Page 24. MAINE COASTAL NEWS March 2014 HISTORY FROM THE PAST - Bangor Daily Commercial - 1890s


in Paris. Mr. Morse was born in Bath in 1856. He was graduated from Bowdoin college in 1877 and went to New York in 1891. His father and uncle were towboat men on the Kennebec. He was broken into the multi- millionaire class there with his dollars as a jimmy, having made his fi rst big money in ice.


Like all other fi nanciers he eludes public gaze behind offi cers of his corporations, largely of his own choosing. In none of these Morse controlled companies does he hold any higher offi ce than vice president, although in nearly all of them he is named as a director or trustee. Mr. Morse has been charged with being associated with the Standard Oil company and as operating for it, but in no instance can there be traced an identity of interests. In only one Morse corporation is there a single Standard Oil man, and Mr. Morse cannot be found in any concern identifi ed with Standard Oil. He stands absolutely aloof from the fi nancial groups except in the National bank of North America, of which he is in full control, and in which he has his offi ce. There are among the directors John H. Flagler and William F. Havemeyer. The Trust Co. of America acts as


trustee of many of the Morse companies. As soon as Mr. Morse acquired control of the concern he merged it into the City Trust company. It stands behind the operations of New York Mortgage and Security company. (Morse concern), runs the fi nances of the Butterick company (Morse concern) and is trustee of the bonds of nearly all the other Morse concerns. The Fifth Avenue Estates company is an adjunct of the Van Norden Trust company and was organized to improve some of Mr. Morse’s real estate.


14 May 1906 To Build Five Master in Rockland Shipyard


Cobb, Butler Co. Have Closed Contract for Largest Craft Ever Constructed There.


Cobb, Butler & Co., of Rockland have just closed a contract for the construction of a fi ve-masted schooner – the largest vessel of schooner rig ever built in Rockland. The craft will have a gross tonnage of over 3,000, and will have a coal-carrying capacity of 4,500 tons. The largest schooner previously built in Rockland was the five-masted schooner REBECCA PALMER, which carries 4,000 tons of coal.


The contract for the proposed fi ve- Continued from Page 13. In order to protect public health and


consumer confi dence while building on re- cently received data, the Maine Department of Marine Resources will close a small area at the mouth of the Penobscot River to har- vesting of crabs and lobsters for a minimum of two years.


The closure of an area that extends from


Wilson Point across to Fort Point and north into the river, will take effect February 22, 2014.


“This closure is being taken as a precau- tionary measure in response to information the Department of Marine Resources recent- ly received about mercury contamination in muscle tissue from lobsters found in this area,” said Department of Marine Resources Commissioner Patrick Keliher.


The information, which came to DMR’s attention in November 2013, is contained in a federal court-ordered study. After being notifi ed of the study’s fi ndings, the DMR asked State Toxicologist Andrew Smith from the Maine Center for Disease Con- trol and Prevention to analyze the study’s data. The DMR took the original study and Smith’s analysis under advisement and ulti- mately opted to implement a discrete closure to ensure that no lobsters from this area make it into the marketplace.


The area within the closure where lobsters are harvested is approximately 7 square miles out of more than 14,000 square miles in the Gulf of Maine where lobsters are harvested. “We chose to close this small area to harvesting for both commercial and recreational fi shermen as a precautionary approach that protects public health and


ensures consumer confi dence that eating Maine lobster is safe and healthy while we conduct our own monitoring effort that will build on these new data,” said Commission- er Keliher.


Maine Marine Patrol will be working with harvesters to ensure all gear is removed from the affected area as soon as possible. Currently, there is very limited commercial harvesting of any species in the mouth of the Penobscot River, as most local commercial harvesters have either stopped for the season or moved their operations down the bay. The Department has begun to reach out to harvesters and dealers to discuss the closure and plans for on-going monitoring. DMR, the Maine Department of Environmental Protection and the Maine Department of Health and Human Services will be working together over the next two years to conduct seasonal monitoring of mercury levels in lobsters and crabs in and near the closed area. “The monitoring will be conducted in and adjacent to the closed area and will evaluate the accumulation of contaminants,” said Commissioner Keliher. “We will decide, after two years, whether or not to re-open the area or to continue the closure.”


“Maine lobster is the best in the world and we’re taking very precautious steps to protect this valuable, unique resource and to assure consumers that they can continue to be confi dent that our lobsters are safe and healthy to eat,” said Commissioner Keliher. CANADIAN FISHING NEWS


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master was closed a few days ago and there have been scenes of activity in the yard which told plainly that the shipbuilding concern had something important under way. The loft was cleared and the work of draughting and moulding is already in progress. The frame will be cut in Virginia immediately and it is hoped to have the timber in the yard in season for work to begin the latter part of the summer.


The new schooner is being built for Maine and Boston parties and her master will be Capt. T. J. Wheeler of Tenant’s Harbor, who has just completed a voyage in the Prescott Palmer, and who will command the auxiliary schooner now being built for Garrett Schenck, until his own craft is completed.


