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Summer Flounder is our "Catch of the Month", covering the
principal species landed by Viking Village boats. Flounder (or Fluke)
is a significant species for our gillnet and dragger boats as well as for
our overall program. The series includes photos and pertinent facts
about the featured species as well as recipes and
cooking demonstration videos by professional chefs.
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Viking Village
Viking Village
Box 458
1801 Bayview Ave
Barnegat Light
New Jersey 08006
609-494-0113
Fax 361-9536
SCALLOPs .
The Dayboat Scallopers continue to bring in a
limited supply of Scallops.
Virginia Lynn will packout Wednesday with an open bottom trip. The Lindsay L, Ms. Maddy, and Relentless are all out and will be be coming in next week, starting with the Lindsay L on Sunday.
NET FISH
A few Net Boats are working, bringing in a very limited supply of
Monk Fish and Skate Wing. The fishing seaon is coming
to an end for these species.
By-Catch Fluke & Directed New Jersey Fluke are both closed.
By-Catch will re-open March 1st and
Directed Fluke will re-open March 4th.
Tuesday ... February 21, 2012
Click on photo to view Scalloping video
LONGLINE FISH
No local longline boats are out at this time.
We are working on a shipment of Hawaiian Tuna for this week,
however this is not yet confirmed.
Click on photo to view Gillnetting video
Click on photo to view a Longline related video
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Catch of the Month...Summer Flounder
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News ... Research shows Codfish Stocks Not Recovering
Two Canadian researchers, Bob O'Boyle and Mike Sinclair, have reported that
the cod stocks off Nova Scotia have “not recovered,” in spite of a decades long
moratorium on cod fishing, because of predation by a burgeoning population of seals.
Both researchers are former directors of science of the prestigious Bedford Institute of Oceanography in Dartmouth, Nova Scotia. The seal population off Sable Island, southeast of Halifax, has increased from 3,000 in the 1970’s to 300,000 today, with the population doubling every seven years. O’Boyle and Sinclair conclude that, without significant culling of seals, the cod stock will never recover.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2012/01/16/ns-seal-cod-research.html and thanks to the Saving Seafood website - http://www.savingseafood.org - for the link
For a comprehensive view of marine mammal predation in the entire Northwest Atlantic, see
Getting real about ecosystem based management at
By Nils Stolpe
