunted king mackerel, North Carolina fisherman Mark Looney has made his way to Atlantic Ocean waters by traversing a narrow cut between the Intracoastal Waterway and the open sea. But building sand could choke off the...

Panel examining management of straddling stocks; Northwest Atlantic Fisheries Organization is criticized for its oversight at 200-mile limit.(Canada)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... "There's not a shred of a doubt that the resources have been decimated," says Arthur May, chairman of a panel appointed to examine the problem of overfishing of groundfish stocks straddling Canada's 200-mile limit. "NAFO"--the Northwest...

Low catch rates plague P.E.I. lobster fishermen: effort reduction option is being explored.(Canada)(Prince Edward Island )(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The lobster fishery in the Northumberland Strait is in trouble, and fishing leaders are exploring short- and long-term answers to problems posed by low catch rates. "We're down 16 percent in [Lobster Fishing Area] 26A, and LFA 25 is...

Snapshot: who we are.(bycatch reduction devices)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Rick Luedtke Barnegat Light, N.J. After weighing a final 120 pounds of monkfish livers from the winter season, gillnetter Rick Luedtke peeled the big mesh off the reel of the 40-foot Traveller II and awaited the arrival of mackerel....

Yearbook 2005: a new buzzword.(fishery management)(Brief Article)(Cover Story)
April 1, 2005... Most of us are familiar with the concept of buzzwords: words or phrases designed to impress, but which, at the end of the day, don't really mean a whole lot. The term "proactive" comes to mind. Remember how everyone decided a few years ago...

Turning a corner on selectivity: by-bye bycatch.(Northeast)
April 1, 2005... In a year of dire predictions about fish ground closings and endangered species problems, it turned out that optimism, that rare sentiment around Northeast fish docks, seemed to be in good supply in some ports during 2004. Longline...

Hatchery policy wins few hearts: the Bush agenda.(Pacific)(George W. Bush)
April 1, 2005... Instead of the usual undercurrent of dissent between West Coast users and the federal government over river waters and the fish in them, the water wars in 2004 resulted in a flood of new--and ever more complex--issues. The Bush...

Wild salmon marketing success sets the tone for Alaska fisheries.(North Pacific)
April 1, 2005... Alaska's salmon fishermen should continue reaping rewards as they embrace custom processing, localized labeling and self-marketing campaigns. From Anchorage to Cordova, Sitka to Sand Point, local fleets have been cutting, bleeding, brining...

Pollock fishery certifiably green: bigger gets better.(No. Pacific)
April 1, 2005... Patience and the belief that sound fishing practices wouldn't go without recognition have finally paid off for pollock trawlers plying the waters of the Bering Sea. After three and a half years of waiting on the scrutiny of scientific and...

Shrimpers win battle for tariffs: matters of import.(Gulf/S. Atlantic)
April 1, 2005... Led by the Southern Shrimp Alliance, the U.S. shrimp industry has been battling against the dumping of cheap, farm-raised shrimp imports on U.S. markets. In December, the U.S. Department of Commerce determined that China, Vietnam, India,...

Albacore, salmon and crab post best results in West Coast fisheries.(Pacific)(Industry Overview)
April 1, 2005... Though it's always risky to generalize the markets for West Coast finfish in 2004 produced some remarkable results while much of the pelagic fisheries and shellfish resulted in dismal returns. But there are always exceptions, such as...

Grouper fishery.(Gulf/South Atlantic)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... For the first time since quotas were installed in the early 1990s, the grouper fishery meets its 5.3-million-pound red grouper shallow-water quota in November 2004, forcing an early closure that sent fishermen casting for mullet or looking for...

Spiny lobster.(Gulf/South Atlantic)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Monroe County Commercial Fishermen win a three-year moratorium on spiny lobster trapreduction plan. The victory gives lobstermen more time to conduct an analysis of the fishery. It allows fishermen in the Florida Keys to maximize the number of...

Sea turtles.(Northeast)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Federal judges in two separate cases reject motions from the environmental group Oceana for injunctions to halt scallop and longline fishing to protect sea turtles. Judges Ellen Huvelle and Richard J. Leon both find that the Magnuson-Stevens...

Great white shark.(Northeast)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... A 15-foot great white shark shows up in a harbor on the south shore of Cape Cod, inspiring two weeks of news coverage. For once. there isn't hysteria about shark attacks. Instead, attention focuses on efforts to help the 1,700-pound female...