The model for the proposed fi ve-master is made, of course, by John J. Wardwell, and the fi rm of Cobb, Butler & Co., will make every effort to have the new schooner one of the fi nest on the Atlantic coast. Already there are more than 100 men employed in this shipyard and the new contract makes busy times certain for at least one more year. On the stocks nearly ready for launching is a staunch and handsome four- masted schooner of about 1600 tons, while good progress is being made on the large


February 20, 2014 - St-John’s, Newfound- land and Labrador


The lobster sustainability program


fi rst announced in November 2011 will conclude on March 31, 2014. The program, designed to encourage the future long-term sustainability and economic prosperity of the lobster fi shery, achieved its objective to increase incomes by signifi cantly reducing lobster fi shing capacity in Fortune Bay, the southwest coast and the west coast (lobster fi shing areas 11 to 14B) through voluntary lobster trap reductions and lobster licence retirements. The program has permanently removed 105,000 lobster traps from the fi sh- ery (36% reduction) as well as 266 lobster licences (24% reduction).


Fisheries and Oceans Canada Minister Gail Shea, Newfoundland and Labrador Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Keith Hutchings, and Fish Food and Allied Workers (FFAW-Unifor) President Earle McCurdy said that they are very pleased with the results of the program and the direct benefi ts for lobster harvesters who remain in the fi shery.


Quick Facts The program’s objective was to reduce


the level of fi shing capacity in the lobster fi shery by: supporting the voluntary re- duction of lobster traps and retiring lobster licences through reverse auction. The tenth and fi nal bidding round of the reverse auc- tion has just concluded.


The program improved the viability of


other fi sheries through the cancellation of approximately 700 licences for other species owned by the lobster licensees who retired under the program. This included snow crab and groundfi sh licences.


The lobster sustainability program was developed by the FFAW-Unifor in an effort to secure federal funding under the Atlantic Lobster Sustainability Measures Program (ALSM). Total federal funding in Newfoundland and Labrador under the Atlantic Lobster Sustainability Measures Program was $9 million. The program cost was shared by DFO, the provincial government, and FFAW-Unifor on a 30-30-40 percentage basis.


Harper Government Takes Further Steps to Ensure a Sustainable and Pros-


auxiliary schooner being built for Garrett Schenck, the pulp mill magnate. In addition to this the company is building a scow for parties at Stockton Springs, and engaged in the usual amount of repair work. Repairs are now being made on the Deer Isle schooners SUSAN M. PICKERIGN and L. T. WHITMORE. Steamer Launched.


Cobb, Butler & Co. sprang something of a surprise upon the public last Thursday forenoon by launching the new steamer which it has been building for Capt. I. E. Archibald. The craft is named the MAY ARCHER, which is a departure from Capt. Archibald’s usual custom of bestowing Indian names upon his steamboats, as well as a compliment to his wife – MAY ARCHER being a contraction of her name. The new steamboat had a tonnage of about 100, and is 85 feet in length. It has a native frame, cut in Knox county. The steamer was designed by John J. Wardwell, and is painted white. At Atlantic wharf the hull will be equipped with the machinery of the steamer M. and M., which will be transferred just as soon as possible. The MAY ARCHER is already under contract to run between Portsmouth and the Isle of Shoals.


MISCELLANEOUS COMMERCIAL FISHING NEWS


perous Aquaculture Sector in Canada February 14, 2014 - Nanaimo, British Columbia


The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, along with Dr. James Lunney, MP for Nanaimo Alberni, provided further details on the Government of Canada’s investment of $54 million over fi ve years to continue Canada’s Sustainable Aquaculture Program, which focuses on scientifi c research and regulatory enhance- ments. With its Sustainable Aquaculture Program, the Government of Canada is creating the conditions, with science as the foundation, that will enable the Canadian aquaculture industry to be successful while operating in an ecologically sustainable manner. Under the renewed program, up to $27 million is being directed to further our scientifi c knowledge through research, operational analyses, risk assessment and scientifi c peer-reviewed advice. The two other pillars of this program are regulatory reform and improved reporting. Quick Facts


Aquaculture supplies approximately 50


percent of the fi sh and seafood consumed worldwide, and demand is steadily increas- ing. It is the world’s fastest growing food production system.


The Canadian aquaculture industry generates 174,000 tonnes of product and $2 billion annually in total economic activity. In 2012, aquaculture accounted for 16% of Canada’s total seafood production. The sector supports over 14,000 jobs in rural areas, and increasingly more in Aborig- inal communities. There are approximately 50 First Nations communities that are en- gaged in aquaculture or related industries. Canada is recognized internationally as one of the best places in the world for sustainable aquaculture. It benefi ts from the world’s longest coastline and freshwa- ter system, optimal growing conditions for key commercial aquaculture species and proximity to major markets. Canada also has highly skilled managers and employ- ees and world-class research capacity that supported early competitive advantages in aquaculture, such as vaccine development and animal husbandry research.


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