tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69452676568959454692024-02-07T22:23:44.998-08:00NH Sustainable Marine FisheriesThis blog is dedicated to bringing you updated information on events, news, ideas, and discussions related to New Hampshire and Northeast Sustainable Marine Fisheries.Erik Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11562895509779477050noreply@blogger.comBlogger71125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945267656895945469.post-84549652391335227762015-01-12T07:35:00.001-08:002015-01-12T07:58:56.986-08:00Trout farming: A N.H. cottage industry piques interest of Maine fishermen<div class="MsoNormal">
The University of New Hampshire, N.H. Sea Grant and seven N.H. fishermen are
paving the road for a new cottage aquaculture industry: farming steelhead trout.
Their collaborative efforts over the past few years have led to N.H. fishermen to take over the daily operations of raising and harvesting the trout which are then sold to local markets. Interest in steelhead trout aquaculture has been growing, especially in Maine with their many miles of coastline perfect for small scale, sea-based farming. Steelhead
trout are well-suited to the Gulf of Maine environment as they are able to grow fast and withstand the cold temperatures and variations in salinity that occur in our waters. Trout fingerlings (small fish) are readily available from private hatcheries in both
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Maine fishermen, like their counterparts in N.H., find it challenging to remain in the wild-caught commercial fishing world. Aquaculture is proving to be an economically viable option that
they could do part- or full-time. Their vessels and knowledge of working on the
water lends itself nicely for small scale, cage culture.<br />
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As a result, Dana Morse, Maine Sea Grant Extension Specialist, lead a
group of curious fishermen including Jeff Putnam, Hank Whetham, Lucy Van Hook from <a href="http://midcoastfishermen.org/" target="_blank">Maine Coast Fishermen's Association</a>, and Megan Wibberly from <a href="http://www.islandinstitute.org/" target="_blank">The Island Institute,</a> to visit the aquaculture sites in N.H. recently. NHSG/UNHCE marine aquaculture specialist Michael Chambers helped to lead the tours. <br />
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<i>Above: <span style="text-align: center;">Fishermen feeding and
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During their visit, the fishermen also visited with Dr.
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<i>Above: Maine fishermen visit the UNH Ritzman Lab to learn about striped bass in recirculating aquaculture systems. </i><br />
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This research will provide information on which strains are more
successful in adapting and growing in a marine environment for aquaculture
purposes. Linas Kenter will be presenting these results at the Northeast
Aquaculture Conference and Exhibition on January 15 in Portland, Maine.<br />
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Check out these videos of the trout taken by Dana Morse, Maine Sea Grant: <br />
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Blue mussels grow naturally off the coast of N.H., filtering the ocean water to feed on tiny plankton. There have been previous efforts to grow and market N.H.'s blue mussels, but various issues have halted their production over the past few years. With help from NHSG/UNHCE marine aquaculture specialist Michael Chambers and UNH professor of zoology Hunt Howell, N.H. fishermen are renewing efforts to raise and harvest blue mussels. <br />
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A new team of fishermen have joined forces to culture mussels offshore from N.H. on submerged long lines. Pete Flanagan and Vinnie Prien have formed the <i>Isles of Shoals Mariculture, LLC</i> that will have mussels for sale by next summer. To help jump start their mussel farm, mussel seed was made available to them from an integrated multi-trophic aquaculture (IMTA) project at UNH. Mussel seed was collected from the IMTA platform and then transferred a grow out raft under the UNH pier for six months, filtering water from the Piscataqua River. The river has relatively high levels of nutrients for the mussels to extract and grow. They have grown so much that they needed to be reset at a lower density and placed offshore for their final grow out near Rye, N.H. They will remain in this colder ocean water until early summer, then harvested and sold to local restaurants and at seafood markets around the Seacoast.<br />
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The process of moving the mussels took three days. Day one consisted of pulling up the lines and stripping the mussels from the lines into tote boxes, and the second day was spent size grading and setting the seed into cotton tube sock for stocking offshore. More than 4,000 lbs. of seed were set into the sock at rate of one pound/foot. A total of 4,150' of seed was transferred to a submerged long line on the third day located three miles offshore.<br />
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The lines were very heavy, weighing as much as 150 lbs. Fishermen pulled them over to a hydraulic stripping machine that pulled the lines up into a bin to separate the mussels from the line.<br />
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Fishermen inspect the stripped lines and remove any other mussels that were left behind.<br />
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The mussels that are removed from the line slide down a ramp into a tote.<br />
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The result: Muddy mussels from the Piscataqua River, which are then rinsed and size graded.<br />
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Thirty-three totes were filled with mussels prior to cleaning and grading.<br />
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The blue tanks were filled with cotton tube sock filled with mussel seed<br />
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The next steps involved placing the mussels onto new line. The mussels use bissel threads to attach to ropes, lines and other
structures under the water. Although mussels can settle on lines without
any assistance, there are ways to ensure a more even distribution. Fishermen placed a biodegradable tube, sometimes called a sock, around the line and filled the sock with the mussels they had previously stripped off the old lines.<br />
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The newly filled lines were taken out to the offshore mussel site the next day. In total, fishermen moved over 4000 pounds of mussel seed, and they will grow to weight approximately 30,000 pounds at harvest time next spring. Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849223650761049502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945267656895945469.post-81735665679446038692014-08-29T10:59:00.000-07:002014-08-29T10:59:19.008-07:00Sea Grant Exchange Part 2: The South comes NorthGabriela Bradt, Fisheries specialist from New Hampshire Sea Grant and Twyla Herrington, Marine Extension Agent from Louisiana Sea Grant spent five days together in July completing the final leg of an exchange program that they initiated back in March. Louisiana Sea Grant has published a news article about the Exchange which you can find <a href="http://www.laseagrant.org/2014/extension-exchange/" target="_blank">here</a>, but below you will find some more details about what these friends and colleagues experienced together.<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span></b><span style="font-size: 13px;">Map of the New England leg of the Sea Grant Exchange. The Exchange began in Durham, NH on July 21 and ended in Walpole, ME on July 28th.</span></div>
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have been excitedly anticipating the second leg of the NH-LA Sea Grant Exchange
and now it has come and gone! Twyla Herrington and I managed to log approximately
1,200 miles (not including the flight from New Orleans to Bangor!) and connected with 5 of our Maine and New Hampshire Sea Grant colleagues. We learned, talked and experienced so much in 5 days that it is quite overwhelming when we sit down and try to capture it all. Here is a glimpse into what we talked about and did- hold on- it is an incredibly long list: We talked about microplastics, trout and salmon aquaculture,
shellfish aquaculture, and seaweeds and we ate pickled seaweed stipes, went on 3 boats, saw fin
and minke whales, gray seals, harbor porpoises, kittywakes, loons, went to the </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastport,_Maine"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">eastern-most
city</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> in the US, floated on the largest </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Old_Sow"><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">tidal
whirlpool</span></a><span style="font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;"> in the western hemisphere and <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">may</i> have crossed into Canada while
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<span style="font-family: Arial;">We shared ideas and experiences, asked a million questions and had the best colleagues in Maine and in New Hampshire that were willing to take us on boats and give facility tours during their weekend or busy work schedules.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: Arial;">As was my experience during my trip to Louisiana, I am amazed by our colleagues in the Sea Grant network, what they do, how they do it and how willing WE ALL are to learn from each other, exchange ideas and open the doors for collaboration.</span><span style="font-family: Arial;"> </span><br />
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to Twyla- I will say that not only did I learn more about what our colleagues
in Maine are doing, but I also got a good dose of what is happening in my own
backyard. Though I am aware and knowledgeable of our growing oyster
farming industry here in Great Bay, I have actually never been or seen any of
our oyster farmers at work or on their farms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I have spoken to many of them and know some of the challenges they face
but I have not had the opportunity to delve much closer than the periphery.
