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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet
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
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Man gets six months home confinement, probation for fishing violation – co-defendant cannot engage in charter or commercial fishing anywhere in the world.
dailypress.com – ALEXANDRIA — A Mathews County man was sentenced to nearly six months in home confinement followed by three years of probation for illegally harvesting Read More » -
Monroe County Sheriff’s Office Marine deputy gets down and dirty to find resource violators
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New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Lobster fisheries seeking MSC certification
The MSC, an international non-profit organization, has a program to label fish products indicating the product is from a well-managed and sustainable fishery. This labeling helps Read More » -
Drones and high-tech cameras used to catch illegal crabbing activity in New South Wales
More than 460 crabbing offences have been detected by the NSW Department of Primary Industries during the six-month Operation Portunus. The 60 officers involved used drones Read More » -
Passamaquoddy tribe working to lift individual elver quotas
BANGOR, Maine — Members of the Passamaquoddy tribe are submitting emergency legislation that seeks to lift individual fishing quotas for elvers. Read more here 16:30 Related Read More » -
Listen to the The Alaska Fisheries Report
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House kills fish bill: Does Virginia risk falling out of compliance with menhaden catch limits?
The House of Delegates on Tuesday killed a bill, opposed by an influential Northern Neck commercial fishing operation, that would have brought Virginia into compliance with Read More » -
Fishermen: Canadian gold mine endangers salmon
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A British Columbian gold mine would pollute a major tributary of a Ketchikan fjord, threatening fishing stock and tourism, locals say. They allege Read More » -
Major fire rips through Nova Scotia seafood plant
A major fire has caused extensive damage at a waterfront fish processing plant on Nova Scotia’s eastern shore. Brad Connors, a division commander with the Halifax Read More » -
The Life of a Tuna Fisherman: Featuring Wicked Tuna’s Captain Dave Marciano
There are a million and one different ways a man can earn a living to take care of his family. He could be a handy man Read More » -
Letter confirms FFAW boss Keith Sullivan is out of touch, by Ryan Cleary
I wish to respond to Keith Sullivan’s Oct. 8th letter to the editor, “Cleary would divide, not conquer,” by agreeing with his statement that I’m “no Read More » -
Another Invasive Species Found in Maine:UM Machias students discover invasive crab in Beals which poses threat to Maine’s shoreline ecosystem
MACHIAS, Maine — A group of students from the University of Maine-Machias made a bittersweet discovery this week. They found an Asian shore crab on Great Read More » -
Premium Seafoods Isle Madame fish plant may be rebuilt
“I have to clean up this mess first,” Edgar Samson, president of Premium Seafoods Group, said Thursday. “We’ll be sending out a press release soon but that’s Read More » -
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Urges Creation of Vast Marine Reserve in Antarctica
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry called for establishing the world’s largest protected marine area in Antarctica and urged stronger global safeguards for oceans. continue Related Read More » -
Dick Grachek – Pew laboring overtime on Tuna, in the Biblical sense.
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33 crew members of foreign fishing boat held after high-speed sea chase
Malaysian coastguards fired warning shots amid a high-speed sea chase that ended with the arrests of 33 crew members of a foreign fishing boat in waters Read More » -
McAuliffe signs storm-water legislation at VIMS
GLOUCESTER Va— Gov. Terry McAuliffe proved he’s a hands-on governor Thursday when he capped a ceremonial signing of state legislation regulating storm water on the campus Read More » -
Why are the Green Energy Projects pushed by the Enviro’s, kill wildlife and fish, Destroy Bio Diversity, and it’s acceptable to them?
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NOAA Reports Show Strong Economic Gains from Fishing, Continued Improvement in Fish Stocks (While Destroying New England)
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1st Biloxi Bay oyster harvest of 21st century opens Tuesday
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‘We were damn near killed’: Atlantic Charger captain speaks out on survival, rescue
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US Senate candidates slam EPA at Bristol Bay
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The Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Website – Check it out!
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North Carolina fisheries news updates
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Very entertaining article, but it misses a most important
cause of such alleged illegal activity: namely the privatization and onsolidation scam of Individual Transferable Quota management programs or “catch shares”.
