Public hearing tonight on designating coast line for endangered sea turtles in Charleston SC, 7 to 9 p.m.

August 6, 2013 South Atlantic

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is holding a public hearing on designating 750 miles of beaches from North Carolina to Mississippi as critical habitat for endangered loggerhead sea turtles. The hearing Tuesday in Charleston will be held at the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources Center Auditorium off Fort Johnson Road on James Island from 7 to 9 p.m. The hearing will be preceded by an informational workshop from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. @wcsc5

7 to 9 p.m., Charleston SC, designating coast line for endangered sea turtles, public hearing

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date
April 2024

M T W T F S S

1 2 3 4 5 6 7

8 9 10 11 12 13 14

15 16 17 18 19 20 21

22 23 24 25 26 27 28

29 30

« Mar

April 2024
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
8	9	10	11	12	13	14
15	16	17	18	19	20	21
22	23	24	25	26	27	28
29	30

The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

NILS STOLPE: The New England groundfish debacle (Part IV): Is cutting back harvest really the answer?

While it’s a fact that’s hardly ever acknowledged, the assumption in fisheries management is that if the population of a stock of fish isn’t at some arbitrary level, it’s because of too much fishing. Hence the term “overfished.” Hence the mandated knee jerk reaction of the fisheries managers to not enough fish; cut back on fishing. What of other factors? They don’t count. It’s all about fishing, because fishing is all that the managers can control; it’s their Maslow’s Hammer. When it comes to the oceans it seems as if it’s about all that the industry connected mega-foundations that support the anti-fishing ENGOs with hundreds of millions of dollars a year in “donations” are interested in controlling. Read the article here

Recent Posts
- F/V Bald Eagle II: Shrimp trawler hauled off the beach, now under tow
  
  After sitting on the edge of the surf off Southern Shores for the last eight days, F/V Bald Eagle II returned to the sea thanks to Read More »
- Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 47′ Lobster/Tuna/Dragger,2013, Fiberglass, John Deere, Onan 13.5 Kw genset
  
  Specifications, information and 13 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 11:04 Read More »
- Prince Edward Island Lobster crisis needs legislature recall: NDP
  
  The provincial NDP is calling on Premier Robert Ghiz to reconvene the P.E.I. Legislature this week to deal with the crisis in the lobster industry. Fishermen Read More »
- Columbia River Gillnet Killer Kitzhaber and the Greedy Greens
  
  Oregon governor John Kitzhaber may have announced that he will resign, but a sweeping FBI investigation of him and his fiancée, Cylvia Hayes, is only getting Read More »
- Return of the seals to Plettenberg Bay
  
  Fishermen have been pointing fingers at seals for decades,,,Despite evidence to the contrary, the fishing industry continues to lay the blame for collapsing fish stocks on Read More »
- British Columbia Geoduck dispute threatens fisherman safety, harvesters say
  
  A First Nation’s plan to block all commercial fisheries in their territorial waters in the Strait of Georgia risks the safety of commercial geoduck fishermen, said Read More »
- Tradex 3MMI – Preparing for Chinese New Year & Lent – What you Should Know about the Seafood Market
  
  As Chinese suppliers gear up for Chinese New Year, production is in full swing before the plants close at the end of January. Here is a Read More »
- Ukraine and Russia Face Off Over Fishing Boat
  
  On Sunday, Ukrainian border forces detained the Russian-flagged, Crimean-registered fishing vessel Nord in the Sea of Azov, along with her crew of 10 fishermen. The Ukrainian Read More »
- Fishing. It’s not for everybody! – From Bundy farm to trapped at sea for 20 days
  
  Dreams of working on a fishing trawler as an alternative to farm work soon turned to a nightmare at sea for a French national. Jeremy, 28, Read More »
- The Elson decision – Ruling that prevents corporate takeover of inshore fishery faces appeal
  
  The Newfoundland and Labrador seafood industry is behind an appeal of a recent Federal Court of Canada decision that upheld Ottawa’s right to prevent the corporate Read More »
- Greg Fulcher betting on scallop permit consolidation to recoup $7m
  
  Greg Fulcher — who has just bought the scallop vessel Alaska, and fishing permit, for a record-high sum of $7 million — believes sector consolidation will bring management Read More »
- 80-year-old shrimper still selling catch to St. Helena’s Gay Fish Co. ‘Kids won’t do this’
  
  With muscly tan forearms that belie his age, Jim Buchanan hoists a 60-pound basket of white shrimp fat with roe onto the dock at Gay Fish Read More »
- North Pacific fish council enters Pebble debate, over state’s objections
  