Thanks to this exchange, I have been able to really learn and connect with some
of the people I work with and in so doing, I have more ideas about programming,
potential research and collaborations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
CANNOT WAIT for the next exchange opportunity to rear up- maybe I will be a
part of it, maybe not- but I think Twyla and I have really shown what we can
all do together!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">From the land of the frozen people to the land of the
sweating people, I am happy to report that the recovery is well under way post-
exchange!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Re-entry into Louisiana’s
blazing heat and humidity has been a bit trying but it seems as though I will
survive.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Last year, sitting in Duluth,
when Gabby and I started getting serious about this exchange, I could not have
imaged the impact it would have (so very quickly) on even my every day
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day 1:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We spent most
of the day getting to know the NH Sea Grant and UNH Cooperative Extension
Programs.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gabby and I spent time exploring
the university and discussing projects with her interns and other
colleagues.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I was excited to find a
connection, right off the bat, with Amanda Parks, an undergraduate at UNH who
has been working with Gabby and Erik Chapman on developing an app for finding
access to local seafood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Her work with
the NH Fresh and Local Seafood App can directly be applied to our Direct
Marketing programs in Louisiana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Amanda’s recent trip to NOLA led us to a conversation about Slow Food,
Slow Fish, and her recent trip out with one of our shrimpers!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a tour of the NH coastline.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gabby and I
made a stop at Jenness beach in Rye, NH for a bit of Marine Debris and
microplastics recon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gabby’s work along
the NH coastline is helping to clean-up and study the effects of<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the marine debris problem onshore.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We then headed on to meet up with Michael
Chambers, Marine Aquaculture Specialist, at the Judd Gregg Marine Research Complex
and Coastal Marine Lab.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Our first order
of business was to hop on a boat and make a run out to his net pen aquaculture
sites at the mouth of the Piscataqua River.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This project is now part of a Co-op of 7 commercial fishermen (turned
temporary fish farmers) from the local area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The steelhead trout are poly-cultured with seaweed on the sides of the
cages and rafts. The result is a system that takes out more nitrogen than it
adds.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The pens are used for grow out and
the fish go to market for around $14.99/lb.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Let’s keep in mind that Steelhead trout are not indigenous to the NH coastline!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fascinating concept involving local fishermen
support.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Inshore, Michael took us around
to see mussel floats and seaweed floats.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>We were able to tour the lab and see a variety of other projects,
also.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One of my favorites included the
use of sea urchins to clean bio-fouling of farmed oysters.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A lengthy lunch followed with continued
discussion about multi-use processing facilities for the fishermen.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This work directly overlaps with projects in
Louisiana and provided a chance to bounce ideas and make invaluable connections
in all of our work.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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Ward, one of the first pioneers into oyster farming in the Great Bay Estuary,
and got a tour of her Oyster Farm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
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what we see in Louisiana or in South Carolina where I had the opportunity to
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ourselves out to sea on the Atlantic Queen II with Captain Brad and Jen Kennedy,
Executive Director of Blue Ocean Society for Marine Conservation and her crew
of interns.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Atlantic Queen is a
recreational fishing vessel by morning and whale watching boat by
afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Blue Ocean works with the vessel
as their naturalists, providing outreach and education regarding marine mammals
in the areas and they also gather marine debris data on the water.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gabby and Jen have been partners on the NH
Marine Debris to Energy Project for several years, which is how I found myself
on a work trip whale watch! We spent 4 hours listening for the blow of a whale
and looking for plastics in the swell.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I’d say the trip was a success on both fronts!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Finbacks and minke whales were both kind
enough to escort us around for the afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>While onboard, Capt Brad filled me in on some current issues with the NH
fishing fleet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Turns out, their guys are
in much the same “boat” with our red snapper commercial fishermen in
Louisiana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Half a country apart and so
easy to relate!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The trip wrapped up our
NH portion of the Exchange and I headed back to Maine for a few days of
recuperation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Little Island Oyster Company!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gabby
wasn’t able to join me for this visit but I was accompanied by a local friend
with connections in the industry.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="color: #000053; mso-bidi-font-family: Times;">Frank & Tonyia Peasley</span><span style="color: #000053; font-size: 16pt;">, </span>owners and fishermen, live in the area and farm both
tidal and subtidal ranges.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The farm is
operated on 5.3 acres along the Bagaduce River just outside of Penobscot,
Maine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The tour allowed me to see both
the differences and similarities in the NH oyster farms and Maine oyster
farms.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Push back from local residents
seemed to be a common issue in both states.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>I stood on the dock watching oysters being sorted and cleaned, listening
to Tonyia explain the ups and downs of being an oyster farmer, while slurping
these tasty treats out of one freshly shucked shell after another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Bartlett and Sarah Redmond.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Gabby and I
started the day off by meeting up with Chris Bartlett in Eastport, Maine.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chris lives so far north that even our cell
phones thought we were in Canada!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>My
best description for Chris’s work would have to be “dramatic”.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Everything just seems larger from the
whirlpools to the marine mammals to the size of his salmon farm
operations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Chris took us around
Pasamaquoddy Bay via boat to get a first hand look at the area and the fishing
communities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We took a little time to
drift in the Old Sow whirlpool and do a bit of whale watching in the area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Minke whales and both harbor and gray seals
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Chris is currently
working on a bird count project in an area where underwater turbines have been
proposed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His work focuses on the
scallop industry, lobster fisheries, and salmon farming in the region as well.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We headed down to Franklin, Maine to visit
with Sarah Redmond for the afternoon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Sarah works out of the Center for Cooperative Aquaculture Research.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The facility was impressive, to say the least!
Sarah is Maine Sea Grant’s resident seaweed guru and she is passionate about
spreading the word about the benefits and uses of seaweed- from fertilizer, to
food ingredients, even to ingredients for making beer! At CCAR, Sarah showed us
where she has most of her seaweed experiments and cultures and explained that
she was trying to figure out different ways to culture different species of
seaweed from sugar kelp to <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Grassilaria </i>and
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Porphyra.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></i>We left Franklin with a jar of Sarah’s own pickled baby kelp stipes
which were delicious!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Day 6: On the last day of our exchange, Gabby and I hit the
windy coastal road headed for Darling Marine Lab and Dana Morse, Maine Sea
Grant agent for the Walpole area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Dana
spent the morning showing us around the lab and discussing some of the projects
he focuses on in the region.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Eco-Tourism
and aquaculture were resounding words during our day with Dana and link
directly with the type of work both Gabby and I are doing in New Hampshire and
Louisiana.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The concept of “Oyster
Gardening” has been a hit with the local residents of the Walpole area.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Their group uses the program to train
individuals on proper oyster growing techniques over a two-year period.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The graduates have gone on to develop their
own “gardens” together, also.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We ended
the day with a lunch in town and Gabby and out I set out on our southern and
northern treks back for the night.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
exchange had proven itself to be invaluable with the discussions and hands on
experiences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Research projects have been
developed, workshops have been planned, and a future for the Exchange program
has hopefully been written in stone.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Gabriela Bradthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08609570483359615674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945267656895945469.post-23393649522055392962014-07-24T07:39:00.000-07:002014-07-24T09:34:01.546-07:00Helping aquaculture grow in N.H.It may not be as historically prevalent as groundfishing, but
aquaculture is quickly becoming an important part of the local seafood
scene in New Hampshire. This relatively new venture for many fishermen
who are seeking ways to supplement their income or transition to a new
job comes with its own set of challenges, and the National Oceanic and
Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) is seeking ways to help fishermen
overcome those challenges and advance aquaculture initiatives in New
England.<br />
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Two dozen N.H. fishermen, shellfish farmers, UNH researchers and
others involved in fisheries and aquaculture efforts attended a
discussion on July 17 at the Judd Gregg Marine Research Complex in New
Castle, N.H., that focused on challenges and opportunities related to
aquaculture. David Alves, Northeast Regional Coordinator for the
National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Office of Aquaculture and John
Bullard, Northeast Regional Administrator for NOAA Fisheries, were also
in attendance to find out about N.H. aquaculture first-hand and offer
guidance where possible.<br />
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“Aquaculture allows us to create food and jobs, both of which are
very worthwhile goals,” Bullard said. “Aquaculture holds a tremendous
amount of entrepreneurial opportunities. It’s people thinking outside
the box and engaging in new ways of doing things.”<br />
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Bullard and Alves began the discussion by first asking the group,
“What limits the growth and development of aquaculture right now?”<br />
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“You’re the ones living it every day, and you know what makes your
job harder,” Bullard said. “I need to know what those are so I can help
make your job easier.”<br />
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Attendees spoke at length about their challenges. Sourcing the
aquaculture equipment is a challenge for some of the shellfish farmers,
particularly those working in offshore environments where the gear needs
to withstand deep water and large waves while remaining economical to
purchase. Many of the shellfish farmers and aquaculturists said their
gear is made in other countries as far away as New Zealand, making it
harder to acquire and return if it does not meet their needs.<br />
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Pete Flanagan, co-operator of a mussel farm near the Isles of Shoals,
said the permitting process is a big hurdle for aquaculturists working
in federal waters.<br />
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Alves posed a question to the group: “If the permitting process was
more transparent, if you know you’ll get a permit in a year, would that
help?” Richard Langan, director for the UNH Coastal and Ocean Technology
Programs, said transparency in the permitting process could help ease
some of the burden, but aquaculturists would need to see some “success
stories” to be able to buy into it.<br />
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Michael Chambers, NHSG/UNHCE marine aquaculture specialist, added
that demonstration projects have tremendous potential to help by testing
the gear technology and vetting the permitting process.<br />
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Following this discussion, Erik Chapman, NHSG/UNHCE commercial
fisheries specialist, spoke to the group about the myriad community
collaborations involved in local seafood marketing. The N.H. Fresh and
Local Seafood brand, the community supported fishery, off-the-boat
sales, and new value-added seafood products are all efforts that help to
bring awareness of and access to N.H. seafood and provide fishermen
with a fair, stable price for their products.<br />
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Alves asked if those seafood marketing efforts could be scaled up for
N.H. seafood to reach markets further away, perhaps in the Midwest.