North Atlantic right whales.(Northeast)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Reports of endangered North Atlantic right whales struck by ships or entangled in fishing gear lead some observers to conclude that at least three animals have been lost--a not insignificant 1 percent of a population said to be about 300....

Sea nettle jellyfish.(Northeast)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Stinging sea nettle jellyfish erupt in New Jersey's Barnegat Bay, raising alarms among naturalists who worry the bloom could be a sign that suburban storm-water pollution has damaged once-prolific clam and crab fisheries. "They're a real...

Northern Edge.(Northeast)(fishing vessel)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The vessel Northern Edge and five of her six-man crew are lost while scallop fishing in the Nantucket Light area, in the worst New England accident since 1991. Industry observers speculate one underlying cause may be a rule that penalizes...

Hood Canal.(Pacific)(contamination)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... A surplus of nitrogen in Washington's Hood Canal that has produced algal blooms that steal the oxygen from the water and kill fish and shell-fish is traced to human factors: leaking septic tanks, farm-animal wastes, storm-water run-off and...

Hypoxic area.(Pacific)(Oregon Coast low oxygen zones)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Similar to the Hood Canal dead zone, a hypoxic area forms off the Oregon Coast in August 2004, much as it did two years earlier. The low-oxygen area kills nearshore crab, fish and other marine life, leading scientists to wonder whether the 2002...

Life & fish: chronicles if the weird and wondrous.(fish related news)
April 1, 2005... An 8-foot, 100-pound fiberglass salmon, covered with 6,600 pennies turned up in Denver, where authorities are trying to figure out how to ship it back to Olympia, Wash. According to the Associated Press, the copper pennies were used to...

Scallop and squid markets strong, but scup, monkfish face challenges.(Northeast)(Industry Overview)
April 1, 2005... Stock rebuilding and friendly foreign exchange rates brightened 2004 for some Northeast fishermen, and could continue this year--along with ecological and economic conditions that darkened other once-reliable sectors. The scallop industry...

Dungeness crab.(Pacific)(fishers' cooperation)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... As a result of poor Dungeness crab quality in northern Oregon and Washington, managers decide to split the opening for the 2004-05 season, with fishermen in central and southern Oregon and northern California harvesting crab on Dec. 1, while...

Crab rationalization plan.(North Pacific)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The Senate passes what may well go down as the nation's most controversial fisheries bill when it attached the Bering Sea crab rationalization plan as a rider to the $820 million omnibus spending bill. While IFQ plans for Alaska's halibut and...

Steller sea lions.(North Pacific)(population grow)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The same high-resolution, medium-format photography that brings fashion models to life on the covers of magazines suggests that the western population of Steller sea lions may be on the rise. Since the 1960s, researchers have relied on...

Selendang Ayu.(North Pacific)(Malaysian tanker ship)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Just when it appears that 2004 would go down without a hitch in terms of ecosystem calamity, the 738-foot freighter Selendang Ayu lost power on Dec. 8, drifted for two days, then fetched upon the rocks near Dutch Harbor. The Malaysian ship, en...

Exxon Valdez.(North Pacific)(oil tanker ship)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Fishermen waiting on awards for punitive damages in the Exxon Valdez oil spill; meanwhile, mark their 10th year since a trial jury decided upon the sum of $5 billion. The argument reverberates through the courts yet another time over whether...

Jerry Schill.(Gulf/South Atlantic)(North Carolina Fisheries Association executive)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Jerry Schill, North Carolina Fisheries Association's executive director, fights to make flounder quotas more market friendly. North Carolina fishermen use 84 percent of their quota from January to March 2004 when the prices are strong, and 16...

Tony Iarocci.(Gulf/South Atlantic)(J. Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation prize winner)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Tony Iarocci becomes the first commercial fisherman to win the prestigious international J. Paul Getty Wildlife Conservation prize. Iarocci, a 2004 NF Highliner, was a co-winner of the award and the $100,000 prize for his role in helping design...

Eddie Gordon.(Gulf/South Atlantic)(shrimpers)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Eddie Gordon, president of the Southern Shrimp Alliance, represents shrimpers in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas in a victorious lawsuit against Asian countries for dumping farm-raised...