  The state of Alaska believes the North Pacific Fishery Management Council is overstepping its bounds, by weighing in on the Pebble Mine Project in Bristol Bay. Read More »
- Big southern rock lobster catches off Tasmania’s west coast
  
  Tasmanian rock lobster fishermen are celebrating some of the biggest catches of deep water lobster in about six years. Stuart Charles from Stanley Fish on Tasmania’s Read More »
- FISH-NL says inshore harvesters charged $1,000 by their own union for tuna tags, more than fish is worth
  
  The Federation of Independent Sea Harvesters of Newfoundland and Labrador (FISH-NL) is questioning why the FFAW-Unifor is charging inshore harvesters $1,000 for a bluefin tuna tag Read More »
- Nunavut Inuit suing feds over fishing license allocations to Mi’kmaw company
  
  In a lawsuit filed earlier this month, Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated and the Qikiqtani Inuit Association asked the federal court to quash a decision by Canada’s Minister Read More »
- Workshop put on by Canadian, Maine groups focuses on lobster science. (Now carry that cooperation into joint marketing!)
  
  ORONO, Maine — Scientists, fishermen, processors, regulators and others connected to the lobster industry in Maine and Canada are,,,continued@therepublic Read More »
- Judge issues caution to all commercial fishers, Logbook, “you are either in compliance or you are not,”
  
  A Nova Scotia Supreme Court judge has issued a general caution to all commercial fishers when it comes to properly recording their catches. “Fishers have to Read More »
- There’s no knocking wooden lobster boats – Veteran wooden boat builder Richard Stanley
  
  “There are a bunch of guys fishing today that started in wooden lobster boats,” Stanley said, “and a few still have them.” He remembers a conversation Read More »
- U.S. lobster exports to China rebounded in 2020
  
  While the coronavirus pandemic tanked U.S. lobster exports overall in 2020, international trade data suggests the industry’s once-thriving U.S. to China trade pipeline may be making Read More »
- Old shrimp boat goes down in Battery Creek in Port Royal
  
  An old shrimp boat has sunk while anchored in Battery Creek near the city-owned dock in Port Royal, which is in the process of evicting boats, Read More »
- Federal Government and Province of Nova Scotia Invest More Than $44M in the Fish and Seafood Sector
  
  The funding will support 11 projects focused on the adoption of new technology and partnerships that will improve the effectiveness and sustainability of the fish and Read More »
- Southern California Fisheries Closure Lifted – Fishing to reopen following oil spill off Huntington Beach coast
  
  At noon Tuesday, Nov. 30, waters along a 45-mile stretch of coastline that were closed to fishing because of last month’s oil spill off Huntington Beach, Read More »
- There’s Something Fishy About Our Fish
  
  Charlie the Tuna does plenty of business in these parts. That’s because a lot of what we think is grade A tuna is anything but. The Read More »
- Whittier officials say fuel dock operational after closing due to 4th of July fire
  
  The fire started on Tuesday, sinking a boat and forcing two people to be medevaced out with injuries. It also resulted in the closure of the Read More »