Chapman said it’s possible and cited Alaska seafood products as an
example of locally branded seafood that is sold all over the world.<br />
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N.H. fisherman Erik Anderson asked Bullard and Alves how NOAA and
NMFS might be able to help with local aquaculture efforts in more
tangible ways. Bullard provided some suggestions for possible grant
funding sources that fishermen could tap into. The Economic Development
Administration offers loans and grants to communities and private
businesses; this might be a good place to start when searching for
funding to establish or retrofit a processing facility that can handle
more N.H. seafood, he said. Money from the federal disaster declaration
of the Northeast U.S. groundfish stocks could be tapped into to help
out-of-work ground fishermen transition over to aquaculture, he added.<br />
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Bullard closed the discussion by noting the fiscal climate does not
allow for funding of all the aquaculture needs in New England, but if
fishermen think creatively, they can find opportunities for growth in
aquaculture endeavors.<br />
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“We’re trying to build a case for aquaculture in an environment where
aquaculture is sort of new,” Bullard said. “This is how we’re going to
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<span style="text-align: right;">Last night, Wednesday April 16th, we had the pleasure of participating in UNH Dining's Sustainable Seafood dinner event. We had our outreach and educational materials on display and were right in the midst of the action (Check out our new <a href="http://instagram.com/nhseafood" target="_blank">Instagram</a> to see some of the pictures of the event</span><span style="text-align: right;">!) The event was part of UNH's 6-week pilot project to bring locally harvested seafood into their dining halls and exposing the students to several seasonally available species that they may not be familiar with. David Hill, UNH Dining Assistant Director, Culinary Operations has stated that making more local seafood available to the students is a natural next step as part of UNH Dining's commitment to locally sourced foods*. Additionally, Hill says that bringing education to the students about our local fisheries is in keeping with the overarching education mission of UNH*.</span></div>
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UNH Dining in collaboration with NH Sea Grant, <a href="http://www.sustainableunh.unh.edu/" target="_blank">The Sustainability Institute</a> and <a href="http://www.slowfood.com/slowfish/pagine/eng/news/dettaglio_news.lasso?-idn=111" target="_blank">Slow Fish UNH</a>, held the dinner at Holloway Commons and featured new and different menu items such as skate wing tacos, fried redfish, seafood ceviche, locally grown kelp, local scallops, oysters and lobster dishes. Deb Scanlon, an Area Manager at Holloway Commons said that around 3100 students were served last night and that the feedback has been very positive. </div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNggrLLhGYl6VW0qcWhjy9H4Ou5cKBEpHPg9V2u9kAcsMgkyIRg9uN2WnbyQhpA0YINxlfWEOiH01A0X-os3PZOlN1QPI_tPJ-pfpKL7krxSbzxnMki1cuWQRY0mYt6vI12i5yfuh-VEZ6/s1600/IMG_6745.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNggrLLhGYl6VW0qcWhjy9H4Ou5cKBEpHPg9V2u9kAcsMgkyIRg9uN2WnbyQhpA0YINxlfWEOiH01A0X-os3PZOlN1QPI_tPJ-pfpKL7krxSbzxnMki1cuWQRY0mYt6vI12i5yfuh-VEZ6/s1600/IMG_6745.JPG" height="150" width="200" /></a>As part of the event, the Holloway Commons staff, NH Sea Grant and Slow Fish UNH helped to create, gather, and set up the "decor". One of the most popular decorations was the " <a href="https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10152311215286187.1073741883.120112256186&type=3" target="_blank">Catch a Redfish</a>" photo "set" which consisted of a giant cardboard cut-out of a redfish and fishing pole on a dock and students lined up to have their picture taken. NH Fresh and Local Seafood T-shirts were also featured throughout the dining hall; many of the servers and other staff members wore them and they looked great! It was a great way to spread the word about the NH Fresh and Local Seafood Brand. One of our local lobstermen, Damon Frampton out of Portsmouth, lent UNH Dining some lobster traps and buoys and even though we tried to get a real dinghy, the Holloway staff was creative and decided to just build their own! </div>
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Several representatives from the fishing industry were also available for the event including fisherman David Goethel from the F/V Ellen Diane, Jared Auerbach from Red's Best- a Boston-based seafood processor , Padi Anderson from F/V Rimrack, NH Community Seafood and Ocean Approved Kelp. </div>
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Finally, one of the most rewarding and significant moments of the event came when UNH President Mark Huddleston, Jon Plodziak, Director of Dining-UNH Dining Services, and Executive Chef Chris Kaschak signed onto committing to the Slow Fish International Principles. </div>
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This is significant because UNH Dining has agreed to actively support the local fishing community by sourcing and serving local seafood to its students and guest as well as purchasing seasonally available local seafood. Even more significant, however, is the commitment that UNH Dining has made to negotiate prices that are mutually beneficial to our local fishing community and to UNH dining. This commitment could have significant consequences to our local fishing community as UNH is one of the largest food purchasers in the state. In fact, on a weekly basis in Holloway Commons alone- an average of 500 lbs of fish are purchased and served to students. If you combine that with the other two dining halls, you are looking at a potentially consistent, higher-value market for NH Fresh and Local Seafood for our local fishermen. Additionally, UNH Dining has also committed to providing education and awareness of local seafood to its guests which supports NH Sea Grant and UNH Cooperative Extension's efforts in this area. Reaching this demographic can have far reaching effects on the the future of NH fisheries especially if they begin to demand more and more local seafood.</div>
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** All photos courtesy of G. Bradt, NH Sea Grant<br />
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One of the greatest things about being part of Sea Grant is
that we are instantaneously a part of a nation-wide network where colleagues
from all of the 33 Sea Grant programs can function as resources for one
another.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>But here is the reality- it is
rare that we DO use each other as resources, mostly because we are focused on
our work in our own states and regions and it is counter-intuitive to reach out
to colleagues from across the country. It is also rare that we get to interact
with each other in person on a regular basis- oh we have Sea Grant Week and
Regional Sea Grant meetings and some of us have been lucky enough to go through
Sea Grant Academy but how often do we really connect after these events are
over?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The Sea Grant network in theory is
a valuable resource IF we can tap into it and if we KNOW what is happening in
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With this in mind and as an example of what can happen when
we get together at events such as Sea Grant Academy, a few of us newly minted Academy
2013 grads realized that we were doing similar programming and that it might be
worthwhile to visit each other to learn more. Thus, over dinners and drinks
Twyla Herrington, Alan Matherne<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(both
from <a href="http://www.laseagrant.org/index.html">Louisiana Sea Grant</a>)
and myself, thought the idea of a “Sea Grant Exchange” where Sea Grant agents
from other programs would host each other for several days and have them see
and participate in what they do in their daily Sea Grant jobs and in so doing
see if any programming can be adaptable and implemented in their home programs.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Of course such ideas also need some financial backing which
got us thinking about what it would entail to get it up and running which is
still a big question and a hurdle.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, as we continued to talk about other things such as direct
marketing of seafood and our work with the fishing industry an idea came to
mind that could make the first “exchange” plausible. Alan and others from
Louisiana Sea Grant were putting together the second annual <a href="mailto:http://www.nola.com/environment/index.ssf/2014/03/louisiana_fisheries_summit_to.html">Louisiana
Fisheries Summit</a> in the Spring of 2014 and Twyla was organizing a Crab
Workshop series around the same time. Both of these events were similar to
things that I was thinking about in some form or other for New Hampshire
(instead of crabs, lobsters) and I really thought it would be beneficial- even
if I paid for it myself- to attend one or both of these events. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When I returned back to work, I spoke to my
supervisor and other colleagues about this “exchange” and all said it would be
a great opportunity but I would need to figure out a way to make it happen
because there was no money for that sort of thing.<o:p></o:p></div>
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In November, Alan sent me a draft agenda of the Summit and
suggested that perhaps I could contribute to the agenda by giving a talk or a
poster to not only justify the trip but also to be an active participant.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>We decided that some of my work dove-tailed
nicely with the Direct Marketing of Seafood portions of the agenda and Alan
invited me to give a presentation on “Professional Fisheries and Direct
Marketing of Seafood- the East Coast Experience” and then invited Pete Granger
from Washington Sea Grant to give a similar talk from the West Coast.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Now the only thing to do was to solve the question of how to
fund this trip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I would like to say that
Sea Grant and UNH threw money at me and paid my way, but that is not what
happened. Rather, I was lucky enough to have a little reserve fund that my
supervisor said I could tap into if I thought this “exchange” was worth it and
Twyla and I figured out places to stay that were free (read- family and friends
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The entrance to Stella Plantation, Plaquemines Parish, LA</td></tr>
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Fast forward to March 10<sup>th</sup>, 2014 and I am on a
plane to New Orleans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Twyla Herrington
went above and beyond (in my opinion) as my LA SG guide and kept true to the
spirit of the exchange.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Thanks to Twyla
and her husband’s truck, I spent 5 amazing and truly valuable days as an
honorary LA SG marine agent!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Twyla took
me on all her daily duties, which included listening to some of her phone calls
and requests from her stakeholders and fishermen. For example, I did not know
that as Sea Grant agents, we could be called upon to find out information on
bait types and prices, or that speaking to insurance providers was on our list
of services. In addition, I got to tour her office at the LA AgCenter building
in Belle Chasse, LA. Twyla covers Plaquemines and St. Bernard Parishes, two of
the parishes that were greatly affected by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and that
have a large shrimping and crawfish fishing industry. I tagged along with Twyla
and met some of her “clients” including an owner of an incredibly beautiful
Plantation, <a href="http://www.stellaplantation.com/">Stella Plantation</a>,
which she works with because of her ecotourism programming. She took me to the
shrimp docks and onto a boat that was being refitted into a charter boat and I
got to hear plans about a lake being built on a farm so that crawfishing (as a
venture into ecotourism) could occur. I also learned that her “people” really
trust her and depend on her. They have her cell phone number (which pinged
constantly with emails or texts) and they really do use her as the great
resource that she is!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Shrimp boat docks, Plaquemines Parish, LA</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Peruga- a shrimp boat being retro-fitted for ecotourism usage.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">G. Bradt speaking at the Louisiana Fisheries Summit</td></tr>
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<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On Wednesday, March
12, we left New Orleans and drove a few hours southwest to Houma, LA to the
convention center where the Fisheries Summit was being held for the next two
days. What struck me the most about this event was the number of LA fishermen
that attended, over 300 over the course of the two days and the number of Sea