Nelson Beideman.(Northeast)(bycatch reduction study)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Nelson Beideman of the longliners group Blue Water Fishermen and Florida gear designer Shawn Dick helped organize a joint industry-NMFS study that reduces turtle bycatch in the swordfish/tuna fishery by up to 80 percent, using circle hooks and...

Joseph Horvath Sr.(Northeast)(fisherman)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... New Jersey lobsterman Joseph Horvath Sr. pleads guilty to illegally possessing a shotgun during a March 2001 gunfight at sea between him and fellow lobsterman Richard Van Salisbury. Federal authorities say pellets from Horvath's shotgun struck...

Shrimp prices off key, but swords, flounder, crab make beautiful music.(Gulf/S. Atlantic)
April 1, 2005... One thing remained maddeningly constant in 2004: low ex-vessel prices for shrimp. The good news: Shrimpers succeeded in having tariffs slapped on six foreign countries that the Department of Commerce determined had dumped shrimp upon the...

Michael Lucas.(Pacific)(fisheries executive)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Michael Lucas, president of North Coast Fisheries Inc., headquartered in Santa Rosa, Calif., and the former company manager, Peter Pomilia, are indicted for conspiracy and nine counts of making false statements to the government about how much...

Frank Dulcich.(Pacific)(fish processor)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Groundfish individual quotas have been on the Pacific Fishery Management Council plate for awhile, but many believe that the continued push by one organization, the Pacific Seafood Group, led by president Frank Dulcich, is responsible for...

Pete Leipzig.(Pacific)(Fishermen's Marketing Association, California executive)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Pete Leipzig, executive director of the Eureka, Calif.-based Fishermen's Marketing Association, recognizing an overcapitalized fishery, begins lobbying for a federal trawl buyback almost immediately after the industry gains limited entry...

Arnold Schwarzenegger.(Pacific)(fishery policy)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... "The Governator," California's Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, vetoes a bill in September that would limit the number of crab pots fishermen could use in the San Francisco fishery. The action upsets many of California crabbers but is welcomed by...

Tony Knowles.(North Pacific)(reenter politics)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... After a short hiatus from politics, former Alaska Gov. Tony Knowles reenters politics last fall to race against incumbent Republican U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski. In the weeks before the election, Knowles unveils a "Justice for Alaska Fishing...

Jess Russell.(North Pacifc)(boy scout saves dad)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... When the United Fishermen of Alaska decides to offer its first annual Fisherman of the Year award the association has no trouble coming up with a choice in 13-year-old Jess Russell, of Clam Gulch. Russell's stint with Boy Scouts served him well...

H. Russel Holland.(North Pacifc)(fair damages from Exxon Mobil Corp.)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... Judge H. Russel Holland stands firm in his convictions to keep the punitive damages from the Exxon oil spill at more than $4.5 billion throughout the year, despite pressure from the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and plaintiffs who would be...

N.C.'s roe mullet game: first you catch sight of the fish. Then you catch them.(Up A Creek)(North Carolina)
April 1, 2005... It's a chilly November morning with little sign of those highly touted Carolina blue skies. Nonetheless this is the time of year that roe mullet fishermen look forward to the most. The brief but hopefully exciting season marks the end of summer...

New Jersey's giant: Nils Stolpe is the U.S. fishing industry's one-man think tank.(In Profile)(Interview)(Biography)
April 1, 2005... Back in the 1970s, as they backtracked from the bungled burglary at the Watergate Hotel to the Nixon White House, informant "Deep Throat" told investigative reporters Woodward and Bernstein to "Follow the money." Thirty years later, some...

The Royal's treatment: a 105-foot trawler is sponsoned and given a bulbous bow, making her a better boat for Alaska's crab and pollock fisheries.(Boats & Gear)(Royal American--fishing boat)
April 1, 2005... In early January, the Royal American pulled away from the dry dock at Hansen Boat Co. in Everett, Wash., and headed into open water for some sea trials. With the 1,125-hp Caterpillar 5512 pushed up to full speed, the 105-foot trawler was...

Hose exam: boning up on the many vital--but often overlooked--marine hoses can spare your boat from a disaster.(Liquid Flow)
April 1, 2005... Most people will tell you there are more critical things on the boat to worry about than hoses--like sinking, a fire or an explosion. But the fact is, there may be as little as 3/10 of an inch of hose-wall thickness between you and any one of...

