Last rodeo
Young fishermen are the last generation to work (and play) in Glacier Bay
By Melissa Wood
If you have to go to work at all, then you might as well go like this: When they load up for winter crabbing in Southeast Alaska, the crew of the Osprey brings along a surfboard, scuba gear, wetsuits, Frisbees, guns, clay pigeons, golf clubs, a disco ball, kegs from the Alaskan Brewing Co., barbecue and just about any kind of music you can think of so the songs don't get too repetitive when they're blasted from speakers on the deck for up to 20 hours a day.
For old timers' sake
I am a Southern transplant to New England with a passion for baseball and a soft spot for old things. As such, I must admit I get a little puff of pride in my chosen home when I think about Boston's Fenway Park celebrating its centennial this year. The owners of the Red Sox have opted in recent years to make minor changes to the park in order to accommodate modern contrivances and comfort for baseball fans. I love that park for its history and longevity, and I especially enjoy packing in like sardines onto classic wooden seats in the grandstand to watch a ballgame with serious fans.
ATY NORTHEAST
Boatyard favors cored hulls;
set-aside boat finally finished
In late May, Downeast Boats & Composites launched one of its Northern Bay 38s as a rod-and-reel tuna boat for Matt French. He will fish the boat out of Montauk, N.Y.
GULF/SOUTH ATLANTIC FLOUNDER
Carolina dealers' loss is Virginia's gain as shoaling woes force quota transfer
North Carolina fishermen retain, at 27.4 percent, the largest share of the Atlantic summer flounder commercial quota of 13.1 million pounds, but it's not doing the state's dealers much good this year.
Trapped in bad weather
From U.S. Coast Guard reports
One brisk, overcast January morning, a 31-foot fiberglass boat left her mooring near Naples, Fla., for a day trip. The two-man crew planned on moving their wooden stone crab traps.
Callifornia crabbing: Here's a fun video shot on the decks of the Majestik while catching Dungeness crab off the coast of northern California.
Over 500 lots of seafood processing equipment formerly owned by Adak Seafood will be sold at auction on Tuesday, June 18, starting at 10 a.m. Hawaiian-Aleutian Daylight Time at the Hilton Garden Inn in Anchorage Alaska.
The equipment is located in a recently updated 250,000 square foot state-of-the-art processing facility in Adak, Alaska. Farmington Hills, Mich.-based Hilco Industrial, which conducts 75 machinery and equipment auctions in a wide range of industries annually, will conduct the auction.
Adak Seafood opened originally as Ada Fisheries in Anchorage in 1986. The facility, updated in 2005, is located on the island of Adak, the southernmost city in Alaska near the western end of the Aleutian Islands. The facility processed cod primarily, as well as halibut, blackcod, crab and pollock, Hilco says.
Alaska fisherman and commercial fisheries activist Kevin Adams was elected chairman at the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute board of directors meeting on May 9 in Anchorage.
The governor-appointed board consists of seven members: five seafood processors and two industry representatives actively engaged in commercial fishing. Adams was appointed to fill a harvester seat by Gov. Frank Murkowski in 2004.
With 38 years of fishing experience in Bristol Bay, Adams has long been an active member in the Alaska fishing industry, ASMI says. He has worked for both the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation and the Bering Sea Fisherman's Association, and represents Alaska fishermen on numerous boards.
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