Grant agents as well as representative of LA Department of Wildlife and
Fisheries (LDWF). <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Granted, I am
comparing this to my small NH fisheries, but I was still impressed at the
participation, especially from fishermen. The Summit itself was a wealth of
information, a lot, obviously, was centered around LA specific<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>issues such as the state of the crab and
shrimp industries and much was centered on direct marketing of Louisiana
seafood. But there were also sessions about seafood safety and handling, vessel
safety, gear and refrigeration just to name a few. In addition, there was a
small trade show featuring the US Coast Guard, Banks, LDWF and direct marketing
efforts such as <a href="http://buy.louisianaseafood.com/">Louisiana Seafood</a>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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The Summit for me was a great learning experience especially
with regard to direct marketing and ecotourism<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>but more importantly it was a chance to talk<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and meet other members of the Gulf seafood
industry and fellow Sea Grant colleagues such as Julie Anderson whom I have
worked with on marine debris issues, Pete Granger (WA SG), John Bell, John
Supan (aka “Sup”), Julie Falgout, Thu Bui, Carol Franze, Lauren Land and Thomas
Hymel. It was great hearing about their work and how they have tackled similar
issues in Louisiana as my colleagues and I are encountering here in New
Hampshire. It was really exciting to know that our network, really truly is a
rich resource for all of us. I can now say, that I am comfortable picking up
the telephone and calling these fellow Sea Grant agents if I have questions or
just referring them to other people, because I now have an idea of what they
can offer both in knowledge and experience. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fellow Sea Granters, Lauren Land and Twyla Herrington</td></tr>
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After the Summit, Twyla and I headed south to Grand Isle to
visit John Supan who is the director of the Sea Grant Oyster Hatchery and got a
full tour of the operation down there –although it was shut down for the season
and hadn’t started back up.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was a
beautiful location and talking with “Sup” made me start thinking about another
version of the “exchange” which would involve spending a week on Grand Isle
learning the tools <o:p></o:p>of the oyster culture trade from one of the best in the field and would be “Professional Development Camp” for Sea Grant!</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Entrance to Grand Isle, LA</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">John Supan, Director of the LASG Oyster Hatchery and Twyla Herrington</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The LASG Oyster Hatchery residence, Grand Isle, LA.</td></tr>
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All in all, I came back to New Hampshire with a head full of
ideas and resources and potential additions to our program, new friends,
contacts and potential collaborators in the future. This was exactly what we
hoped this exchange would do and I am looking forward to hosting LA Sea Grant
as the next leg of the “exchange”. It is our hope that this will garner some
well-deserved publicity and backing from Sea Grant and that it becomes a
formalized opportunity for other Sea Grant agents to take advantage of.<br />
<br />
<a href="https://seagrant.unh.edu/news/stepping-collaborative-efforts-sea-grant-exchange-program" target="_blank">You can read a story about this exchange program. </a><br />
<br />
- Dr. Gabby Bradt<br />
Fisheries Extension Specialist, NH Sea Grant/UNH Cooperative Extension<br />
<br />
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seafood sales recently convened to discuss ways to integrate their local marketing efforts
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2013 was a year of transition for many associated with
the commercial fishing industry, yet the year also offered some hope for those
willing to strategize new marketing methods and diversify their fishing
efforts. N.H. Sea Grant produced a <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lYQt6Fr1aaU" target="_blank">video summarizing the 2013 marketing efforts</a>and another <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvbvTWOh-hk" target="_blank">video about the lobster band project and its connection with marinedebris removal</a>.</div>
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The most recent fisheries meeting, facilitated by Erik
Chapman, NHSG/UNHCE commercial fisheries specialist, took place on Monday,
March 10<sup>th</sup> from 6-8 p.m. at the Urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth,
N.H. The attendees began by discussing the latest news regarding dogfish.
Despite their abundance in the Gulf of Maine waters, dogfish are not a
sought-after species in the U.S., and thus fishermen do not receive much money
for catching them. The lack of a domestic market coupled with the difficulty of
processing dogfish — there is currently only one processor in New England that
will take dogfish, and most fishermen say it’s not worth their time to process dogfish
themselves aboard their boats — means that it will likely continue to be a
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Charlie French, UNHCE associate professor of social
science, presented information from his N.H. Sea Grant-funded research
regarding alternative seafood marketing to the meeting attendees, including
more information about dogfish marketing. <a href="https://seagrant.unh.edu/news/nhsg-research-identifies-opportunities-market-underloved-seafood-species" target="_blank">You can read more about this research.</a></div>
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</span></span></span>Although farmer’s markets do not provide much
additional income for fishermen who bring their seafood there, farmer’s markets
do provide an educational opportunity to help build consumer awareness about
their products and this may ultimately translate into word-of-mouth advertising.
Most of the attendees agreed that selling their products at farmer’s markets
were therefore worthwhile.</div>
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</span></span></span>The <a href="http://www.nhcommunityseafood.com/" target="_blank">N.H. Community Seafood</a> CSF will operate once
again this year, and they are hoping to deliver fresh seafood further inland in
the Granite State. The CSF would like to deliver to more restaurants this year.</div>
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</span></span></span>There is a demand, particularly in the summer
months, for clear and concise information about what fish to buy, where to buy
it and what restaurants carry local seafood. </div>
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</span></span></span>Amanda Parks, a UNH senior, is developing a
SmartPhone app called the “Seacoast Seafood Locator” as part of a capstone
class project. The app would provide information including seafood retail
markets, the types of local fish that are available, and when different species
are available throughout the year. Amanda hopes to include other features,
including cooking tips, recipes, nutrition information, and a GPS locator to
guide app users to the nearest market. She hopes to have the app completed
sometime this year.</div>
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Dining Services if they would be willing to offer local seafood on their dining
hall menus regularly. The university is interested in doing so and will begin a
6-8 week pilot to test the long-term feasibility of this decision in the near
future. </div>
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</span></span></span>Local lobstermen are interested in changing the
laws that make frozen lobster tail meat illegal in N.H.—it’s legal to sell it
in Maine and Massachusetts. They would also like to be able to sell the knuckle
and claw meat.</div>
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</span></span></span><a href="http://yankeefish.com/" target="_blank">Yankee Fishermen’s Co-Op</a> employees are trying to
develop a breaded pollock fillet to sell in frozen form to Seacoast pubs and
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In addition to these updates, the group agreed to host
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849223650761049502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945267656895945469.post-66213481244724308732014-03-05T08:20:00.003-08:002014-03-05T08:20:31.746-08:00NH Sea Grant and UNH Cooperative Extension Helping Fishermen Adapt Through Innovative GEARNET Program<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 13px;">A floating cod pot serves as a backdrop for a reflection on the 'GEARNET experience'</td></tr>
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Erik Chapman and Gabby Bradt, Fisheries Extension Specialists at NH Sea Grant and UNH Cooperative Extension are working with regional fishermen, fisheries scientists, net manufacturers and managers to help fishermen develop gear that improves their bottom-line and protects the marine ecosystem. Surrounded by gear and project results posters from GEARNET projects, around 30 attendees gathered last weekend with GEARNET project leaders at the Maine Fishermen's Forum to hear an overview of results from the 35 GEARNET projects that have been developed since 2010. Details on gillnet results were also presented followed by a discussion on lessons-learned and overall contribution of the project more broadly to efforts to improve and support the fishing industry's capacity to adapt to a changing world.....read more at: http://www.gearnet.org/blog.html</h4>
Erik Chapmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11562895509779477050noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945267656895945469.post-69207190152502784612014-01-30T06:33:00.000-08:002014-01-30T06:33:28.080-08:00Helping shellfish growers succeed: A workshop on best management practices<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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The nascent Great Bay oyster farm industry has been
picking up speed in recent years, growing to eight current farms and garnering
the interest of local foodies. Many of these farmers are entirely new to the
process, trying to navigate the complexities of starting a new business without
a lot of background knowledge that might help streamline some of their
operations. </div>
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Following on the heels of last autumn’s roundtable
discussion about opportunities and challenges for Great Bay oyster farmers, shellfish
growers from Maine and N.H. attended a recent discussion about best management
practices on shellfish farms. The workshop was held at the Urban Forestry
Center in Portsmouth, N.H., on Jan. 28<sup>th</sup> and was sponsored by UNH
Cooperative Extension, N.H. Sea Grant, the East Coast Shellfish Growers
Association, the N.H. Farm Service Agency and Extension Risk Management
Education — Northeast Center. Researchers, extension specialists and industry
experts presented information to the workshop attendees about methods to guide
their business plan, minimize their risks and possibly improve their revenues. </div>
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seafood and telling the story</b></div>
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Charlie French, UNH Cooperative Extension professor,
shared the results from his NHSG-funded research on alternative seafood
marketing. His research indicated that although consumers place importance on
local seafood, simply being local isn’t enough, he said. People are only
willing to pay a premium if the seafood is of high quality. That means taking
utmost care to keep the shellfish cold from harvest to point of sale. </div>
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Some of the shellfish growers in the audience noted that
they sell their product at farmer’s markets. French said that while they might
not sell a lot of volume at that venue, farmer’s markets are great places to
generate a buzz about their product and learning who grows their food. He
encouraged the growers to tell their story, let the public get to know the
farmers and their food, and collaborate with other people and organizations who
want to promote that story. </div>
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The last time these shellfish growers met, there was
discussion about the potential to form a co-op. Michael Chambers,
NHSG/UNHCE<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>marine aquaculture
specialist, asked if the growers had discussed this any further in the time
since that meeting. A few of the growers spoke up, saying they felt that a
co-op was unnecessary, but that a loosely formed organization would be
beneficial to help promote Great Bay oysters, present a unified front, work
together to lobby for change in shellfish management decisions, but yet retain
individual control over each of their companies and products. </div>
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One major decision the shellfish growers face is whether