Archives
- April 2024 (120)
- March 2024 (209)
- February 2024 (192)
- January 2024 (211)
- December 2023 (188)
- November 2023 (202)
- October 2023 (180)
- September 2023 (101)
- August 2023 (241)
- July 2023 (237)
- June 2023 (211)
- May 2023 (235)
- April 2023 (210)
- March 2023 (215)
- February 2023 (179)
- January 2023 (187)
- December 2022 (178)
- November 2022 (187)
- October 2022 (190)
- September 2022 (177)
- August 2022 (203)
- July 2022 (186)
- June 2022 (184)
- May 2022 (186)
- April 2022 (190)
- March 2022 (219)
- February 2022 (167)
- January 2022 (192)
- December 2021 (191)
- November 2021 (182)
- October 2021 (196)
- September 2021 (197)
- August 2021 (205)
- July 2021 (221)
- June 2021 (211)
- May 2021 (221)
- April 2021 (204)
- March 2021 (202)
- February 2021 (188)
- January 2021 (195)
- December 2020 (193)
- November 2020 (181)
- October 2020 (204)
- September 2020 (195)
- August 2020 (189)
- July 2020 (205)
- June 2020 (194)
- May 2020 (225)
- April 2020 (218)
- March 2020 (216)
- February 2020 (209)
- January 2020 (233)
- December 2019 (227)
- November 2019 (240)
- October 2019 (241)
- September 2019 (241)
- August 2019 (270)
- July 2019 (288)
- June 2019 (270)
- May 2019 (263)
- April 2019 (223)
- March 2019 (210)
- February 2019 (155)
- January 2019 (117)
- December 2018 (216)
- November 2018 (169)
- October 2018 (218)
- September 2018 (247)
- August 2018 (258)
- July 2018 (259)
- June 2018 (250)
- May 2018 (251)
- April 2018 (247)
- March 2018 (266)
- February 2018 (256)
- January 2018 (278)
- December 2017 (309)
- November 2017 (281)
- October 2017 (288)
- September 2017 (275)
- August 2017 (284)
- July 2017 (287)
- June 2017 (273)
- May 2017 (276)
- April 2017 (275)
- March 2017 (300)
- February 2017 (252)
- January 2017 (288)
- December 2016 (263)
- November 2016 (268)
- October 2016 (287)
- September 2016 (284)
- August 2016 (293)
- July 2016 (286)
- June 2016 (273)
- May 2016 (246)
- April 2016 (267)
- March 2016 (260)
- February 2016 (265)
- January 2016 (269)
- December 2015 (266)
- November 2015 (281)
- October 2015 (289)
- September 2015 (286)
- August 2015 (298)
- July 2015 (294)
- June 2015 (329)
- May 2015 (316)
- April 2015 (317)
- March 2015 (324)
- February 2015 (301)
- January 2015 (332)
- December 2014 (322)
- November 2014 (330)
- October 2014 (382)
- September 2014 (340)
- August 2014 (347)
- July 2014 (376)
- June 2014 (401)
- May 2014 (344)
- April 2014 (341)
- March 2014 (375)
- February 2014 (374)
- January 2014 (360)
- December 2013 (294)
- November 2013 (372)
- October 2013 (391)
- September 2013 (461)
- August 2013 (566)
- July 2013 (526)
- June 2013 (447)
- May 2013 (475)
- April 2013 (508)
- March 2013 (459)
- February 2013 (352)
- January 2013 (265)
- December 2012 (206)
- November 2012 (168)
- October 2012 (187)
- September 2012 (126)
- August 2012 (4)

FISHERYNATION.COM

continuously updated

Public hearing tonight on designating coast line for endangered sea turtles in Charleston SC, 7 to 9 p.m.

Related

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date

The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

F/V Bald Eagle II: Shrimp trawler hauled off the beach, now under tow

Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 47′ Lobster/Tuna/Dragger,2013, Fiberglass, John Deere, Onan 13.5 Kw genset

Prince Edward Island Lobster crisis needs legislature recall: NDP

Columbia River Gillnet Killer Kitzhaber and the Greedy Greens

Return of the seals to Plettenberg Bay

British Columbia Geoduck dispute threatens fisherman safety, harvesters say

Tradex 3MMI – Preparing for Chinese New Year & Lent – What you Should Know about the Seafood Market

Ukraine and Russia Face Off Over Fishing Boat

Fishing. It’s not for everybody! – From Bundy farm to trapped at sea for 20 days

The Elson decision – Ruling that prevents corporate takeover of inshore fishery faces appeal

Greg Fulcher betting on scallop permit consolidation to recoup $7m

80-year-old shrimper still selling catch to St. Helena’s Gay Fish Co. ‘Kids won’t do this’

North Pacific fish council enters Pebble debate, over state’s objections

Big southern rock lobster catches off Tasmania’s west coast

FISH-NL says inshore harvesters charged $1,000 by their own union for tuna tags, more than fish is worth

Nunavut Inuit suing feds over fishing license allocations to Mi’kmaw company

Workshop put on by Canadian, Maine groups focuses on lobster science. (Now carry that cooperation into joint marketing!)

Judge issues caution to all commercial fishers, Logbook, “you are either in compliance or you are not,”

There’s no knocking wooden lobster boats – Veteran wooden boat builder Richard Stanley

U.S. lobster exports to China rebounded in 2020

Old shrimp boat goes down in Battery Creek in Port Royal

Federal Government and Province of Nova Scotia Invest More Than $44M in the Fish and Seafood Sector

Southern California Fisheries Closure Lifted – Fishing to reopen following oil spill off Huntington Beach coast

There’s Something Fishy About Our Fish

Whittier officials say fuel dock operational after closing due to 4th of July fire

Archives

Comments

Facebook

Recent Posts

Meta

continuously updated

Public hearing tonight on designating coast line for endangered sea turtles in Charleston SC, 7 to 9 p.m.

Share this post

Related

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date

Recent Posts

Archives

Tags

Comments

Facebook

Recent Posts

Tags

Meta