The imposition of this management scheme in 2010 on the Northeast Groundfishery resulted after millions were spent by the Environmental Defense Fund and by NOAA to fulfill this commodification of the fishery. It has eliminated over half of the family-owned and family funded fishing operations. Such fishing operations consisting of one or two vessels per family, had more
than adequate level of “accountability” of catches and landings. Such small operations are cross-checked at least 5 different ways, by 3 different government agencies.
Also, it’s hard to get independent fishermen to agree on anything no less get them to all risk their future by smuggling a few hundred dollars worth of fish, which would be about the illegitimate gain on their small scale landings. Large “vertically integrated” corporate style companies, on the other hand, rely on the integrity of one or a few individuals to do the right thing. They operate in volumes that can invite and then easily obfuscate some sleight of hand dealings
NOAA’s and various eco-NGO’s campaigns of pushing catch shares has resulted in opening the door wide to create these corporate style fish companies. Any market-cap corporation or any well-funded ambitious individual or group of investors is invited to own more quota then they are able or willing to manage responsibly and legitimately—and as Wall Street has taught us: the bigger, the less accountable or “Too Big to Monitor”?
Also, this New Bedford matter is not “an extreme case” it’s happening worldwide, and will continue to happen with large conglomerate fish quota “holding companies” such as Pacific Andes’ China Fishery—a huge company of factory trawler/freezer ships notorious for illegitimate fishing and is currently in Chap. 11 dodging investors. Corporate free-for-alls and political skullduggery can often be found where fish have been commoditized and put in the hands of a “Too Big to Monitor” business entity which is concerned solely with bottom line quarterly profits.
Carlos owned many boats and licenses long before the imposition of catch shares, but this type of alleged mismanagement is accelerated, if not encouraged, by a consolidation encouraging catch shares regime.
To analyze causes, look to the catch shares “business plan” as a major culprit, creating an environment that fosters consolidation and monopolization and all the administrative chicanery that accompanies those mega-corporate style ambitions.
Very entertaining article, but it misses a most important
cause of such alleged illegal activity: namely the privatization and consolidationscam of Individual Transferable Quota management programs or “catch shares”.
The imposition of this management scheme in 2010 on the Northeast Groundfishery resulted after millions were spent by the Environmental Defense Fund and by NOAA to fulfill this commodification of the fishery. It has eliminated over half of the family-owned and family funded fishing operations.
Such family fishing operations consisting of one or two vessels per family, have more than adequate levels of “accountability” of their catches and landings. And small operations are cross-checked at least 5 different ways, by 3 different government agencies.
Also, it’s hard to get independent fishermen to agree on anything no less get them to all risk their future by smuggling a few hundred dollars worth of fish, which would be about the illegitimate gain on their small scale landings.
Large “vertically integrated” corporate style companies, on the other hand, rely on the integrity of one or a few individuals to do the right thing. They operate in volumes that can invite and then easily obfuscate some sleight of hand dealings
NOAA’s and various eco-NGO’s campaigns of pushing catch shares has resulted in opening the door wide to create these corporate style fish companies. Under this management regime any market-cap corporation or any well-funded ambitious individual, or group of investors, is invited to own more quota then they might be able or willing to manage responsibly and legitimately—and as Wall Street has taught us: the bigger, the less accountable or “Too Big to Monitor”?
Also, this New Bedford matter is not “an extreme case” it’s happening worldwide, and will continue to happen with large conglomerate fish quota “holding companies” such as Pacific Andes’ China Fishery—a huge company of factory trawler/freezer ships notorious for illegitimate fishing and is currently in Chap. 11 dodging investors.
Corporate free-for-alls and political skullduggery can often be found where fish have been commoditized and put in the hands of a “Too Big to Monitor” business entity which is concerned solely with bottom line quarterly profits.
Carlos owned many boats and licenses long before the imposition of catch shares, but this type of alleged mismanagement is accelerated, if not encouraged, by a consolidation encouraging catch shares regime.
To analyze causes, look to the catch shares “business plan” as a major culprit, creating an environment that fosters consolidation and monopolization and all the administrative chicanery that accompanies those mega-corporate style ambitions.