or not to apply for crop insurance. Linda Grames, program specialist from the
N.H. Farm Service Agency spoke to the group about the USDA noninsured crop
disaster assistance program. Although oysters aren’t technically covered under
regular crop insurance, this program would provide financial assistance to
shellfish growers who experience a significant loss of their crop due to
weather-related events, including long spells of bitter cold weather and ice
that wreak havoc on oyster farms. Disease outbreaks like Dermo and MSX would
have to be linked to a weather event, such as drought, in order for oyster
farmers to receive reimbursement for crop loss.</div>
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Michael Sciabarrasi, UNHCE agricultural business
management specialist, discussed adjusted gross revenue policies — a type of
insurance that protects against variability in crop revenues due to natural
disasters or market fluctuations. Because this program requires five years of production,
most of the nascent Great Bay oyster farms do not currently qualify. However,
Sciabarrassi noted that this type of insurance might be a worthwhile investment
in the future. Managing risks will lessen the impact of catastrophic losses and
reduce income variability, he said.</div>
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Three representatives from the <a href="http://www.ecsga.org/" target="_blank">East Coast ShellfishGrowers Association</a> spoke to
the workshop attendees about the importance of developing farm management plans
and adhering to best management practices (BMPs). Gef Flimlin, Kathy Rhodes and
Sandy MacFarlane of ECSGA explained that BMPs are a basic code of conduct — in
the case of shellfish growers, BMPs could include items such as check your gear
often, clean up any fuel spills you cause, use appropriate methods to control
biofouling on the gear, help educate the public, and be good neighbors to other
growers and nearby landowners. The ECSGA has already established a list of BMPs
that local growers can adopt. These BMPs offer another advantage: they indicate
the appropriate steps to take if a grower runs into trouble with a Vibrio
outbreak or predator issues on their farms. If a grower is following the BMPs
for the entire East Coast shellfish industry, it will demonstrate that they are
operating their business in a responsible manner, Rhodes said.</div>
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MacFarlane spoke to the attendees about developing a farm
management plan — an operating manual that documents how growers run their farm
practices. A farm plan includes BMPs in its operations manual and helps
minimize growers risks, placing them in a better position to receive funds
through loans or crop insurance. It will also demonstrate to consumers that the
shellfish grower is committed to environmental stewardship and a healthy
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Throughout their presentation, the ECSGA representatives
stressed the importance of good record-keeping. Flimlin suggested that the
growers should purchase a temperature logger to place on their equipment so
they can keep track of the water temperatures throughout the year. Using a
secchi disk can help determine water clarity, he said, and it’s a good idea to
record, either in written format or voice recording on a smartphone, the
general conditions of their gear, how many juvenile oysters they stocked and
anything else the growers notice while on their site and checking their crop. </div>
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For more information about these topics, please contact Michael Chambers at michael.chambers@unh.edu. </div>
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The Rogues Experience at Redhook Brewery on Jan. 11th provided an evening of seafood tastings and a screening of a new television show dedicated to local food.<br />
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Above: Local lobstermen, oyster farmers, and representatives from N.H. Fresh and Local Seafood and Taylor Lobster were at the Rogues Experience event to help educate the public about local seafood. <br />
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The upcoming culinary adventure travel show, Rogues on the Road, features locally produced/caught/foraged food and drinks. The two hosts of the show, Matt Frohman and Rich Marshall, introduced their pilot episode that was filmed in Banff, Alberta, Canada, followed by footage featuring N.H. lobstermen and oyster farmers that may become a future episode.<br />
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The event provided an opportunity for attendees to sample food and drinks featuring a Seacoast ingredient: softshell lobster. Redhook Brewery provided their Black Lobstah Lager, made from locally sourced softshell lobsters and oysters. Chefs from nine restaurants prepared lobster BLTs, risotto, tarts and many other creations to showcase the sweet flavor of softshell lobsters caught near the Seacoast.<br />
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Softshell lobsters tend to be easier to prepare for menu items because they lack a hard shell, and many chefs and consumers have indicated that softshell lobsters are more flavorful and succulent than hardshell lobsters.<br />
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Softshells are also more abundant than hardshells, particularly in warmer months, but lobstermen receive lower prices for them. Many lobstermen have expressed concern about this, noting that the high costs of fuel and bait coupled with low prices for softshells mean they are barely breaking even financially. <br />
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Representatives from Taylor Lobster Company, N.H. Fresh and Local Seafood, Fat Dog Oyster Company and the Seacoast Science Center attended the event to help educate the public about local seafood and healthy marine ecosystems. <br />
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For more information about local seafood, please visit <a href="http://www.nhseafood.com/">www.nhseafood.com</a>. <br /><br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849223650761049502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945267656895945469.post-55886729331705883272014-01-07T06:48:00.000-08:002014-01-07T06:48:02.341-08:00Growing blue mussels and reducing nutrients in N.H. waters<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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fishermen have been actively involved in raising steelhead trout just off the
coast from Fort Constitution at the mouth of the Piscataqua River for the past
two years. But the trout aren't the only living organism growing in the
pens -- sugar kelp and blue mussels, both species that occur naturally in the
Gulf of Maine, have been growing on the mooring lines for the trout nets. N.H.
Sea Grant marine aquaculture specialist Michael Chambers said the kelp and
mussels both help extract nutrients from the river and from the trout in the underwater nets. </span></span></span><br />
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wild and seeded on 4 m lines suspended around the trout cages. As filter
feeders, they remove particulate matter and nutrients from the water
surrounding the cages and coming in from the river. The mussels were raised to
40-60 mm before they were stocked in modified lobster pots by the seven N.H.
fishermen that assist with the daily care and maintenance of the steelhead
trout and their cages.</span></span></div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849223650761049502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945267656895945469.post-76721558123099971792013-05-16T07:50:00.000-07:002013-05-21T08:07:56.340-07:00Stocking steelhead trout for aquacultureLocal fishermen are once again working with UNH professor of zoology Hunt Howell and NHSG/UNHCE aquaculture specialist Michael Chambers to raise steelhead trout in offshore cages. Last year's efforts were extremely successful, yielding fillets that were in high demand at local fish markets. The fishermen that helped out by feeding the fish and maintaining the nets received some of the profits last December, helping to keep them going amidst economic challenges that the fleet is facing. Howell and Chambers are once again leading these efforts for the 2013 field season with the help of lead fisherman Erik Anderson. <br />
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Three N.H. fishermen--Bill Marconi, his son Will and brother Vinny--recently helped to stock 300, 2/3-lb. trout in the fish pens just off the coast from Fort Constitution in New Castle. Mike from Sumner Brook Fish Farm in Ossipee, N.H., delivered the fish to the UNH pier.<br />
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Will lowered the fish to Bill and Vinny on the boat deck where the trout were placed in aerated tanks.<br />
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There were two pens waiting for the fish just around the corner from the pier. The trout were placed into one pen and covered with a net to prevent predation by birds.<br />
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Approximately eight local fishermen--many of the same individuals who helped with the project last year--will feed the fish and clean the nets again this year for harvest later in the fall.<br />
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Another 800, 1/3 lb. trout were temporarily stocked into a cage in the warmer waters of Great Bay at the UNH Jackson Estuarine Lab. Chambers is trying to determine the best weight and acclimation period at which to stock. The larger trout cost more to purchase from the fish farm, but the smaller fish will require more food to reach market weight. Chambers will run the calculations based on their growth this year and decide how to proceed in future years. <br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849223650761049502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945267656895945469.post-6822927691623003512013-05-15T10:32:00.001-07:002013-05-15T10:32:23.097-07:00What's growing at the UNH Pier? Spring 2013 editionThe longer days are allowing for a lot of growth going on at the UNH Judd Gregg Marine Research Complex--specifically, under the pier. NHSG/UNHCE aquaculture specialist Michael Chambers takes us on the tour:<br />
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Sugar kelp from the seeded line deployed this winter is now quite long and full. The kelp will be harvested soon and Michael is looking for local chefs and restaurants interested in trying it out on their menus.<br />
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This little lumpfish was hiding in the kelp. Lumpfish eat sea lice off other fish.<br />
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Here is a tiny sea urchin also hanging out in the kelp.<br />
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Michael is testing oyster growth under the piers. The wave action chips away the ragged edges of the shells, causing the oysters to grow a deeper cupped shell that leads to a meatier oyster. He hopes to test their ability to grow in offshore areas later this summer.<br />
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Mussels grow naturally on any line put into the water. Pending EPA approval, these mussels growing under the pier can be sold to local seafood markets and restaurants.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849223650761049502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945267656895945469.post-26532780039251288002013-03-14T12:54:00.000-07:002013-03-14T19:44:35.482-07:00Local Restaurant hosts local food dinner featuring locally sourced fish<!--[if !mso]>
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a special dinner. The meal was a 50-mile
challenge local food dinner, part of Seacoast Local’s Field and Spoon Dinner
series. The event was sold out, with
approximately 35 diners present. NH Sea
Grant, though not an event host, did support the dinner by donating the local
seafood that Chef Mallett made the central features of his dinner. The challenge of the dinner series was for
the participating chefs to create a menu with local food sourced from a 50-mile
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kitchen as Evan and his staff were busy preparing the meal.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Evan was thinly
slicing the scallops that he had gotten from <a href="http://www.rimrackfish.com/" target="_blank">The R/V Rimrack </a>and he was excited
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began promptly at 6 PM and the downstairs dining area of the Black Trumpet was
elegantly set and the atmosphere was warm and inviting. As people were seated, the staff brought out
a “Seren-dippity Spring Farmhouse Ale”, a beer </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">specially blended</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> for the event
by <a href="http://throwbackbrewery.com/">Throwback Brewery</a> located in North
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about the Seacoast Local mission and current programs and events.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Chef Mallett then came out and explained that
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also preparing food for his regular customers!