The best of inventions: our annual tribute to innovations that have marked the evolution of commercial fishing.(Hall Of Fame)
April 1, 2005... No matter how much more efficient a new tool or piece of machinery is, getting other people to use it often depends on whom is presenting it. It didn't help that the first time Chesapeake Bay watermen saw an oyster dredge, it was in the...

Quality machines: fishermen are investing in equipment that will improve the value of their landings.(Processing)
April 1, 2005... An Industry that once lusted after bigger boats, more horsepower and fishier gear is starting to focus on earning more money per pound. From coast to coast, innovative fishermen are experimenting with on-board equipment designed to improve...

Two lobster boats finished; owner completes 48-footer.(North)(Lash Brothers)
April 1, 2005... In mid-January, with the outside temperature on the minus side of 0, Wes Lash at Lash Brothers in Friendship, Maine, was finishing off a couple of lobster boats for Maine fishermen. A 36-foot Calvin Beal with a 350-hp Volvo was slated to go...

Seattle yard closes its doors after prolonged downturn.(West)
April 1, 2005... For many fishermen who, in the late 1960s and '70s, spent their fishing season off the Alaska coast, an image that remains is the first time one of the new steel crabbers built by Marine Construction and Design Co. of Seattle, better known as...

90-foot trawler is hauled; sisterships go to New Jersey.(South)
April 1, 2005... The 90' x 24' x 11' trawler Frank & Maria was on the rails at Ampro Shipyard in Weems, Va., having some major mechanical work and routine maintenance done. The Frank & Maria is owned by Wanchese Fish Co. of Wanchese, N.C., and fishes out...

Bulletin board.(Calendar)
April 1, 2005... MARCH 30-APRIL 2 Salmonid Restoration Conference Fortuna, Calif. Contact: Salmonid Restoration Foundation P.O. Box 784 Redway, CA 95560 (707) 923-7501; srf@northcoast.com www.calsalmon.org APRIL 3-8 ...

Taking chart reading to the Max: C-Map's latest NT+ cartridges help you quickly get your bearings.(Product Roundup)(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... An important quality of any electronic chart is its readability. That's another way of saying, "How quickly can you look at a display and tell where you are?" Colors are important in helping you find your way around an electronic chart,...

Clean Seas Co.(On the move)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... To spearhead the launch of new antifouling products and build brand awareness, the CLEAN SEAS CO., the antifoulant developer headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla., has hired a vice president of sales and marketing. With a background in...

GSW Associates.(On the move)(boating industry)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... RON GUETERMAN, senior partner with GSW AND ASSOCIATES, an independent rep group in Boca Raton, Fla., serving the Southeast United States, was given the company's Diligent Pursuit of New Business Award. In addition, with a 47 percent gain, he...

Industry workshop on trawl selectivity and conservation.(Company News)
April 1, 2005... The University of New Hampshire will host a five-day INDUSTRY WORKSHOP ON TRAWL SELECTIVITY AND CONSERVATION to be held in St. John's, New-foundland, Canada, May 10-14. The deadline for presenting a paper is March 7. The workshop is open to any...

National Marine Electronics Association.(Company News)(Brief Article)
April 1, 2005... The NATIONAL MARINE ELECTRONICS ASSOCIATION, an internationally recognized trade association of professionals in the marine electronics field, will offer Marine Electronics Installer training April 2 at the Providence Marriott in Providence,...

Keeping tabs on the trawl warp: Vaki-DNG's TrawlTec helps draggers monitor the net and keep it wide open.(Product/Service Evaluation)
April 1, 2005... You don't have to be affected by the Bush administration's new budget to know that money is tight. It's especially tight if you are a fisherman, which is why the fisherman who makes a decent living is the one who not only fishes smart but...

New Found Metals' caulkless, Tri-Matrix Self-Sealing Port is made of 316/316L stainless steel and ABS weather-resistant copolymers to make them lightweight as well as strong.(At A Glance)
April 1, 2005... NEW FOUND METALS' caulkless, Tri-Matrix SELF-SEALING PORT is made of 316/316L stainless steel and ABS weather-resistant copolymers to make them lightweight as well as strong. Stainless steel anchor two cam dogs and a double hinge, and the main...