ON DECK
Fishing Back When July By Jessica Hathaway
1971— Paul Farrin, 35, of South Bristol, Maine, takes delivery of the 31-foot combined lobster boat and shrimp dragger Bonnie Jane from his hometown Harvey F. Gamage Yard.
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A tribute to naval architect and marine engineer Sam Rabl (1895-1962), who worked in the design department at the Sparrows Point Yard of the Bethlehem Shipbuilding Co. in Baltimore.
On the Cover: Michael Brewer’s menhaden seining operation off Boothbay Harbor in Maine.
On the Cover: Maryland’s Craig Evans fishes up another crab trap to be emptied, rebaited and the blue crab catch culled before he motors to the next one in a long line of floats.
On May 6, the U.S. FDA warns the public not to eat swordfish and seizes some 4 million pounds of inventory from domestic warehouses. The loss is estimated at $12.5 million. NMFS’ exploratory fishing and gear research department in Seattle offers a course in net mending and building in Coos Bay, Ore., and has developed a promising shrimp separator trawl. 4 National Fisherman \ July 2021
The Coast Guard reports that the Bering Sea crab boat F/V Barbarossa was carrying twice the recommended load when it sank on Feb. 10, killing all six men onboard. Three Great Lakes fishermen are dead following a collision between the trawler Captain K. of Ontario and the Canadian Coast Guard cutter Griffon. The accident took place at 1:30 p.m. on March 18 in foggy conditions four miles northeast of Long Point, Ontario, on Lake Erie.
The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is expected to cap king salmon bycatch in the Gulf of Alaska pollock trawl fishery for the first time at its June meeting. The April proposal of a bycatch cap of 22,500 king salmon would take effect in 2012. Massachusetts fishermen raise concerns over a proposed wind turbine array off Marthas Vineyard that includes fishing areas closed to protect habitat.
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