The meal was served family style and proceeded with dish after dish, all
beautifully presented.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> Towards the end of the meal, Dr. Bradt briefly spoke
about NH Sea Grant’s involvement with the dinner and spoke about the efforts of
NH Sea Grant and University of New Hampshire Cooperative Extension to support
the local fishing industry by encouraging people to buy from their local
fishermen and other local seafood suppliers.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;">Dr. Bradt directed the diners to the newly redesigned <a href="http://nhseafood.com/">NHSeafood.com</a> website to get more information about where to get NH-caught seafood and from whom.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;">She explained
that in 2013, with the help of a steering committee made up of fishermen, chefs
and other industry representatives, NH Sea Grant would be unveiling a marketing
campaign and effort to promote the NH Fresh and Local seafood brand, holding
events and participating in other programs in support of the local fishermen
and the eat local movement.</span></div>
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huge success. The last in the dinner
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Gabriela Bradthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08609570483359615674noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945267656895945469.post-55065398776141550052013-03-05T09:42:00.002-08:002013-03-05T09:46:45.126-08:00Talking about how to protect the little guy…<br />
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As part of the <a href="https://namanet.org/who-fishes-matters-tour">“ Who Fishes Matters Tour</a>”
sponsored by the Northwest Atlantic Marine Alliance (NAMA) a forum on “Catch
Shares and Community Safeguards” was held at the Portsmouth Public Library on
March 4, 2013. The forum was well
attended, with a mixed audience ranging from UNH students, to local fishermen,
academics and other community representatives.
The “ Who Fishes Matters” tour is an attempt to promote discussion
across New England regarding better policies and protections for the fishing
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discussion surrounding the proposed <a href="http://www.nefmc.org/nemulti/cte_mtg_docs/130306/BA18%20status%20update%202_2013.pdf">Amendment
18</a> to the groundfish management plan by the New England Fisheries Management
Council (NEFMC) which will be up for consideration on Wednesday, March 6. Amendment 18 would consider establishing
accumulation caps and other issues associated with fleet diversity. Accumulation caps would potentially provide
protection to the smaller boat fleet diversity as well as limit any one entity
from having disproportionate control of the total allowable catch. The establishment of these safeguards and
provisions in Amendment 18 are necessary since the implementation of the sector
management and catch share system in New England in 2010. In the two years since the sector management
system was put in place, local fishermen have noted an increase in fleet
consolidation has taken place. Fleet
consolidation means fewer and fewer smaller boats can keep fishing. As of 2012 there has been approximately a 63%
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5BgY1_N7TnMCCWpA5QMaNAeEdR_cR-Om9QA_oU5szDkVehN0QKFIbUDM6T6Cq0qLaWe0-JNYwcJWxzI1m-SrzhrgjJyD3yh1tpWhfSSE4rcl1NBmISy0Jo0NO-_Jil3G6K-elfNjTlt-/s1600/DSC01862%255B10%255D.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS5BgY1_N7TnMCCWpA5QMaNAeEdR_cR-Om9QA_oU5szDkVehN0QKFIbUDM6T6Cq0qLaWe0-JNYwcJWxzI1m-SrzhrgjJyD3yh1tpWhfSSE4rcl1NBmISy0Jo0NO-_Jil3G6K-elfNjTlt-/s320/DSC01862%255B10%255D.jpg" width="320" /></a>Catch share systems that have been implemented without any
safeguards in other areas of the world have led to the collapse of the small
boat fleets. Ellen Goethel, the wife of
local fisherman and NEFMC member, David Goethel, explained that because quota
can be bought or leased within the catch share system, those with access to
high amounts of capital- namely the larger boats - can quickly buy up all the
quota, forcing others to have to lease to fish, which in many cases is
unsustainable for smaller boats.
Interestingly, some of the safeguards that are currently being proposed
as part of Amendment 18 such as 20% accumulation cap, had already been written
into the catch share system in New England, but the NEFMC removed that
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Much of the discussion at Monday night’s forum centered
around the 5 provisions being considered in Amendment 18 including:<o:p></o:p></div>
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1) Quota Caps<o:p></o:p></div>
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2) maintaining inshore and offshore fleets<o:p></o:p></div>
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3) quota set-asides<o:p></o:p></div>
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4) transparent leasing provisions<o:p></o:p></div>
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5) owner-operator provisions<o:p></o:p></div>
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Regarding the inshore-offshore fleets, some participants
suggested that the only equitable way of dealing with larger boats fishing
inshore would be to implement a system where boats would have to sign in to
either fishing offshore or fishing inshore but that once declared, that boat
could only fish in the declared area. This would
hopefully limit the large boats from fishing inshore and allow the less
sea-worthy inshore fleet more access.
Most people agreed that pursuing Amendment 18 was worthwhile although
some felt that in the end it might be a ‘too little, too late” situation, but
that safeguards for protecting the smaller boats, the diversity of the fleet
and the ability for the next generation to enter into fishing was essential.<o:p></o:p></div>
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For more on the forum go to <a href="http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130305-NEWS-303050390">http://www.seacoastonline.com/articles/20130305-NEWS-303050390</a><o:p></o:p></div>
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The fish pens in the Piscataqua River that normally hold steelhead
trout are now teeming with another form of life — sugar kelp. This native
species is being grown on lines this winter for eventual harvest in late spring
when they reach 2-3 m in length. NHSG/UNHCE marine aquaculture specialist
Michael Chambers says he expects to grow almost 50 kelp plants per meter of
line, leading to a potential harvest weight of 1800 kg total — that’s almost
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While they grow, the kelp will help extract excess nutrients
like ammonia, nitrite and nitrate in the river. And for a waterway like the
Piscataqua already impaired by too many nutrients, any bit of help is welcome.
But the kelp’s final destination will be select markets for human consumption:
once harvested, the kelp will be sent to <a href="http://www.oceanapproved.com/">Ocean Approved</a> for processing and
distribution as kelp slaw and kelp noodles. </div>
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But how exactly do you grow kelp on lines? </div>
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Sugar kelp “gametophytes” — the reproductive tissue in the kelp
blade that releases spores into the environment — were collected from naturally
occurring kelp growing on the fish pens under the pier. Once collected, the gametophytes were brought to Ocean Approved in
Portland, Maine, where they were spawned in captivity. The kelp spores settled
onto spools of twine and grown in tanks for two months. These spools were
recently brought back to N.H. with the help of Sarah Redmond, marine extension
associate from <a href="http://www.seagrant.umaine.edu/">Maine Sea Grant</a> and Paul Dobbins, co-owner of Ocean Approved. </div>
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Chambers says there is potential for local oyster farmers to
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Last summer, the price of lobsters fell to almost record
lows — as low as $2.99/lb. in some markets. Although low lobster prices meant
good news for consumers hosting lobster bakes near the beach, it caused some
financial hardships for lobstermen who weren’t receiving much money for their
efforts. Seacoast lobstermen are concerned that this price drop is becoming a
yearly trend that could eventually push many of them out of the business. </div>
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The N.H. Sea Grant/UNH Cooperative Extension Sustainable
Marine Fisheries Program hosted a Fisheries Roundtable on Feb. 11 from 5:30-8
p.m. at the Urban Forestry Center in Portsmouth, N.H. to discuss this chronic
collapse of lobster pricing structure. About a dozen local lobstermen, dealers,
and NHSG/UNHCE specialists attended the meeting. The goals of the roundtable
were twofold: to improve the understanding of the mechanisms behind the annual
collapse in prices and to generate ideas for possible alternative strategies
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Attendees discussed their thoughts about the causes of the
low prices. Many felt that the large numbers of lobsters — particularly in
Downeast Maine and Canada where there is a glut of them — and lobster quality
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With warming ocean temperatures earlier in the spring,
lobsters shed their shells a month or two earlier than usual, before the time
when tourists would be visiting and eat these “shedders.” Many of the
processors are overloaded at that time of year (the height of fishing season in
Canada) and so cannot help process all the shedders that are brought in. For
those lobsters that can be processed, the prices are often slashed to move them
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“Low prices help to move lobsters, but go too low and you do
brand damage,” said Brett Taylor, a lobster dealer from Taylor Lobster in
Kittery, Maine. “Then if you want to increase the price, people think it’s too
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Seafood dealers pay more money for hardshell lobsters than
for softshells or lobsters with older shells that appear “beat up” because
consumers generally prefer the hardshells. However, softshells are more readily
available and cheaper in the Seacoast region than hardshells — and by most
accounts, the meat is sweeter than that of hardshell lobsters, too. Perhaps
what is needed is a better marketing campaign to help get the word out about
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Some lobstermen noted the selling lobsters directly off their
boats could help increase their prices, as some consumers enjoy going down to
the docks and interacting directly with the lobstermen. However, selling
directly off the boat could damage the relationship between lobstermen and
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One lobsterman noted that many of the younger generations
aren’t interested in cooking and preparing live lobsters in their homes anymore
— they prefer lobster that is ready to use. A value-added product, such as the
lobster ravioli manufactured by the Portsmouth Lobster Company, could tap into
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Gabby Bradt, NHSG/UNHCE commercial fisheries specialist,
noted that if lobsters were banded with the N.H. Fresh and Local brand, it
might help increase demand locally. Many attendees noted that local restaurants
often buy their lobster from Canada, but perhaps they could be convinced to use
N.H. lobsters on their menus instead. </div>
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Roundtable attendees agreed that future steps likely involve
collaboration with the Seacoast groundfishermen to come up with solutions to
better market the fish species and lobsters that are still available. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This collaboration would merge lobstermen and
groundfishermen into a coordinated marketing campaign – 2013 N.H. Fresh and Local
Seafood -<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that was discussed at a
NH Sea Grant/UNH Cooperative Extension meeting last week.</div>
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This year will usher in a lot of big changes for New England
fishermen, as they are facing deep cuts in groundfish quotas and must find
innovative ways to make ends meet. With the help of N.H. Sea Grant/UNH
Cooperative Extension staffers, Seacoast locals are putting together a campaign
to find solutions to keep fishermen going amidst the challenges that loom for
the coming years. The first in a series of meetings was held at the Portsmouth
Public Library on Feb. 6, 2013 to address what can be done. </div>
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“The time is now to pull together the voices in the fishing
community for a broader campaign,” said Erik Chapman, commercial fisheries
specialist for N.H. Sea Grant/UNH Cooperative Extension who led the meeting.
