Chief William Saulis: RCMP continues search for missing fishermen on Monday, say unidentified debris found

December 21, 2020 Canada

The RCMP says it is continuing the recovery mission for five scallop fishers and a vessel missing off the Nova Scotia shore on Monday. Police say helicopter crews did an aerial search of the coastline spanning approximately 100 kilometres, from Digby Gut to Harbourville. The search did not locate the missing fishermen nor the debris from the Chief William Saulis fishing vessel. video, >click to read< 14:06

1 crewman found dead, 5 remaining crewmen, Aaron Cogswell, Alyjah Ritchie, Bay of Fundy, Coldwater Lobster Association, crew consisted of Captain Charles Roberts, crewman found dead, Dan Forbes, David Stephens, F/V Chief William Saulis, Former crewman Jacob Jacquard, Geno Francis, Joint Rescue Coordination Centre, Leonard Gabriel, Lori Phillips, Michael Drake, Multiple sources of crew information, Sandra Drake, search ends, search resumed Sunday, Southwestern Nova Scotia, statement issued, Yarmouth Mayor Pam Mood, Yarmouth NS, Yarmouth Sea Products

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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

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