June 2009 MAINE COASTAL NEWS Page 13.
Canadian Commercial Fishing News
Nova Scotia Fish Harvester Fined $10,000 sustainable fishing resources can be enjoyed Canada’s lobster fishery,” said Minister Fund (CAF), through ACOA and CED-Q, for
for Coastal Fishery Violation by communities throughout Newfoundland Shea. “As an Islander myself, I understand all the marketing and promotion of lobster.
27 May and Labrador for generations to come. too well the kinds of strains that the collapse “This program is designed to target the
ST. JOHN’S, NL – On February 9, 2009 in in lobster prices is putting on workers and hardest hit industries and communities
provincial court at St. John’s, Phillip Harper Government Delivers Support for families in our province and region. The Com- throughout Atlantic Canada,” said Minister
MacIntosh of Bridgewater, Nova Scotia, the Lobster Industry $10 million to be munity Adjustment Fund is specifically de- Ashfield. “Our top priority is now to ensure
master of the fishing vessel Atlantic Odys- provided to Atlantic Canada and Quebec signed to help those who are hardest hit seize this money flows to the people who need it as
sey was convicted of providing false infor- through the Community Adjustment Fund new economic opportunities so they can quickly and efficiently as possible.”
mation in his fishing logbook and fined 22 May weather this economic storm. We will be there “The lobster industry is important to the
$10,000. COVEHEAD HARBOUR, PEI – Hard-hit lob- for the people who need us most.” economy of the province of Quebec,” said
Under licence conditions, Mr. ster fishing communities throughout Atlan- Minister Shea made the announcement Minister Lebel. “Our goal is to ensure that
MacIntosh was required to maintain an accu- tic Canada and Quebec can count on addi- on behalf of Minister of State responsible for Quebec businesses receive the help they
rate and up-to-date record of fishing activity. tional financial support from the Harper the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency require during these difficult economic
Reporting accurate fishing coordinates Government’s Community Adjustment (ACOA) Keith Ashfield and Minister of State times.”
is important in monitoring by-catch of mora- Fund, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans Gail responsible for Canada Economic Develop- Minister Shea also announced that Gov-
toria species and for overall resource man- Shea announced. ment for Quebec Regions (CED-Q) Denis ernments and industry will collaborate in a
agement. Conservation measures exist to “There is no question that the global Lebel. The Harper government is directing lobster development council to increase do-
protect and rebuild fish stocks so that these recession has taken a toll on Eastern $10 million from the CAF to improve market- mestic and international market access and
ing, assist in innovation, and develop prod- support the industry in reaching the eco-
ucts and technologies. The funding will be
MISC. COMMERCIAL FISHING NEWS
provided from the Community Adjustment
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FDA Issues Draft Assessment of Risks
and Benefits of Fish Consumption
mestically managed stocks are overfished, The U.S. Food and Drug Administration
according to the most recent status of domes- (FDA) has developed a draft summary of
tic stocks report. The U.S. federal law requir- published research and a benefit and risk
ing the elimination of overfishing on all do- assessment to provide the latest scientific
mestic stocks by 2010 is helping the U.S. information for consumers of commercial
rebuild depleted stocks to sustainable levels. seafood in the United States. Fish provides
The U.N. report also said that an unprec- protein, is low in saturated fat, and is rich in
edented volume of nitrogen effluent running many micronutrients; it also can be a source
into coastal waters is causing a greater fre- of certain omega-3 fatty acids. However, fish
quency and extent of harmful algal blooms, can also contain methylmercury, which has
oxygen depletion events and dead zones. been linked to adverse health consequences.
During the algal blooms, small plankton con- This assessment evaluates the impact of eat-
sume excessive amounts of available dis- ing commercial fish on three human health
solved oxygen, sink to the bottom and de- endpoints: (1) neurodevelopment; (2) fatal
prive fish and shellfish of the oxygen they coronary heart disease; and (3) fatal stroke.
need to survive. Along with the report, a second docu-
“The effort to reverse the degraded sta- ment is available: “Summary of Published
tus of LMEs will take time, well-focused and Research on the Beneficial Effects of Fish
creative policies, and funding,” said Achim Consumption and Omega-3 Fatty Acids for
Steiner, U.N. under-secretary general and Certain Neurodevelopmental and Cardiovas-
executive director of UNEP, the agency that cular Endpoints.” These secondary analyses
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released the report. include reports by the American Heart Asso-
The report documents the most rapid sea ciation, the European Food Safety Authority,
Association
surface temperature increase in the northeast the International Society for the Study of
Atlantic and Mediterranean (Baltic Sea, Fatty Acids and Lipids, the World Health
North Sea and Black Sea LMEs), in the north- Organization and a previous investigation by
"By the Fishermen - for the Fishermen"
west Pacific off east Asia (East China Sea, and the FDA.
Sea of Japan/East Sea LMEs), and in the
northwest Atlantic (Newfoundland Labra-
dor Shelf LME).
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The notable exceptions to the warming
are in the California Current LME and
Humboldt Current LME (off the coasts of
Chile and Peru). Both are in large and persis-
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