“We need to develop trust and synergy between us in all these efforts.” </div>
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The goal of the meeting was for these individuals to meet
and discuss their ability to contribute to such a campaign. The campaign’s
steering committee will likely comprise more than a dozen individuals ranging
from fishermen, chefs, seafood distributors, non-profit groups and UNHCE/NHSG
specialists.</div>
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The marketing campaign — its name is forthcoming — hopes to
educate the public about the availability and sustainability of locally caught
fish. Cod and other groundfish will be available but in very limited quantities
as they are being managed for improved sustainability in their stocks. In the
meantime, other species will be more prominent including hake, pollock,
redfish, softshell lobsters and dogfish. The attendees acknowledged that public
perception is a big hurdle, as they simply haven’t been exposed to these
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The goal of the campaign will be to foster a connection
between fishermen and consumers and to offer members of the Seacoast community
the opportunity to participate in a movement that will help preserve our
fishing heritage and conserve our marine resources (visit <a href="http://www.nhseafood.com/">NHseafood.com </a>for
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There was a lot of energy in the room and it was clear that
everyone is dedicated to working together to find solutions for the year ahead.
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849223650761049502noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945267656895945469.post-13987162917823233962012-12-09T11:28:00.000-08:002012-12-09T11:28:03.003-08:00Steelhead Splash!
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NH grown steelhead trout are now available at Seaport Fish and Sanders in Portsmouth, NH. The trout were grown as part of a NH Sea Grant project teaching fishermen how to culture trout and mussels together on floating rafts in the Piscataqua River. The mussels grow naturally onto fuzzy rope suspended around the rafts and take a year until harvest size (about 55mm).
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They are bio filters and absorb nutrients from the river and the trout. Fishermen can conduct aquaculture while fishing to supplement their income. This sort of ‘diversification’ of business by fishermen is critical given unpredictable markets, ecosystems and management associated with today’s fisheries.
Currently, eight fishermen are participating in daily feeding and weekly harvesting of the fish.
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The trout were transferred into the sea cages from Sumner Brook Trout Farm in Ossipee, NH in June. They were 150g then and are now between 1.5-2kg. Customers purchasing the trout like the quality, taste and fact that they are raised locally. Trout will be available until January with the hopes of continued production next spring. For more information, contact Michael Chambers @ Michael.Chambers@unh.edu
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What does it take to get fish from the trawl net to the
dinner table? Hint: a whole lot more than simple transit logistics these days. </div>
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The Trawl to Table event held Oct. 23<sup>rd</sup> at the
Seacoast Science Center in Rye, N.H. offered the chance for chefs, restaurant
owners, fishermen and scientists to interact with one another while learning
about commercial fishing, the transport of seafood, and the seafood needs of
increasingly discerning marketplaces. </div>
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The day-long forum, hosted by N.H. Sea Grant and the Gulf
of Maine Research Institute (GMRI), included interactive fishing gear displays, presentations and
discussions on quality handling, sustainability and seafood market access. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Using innovative
fishing gear to maintain healthy fish stocks </b></div>
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Steve Eayrs, research scientist at GMRI, spoke first
about methods to improve the selectivity of trawl and gill nets. After
conducting experiments using different sizes of mesh in the trawl codends,
Eayrs found that 6.5” diamond-shaped mesh allowed 2/3 of the fish caught to
escape—most notably, the smaller species that might not have reproduced yet. </div>
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Taking into account the differences in swimming behavior
among species, gillnets were retrofitted with panels on the bottom made of very
large mesh to allow bottom-swimming cod to pass through while capturing pollock
further up in the water column. In light of new regulations that will significantly
decrease the cod quota, this type of gear could prove quite useful to improve
selectivity. </div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Offsetting some
costs by improving fuel consumption: better for the environment, better for the
bottom line.</b></div>
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Erik Chapman, commercial fisheries specialist for N.H.
Sea Grant/UNH Cooperative Extension, discussed the Green-Fit Project, an effort
to retrofit fishing vessels with devices designed to decrease the boat’s fuel
consumption. Chapman worked closely with commercial fishermen David Goethel (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">F/V Ellen Diane</i>, Hampton, N.H.) and Jim
Ford (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">F/V Lisa Anne II</i>, Newburyport,
Mass.) to determine what devices and systems might help offset some of their
fuel costs. </div>
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Based on their experiments, switching to LED deck
lighting (that uses fuel from the vessel’s generator to run) required an
initial investment of $6,000 in Ford’s vessel, but the return on that
investment came within two years of installation, Chapman said. Extrapolated
out to the average lifespan of LED lights — 11 years — the cost savings would
reach approximately $30,000.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Making sure the
seafood remains high quality from trawl to point of sale</b></div>
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Ken La Valley, associate director for N.H. Sea Grant, offered
some simple tips to ensure seafood quality. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>The bottom line: temperature is the biggest
factor affecting the freshness of the seafood. The temperature needs to be
between 32-38 degrees F from trawl to table to
slow the growth of microorganisms that will spoil the seafood more quickly. </div>
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Fishermen can keep their fish cold by gutting the fish as
quickly as possible and then running cold seawater over them to cool the flesh
as quickly as possible. They should layer the fish in plastic totes like a lasagna: fish, ice,
fish, ice, and make sure the totes have holes in them for proper drainage.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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New innovations, including a carbon dioxide pad used to
preserve seafood longer in packaging and an ozone generator used to sterilize the
boat deck could be useful tools for food service industry members and fishermen,
La Valley added.</div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Learning what the
gear actually looks like</b></div>
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GMRI research scientist Adam Baukus and David Goethel
used full-sized gillnets, codend and a scaled-down trawl net to demonstrate how the
gear works. </div>
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service perspective</b></div>
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Many chefs, restaurant owners and wholesale/retail operators
understand the importance of preserving the fishing culture in New England —
particularly the small boat fleets that are vital to coastal communities, said
Jared Auerbach from Red’s Best Network. Red’s Best is trying to
help facilitate transactions between fishermen and buyers that includes
traceability and transparency. By telling the story behind the seafood and
providing information about the fisherman, there is value added to the product,
he said.</div>
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Rich Pettigrew from Seaport Fish in Rye, N.H. said consumers want more
information about the products to make sure they’re choosing seafood that
supports good fishing practices. The N.H. Fresh and Local seafood brand is a
good choice for consumers who want that local seafood connection. He added that
the website NHSeafood.com lists the availability of different New England fish
species throughout the year so consumers know when a fish is “in season.” </div>
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Chefs, restaurant owners and wholesale/retail operations
have the opportunity to educate the public about seafood choices, said Mollie
Sanders from Maine Shellfish Company. By offering seafood that is harvested locally
and offered seasonally rather than year-round, chefs have the ability to lead
by example by offering menu choices that are flexible and based on
what’s fresh and available at that time. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Concerning
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The term “sustainability” is a hot topic right
now. Consumers want to do the right thing and purchase seafood that is
harvested in a manner that ensures healthy future populations of the species.
But many consumers fail to consider another aspect of sustainability: the
carbon footprint of shipping food from far away — sometimes as far as halfway
around the world. And some packaging can be misleading, said Evan Mallet, chef
at the Black Trumpet restaurant in Portsmouth, N.H. Squid harvested in New
England might be sent to China for packaging and then sent back to New England
for market distribution because it’s cheaper to package it that way. Other
audience members noted that sustainability should take place at every step in
the process — from harvest to processing, packaging and sales, making sure to
consider the fuel costs associated with everything consumers eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></div>
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The day provided an important opportunity for fishermen
and chefs to learn from each other about their very different and uniquely
challenging professions. As consumers and chefs become more educated about
seafood sourcing and sustainability, and as fishermen continue to look for ways
to increase the value of their catch in the face of catch reductions, this
education could translate into meaningful changes in our coastal communities.
Specifically, finding ways to increase the amount of locally harvested seafood
in restaurants could be a win-win-win situation—winning for fishermen and
related businesses, restaurants and consumers. To learn more about where you
can get locally sourced seafood, please visit www.NHSeafood.com. </div>
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NHSG recently transferred its day-to-day steelhead trout aquaculture responsibilities over to eight local fishermen.</div>
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Every week, one of eight Portsmouth fishermen take responsibility to feed and maintain two sea cages filled with steelhead trout and blue mussels. The boat loads up with a bag of fish meal at the Judd Gregg Marine Research Complex in New Castle and motors less than five minutes away. The fisherman will stop by the cage either on the way out or in from their commercial fishing grounds to feed the trout that are being raised in two 20' x 20' floating pens located just south of Fort Constitution at the mouth of the Piscataqua River. </div>
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It's a different kind of work for traditional fishermen, but it's helping to supplement their income when times get tight. In early December when the fish reach market weight of 3-4 lbs., the fish will be sold to restaurants and markets in Portsmouth, N.H. and Portland, ME., providing profits that go directly to the fishermen during an otherwise slow period of time for them. </div>
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NHSG aquaculture specialist Michael Chambers and UNH professor of zoology Hunt Howell recently organized a two-day program, funded by NHSG and a Saltonstall-Kennedy grant, to teach fishermen the basics of feeding the fish, harvesting techniques, and maintaining the nets. </div>
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Howell taught the group how to purse the nets to gather the fish for harvest and store them on ice to make sure the quality remained top-notch for delivery to restaurants and markets in Portsmouth and Portland. </div>
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After harvesting the trout in those pens, Chambers taught the fishermen how to clean the net of the biofouling that occurs: in this case, juvenile blue mussels had naturally settled onto the net, adding weight to the net and constricting water flow. </div>
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However, filter feeders like blue mussels can provide a valuable ecological service by removing excess nutrients from the surrounding water, providing the ability to completely offset any nutrients added by the trout living in the pens. So rather than discard these mussels that had settled on the nets, Chambers and aquaculture technician Jessica Cranney showed the fishermen how to remove them from the net and "re-seed" them onto spat line or into a tube sock made of polypropylene to allow them to continue growing. The lines and socks were suspended around the pen platform to allow the mussels to continue to do their very important work. </div>
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Additional research trout that were held in pens under the pier were then transferred to the sea cages in large insulated bins filled sea with water and pumped full of oxygen. </div>
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The fish-filled bins were then transferred via boat and the trout were carefully moved into their new pens at the mouth of the river. </div>
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After this round of fish is harvested, the nets will be pulled out of the water for the winter and work will start back up in the spring. In the meantime, the public will be able to enjoy locally raised steelhead trout in a couple of months, knowing they are also supporting fishermen that live in their community. </div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15849223650761049502noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6945267656895945469.post-3166759607194281282012-07-23T10:12:00.001-07:002012-07-23T10:12:25.796-07:00Acoustic Sensors are Helping to Save Fuel and Increase Fishing Efficiency<br />
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<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">With the current resource
problems facing the fishing industry, fishermen are often seeking way to
improve their efficiency. One method
that is gaining popularity among trawl fishermen is the use of acoustic gear sensors. Typically, fishermen rely on their knowledge
of how their boat works and feels to know how their net is behaving under
water. With the use of acoustic sensors
placed on the trawl gear fishermen can have a much better understanding of what
is happening under water to maximize their productivity and increase overall
efficiency. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times","serif"; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi;">Captain Jim Ford is a
fisherman out of Newburyport, MA and has been using sensors on his trawl gears
for the past four years. He has sensors
on the doors of his trawl gear, which are used to spread the net. While fishermen generally know by feel how
much they are spreading their net, Ford’s sensors provide him with real time
information, displayed on a computer screen, of how his doors are passing
through the water column. Ford also has
a catch sensor, sometimes two, in the codend of his net, the section of the net
that holds the fish that are caught. The
idea behind the catch sensor is to notify Ford when his codend is filled with
fish so that he can haul in the net, empty out the fish, and start a new
tow. Depending on what species of fish
Ford is fishing for, he sets the catch sensor to a maximum weight, say 2,000
lbs. When the codend is filled with
2,000 lbs of fish, a light goes off on his computer screen notifying Ford that
his net is full and that he can haul it in. </span></div>
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with a better viewpoint of what is happening under water. Without a sensor a fishermen will pick a tow
time, say two hours, and only deviate from that time if they feel a large
change in the feel of their boat.
Besides feel, they have no way of knowing how full their net truly
is. They may catch all of their fish in
the first thirty minutes of their tow yet they will keep going for another hour
and a half to complete the two hours.
During this time they are decreasing fuel efficiency, reducing the
amount of fish they can catch, and decreasing their fishing efficiency. By having a sensor that notifies the
fishermen that their net is full they can know exactly where they caught the
fish so they can stay in that area and reach their desired total catch in a
shorter period of time. Fishermen
already know the ocean; sensors just give them a little added information that
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Dick Prunier, owner/operator for the Sumner Brook Trout farm in Ossipee, N.H., delivered 800 rainbow trout to the Judd Gregg Marine Research Complex in New Castle. With help from NHSG Doyle Fellow James Quadrino, Dick transferred the trout into buckets at the top of the pier.<br />
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NHSG marine aquaculture specialist Michael Chambers lowered the trout to technician Jess Cranney below. The trout were divided up into a few different pens beneath the pier. <br />
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These trout will be used in short-term experiments to determine the impacts of salinity and fish density on the species.<br />
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After transferring the trout to the pens beneath the pier, James and Michael headed out by boat to the fish pens moored just south of the Portsmouth Harbor Lighthouse. There are 140 additional trout in these offshore pens that need to be fed. Later in the summer, Michael will transfer the feeding and pen maintenance duties to a handful of local fishermen who will be in charge of growing the trout until they are ready for market. The fishermen will be able to keep the profits. The goal is to teach local fishermen about aquaculture as a way to supplement their income and provide another local, healthy and sustainable seafood choice to consumers. <br />
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The mooring lines for this pen also act as a suitable spot for mussels to grow and filter the water near the fish. The mussels that grow in these offshore waters are delicious and tender, too. <br />
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Michael checked out the various seaweed species and mussels growing alongside the wooden platform surrounding the pens. Although he hasn't yet run the calculations, he said it would be possible to estimate how much nitrogen and other nutrients the seaweeds remove from the water. <br />
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June 12, 2012 marked the beginning of a three-day workshop that
brought together fishermen and scientists to review and discuss the known
information on the Atlantic cod stock structure, both past and present.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This workshop was Phase I of a three-phase
approach to evaluate the present Atlantic cod stocks and determine if adjustments
need to be made.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Hosted by the Gulf of
Maine Research Institute at the Sheraton Hotel in Portsmouth, NH, this workshop
focused on the stock evaluation, including: a general overview of stock
structure boundaries, how current management of the stocks was developed, broad
and fine scale population structure, a comparison of historical vs. present
distributions, implications for stock assessment, and possibility of future
stock changes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Phase II will focus on
how potential changes to the cod stock structure will influence science and
management as well as the advantages and disadvantages of changes to the stock
structure.<span style="display: none; mso-hide: all;">a ility of future stock
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Over the course of the three days, a variety of information was
presented to the attending group.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
addition to presentations on the current science being done on cod stock
structures, fishermen expressed their shared concern for the depleting cod
stocks.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>From the fishermen’s point of
view there is both an economic concern as well as a concern for the
preservation of the fishery.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They
expressed a strong willingness to help develop a method for allowing the stocks
to rebuild, but emphasized the importance of including sustainability of their
own businesses into the planning. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For
example, fishermen often target areas that support spawning fish because they
support larger fish that fetch a higher sale price.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If these areas are closed for portions of the
year to protect cod, fishermen feel that it is important that somehow they are
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Many of the attending scientists felt that there was not
sufficient information available to justify strong management response to a
revised understanding of cod stock structure.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, towards the end of the third day it became clear that no solid
recommendations backed by both scientists and fishermen would be found.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So the challenge remains:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>how do we use incomplete scientific
information to inform management in ways that ensure continued viability of
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A team of three Australians representing the company SEAPA
visited the Judd Gregg Marine Research Complex last Friday as part of their efforts
to expand sales and offer expertise to existing users of their equipment. The
team - Garry Thompson, Leon Stott and his wife Chris - talked with local oyster farmers about high quality basket developed by
SEAPA to improve oyster quality and decrease labor costs for farms in Australia,
France, Prince Edward Island and Cape Cod. N.H. Sea Grant marine aquaculture
specialist Michael Chambers arranged for the presentation to provide new
equipment options that might help oyster farmers improve their operations. </div>
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There are currently seven individuals and partners that have
permits for oyster farms in Great Bay, although some are in the early stages of
setup. Those that have been established for a few years typically use “oyster
condos” to grow the shellfish, made out of heavyweight mesh bags that slide
horizontally into a PVC tower that remains underwater. However, a lot of
biofouling — a term used to describe a build-up of barnacles, algae and other
aquatic organisms on hard structures under the water — grows on the equipment,
requiring the oyster farmers to power spray the equipment regularly. In
addition to the increased labor costs, it can be a physically demanding part of
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Above: Ray Grizzle, professor of zoology at UNH, scrubs a bag full of young oysters with a sturdy brush to remove biofouling. These bags are part of the oyster condo setup typically used in Great Bay oyster farms. </div>
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The SEAPA company, based out of Adelaide in South Australia,
partnered with Garon Plastic to design oyster baskets made of sturdy injection
molded plastic mesh. The baskets have clips that allow them to hang from line
anchored to wooden posts in the intertidal zone of a bay. The lines can be
pulled up and attached at various heights on the posts, allowing the oysters to
be out of the water for part of the day. This reduces biofouling, slows down
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In many areas of the world, including Prince Edward Island, these
lines and posts do not interfere with most people’s ability to enjoy the beauty
of the water. But in Great Bay, oyster farmers face the challenge of balancing
the need to farm effectively with the desire of the waterfront homeowners to
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Unlike New England, the areas outside of the metropolitan
regions of South Australia are sparsely populated. The residents accept views
of the oyster farms as a reminder that there are jobs available that help grow
clean, healthy oysters to supply market demand, the team explained. That said,
the SEAPA containers are versatile and could be stacked in a similar manner as
the current oyster condos used in Great Bay or set up in a different manner
altogether to meet everyone’s needs. </div>
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Above: Great Bay oyster farmers Chris Phillips, Jon Bunker and Jess Cranney took a closer look at the SEAPA baskets to determine if that gear might work for their operations. </div>
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Below: Garry Thompson demonstrates how the liner sock goes into the baskets to keep the tiny oysters from escaping. </div>
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