58’ gillnet fishing vessel. – fisherynation.com

Tag Archives: 58’ gillnet fishing vessel.

Gloucester’s oldest fishing vessel is entering its next stage of restoration, and we need your help to see it through.

April 15, 2014 New England

We are the Phyllis A. Marine Association (PAMA), Inc., a non-profit corporation established in 2006, to promote the history of gillnetting in Gloucester, Massachusetts through the display and preservation of the fishing vessel Phyllis A. PAMA is setting out to raise $20,000 via Indiegogo and direct, tax-deductible donations to our 501(c)3. Read more here 21:04

Comment

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
- These folks need a hand. Help get F/V Miss Addie back going. Please help if you can.
  
  This morning we woke up to the worst thing … Randy shrimp boat sunk this is his only source of income and we need to get Read More »
- 20,030,171: final tally on Nushagak District banner year
  
  With final tally from fish tickets, Bristol Bay’s westside district officially reached a milestone most never thought possible. After Bristol Bay’s sockeye season winds down, the Read More »
- Finding purpose and taking pride in your work, even when it’s cutting fish
  
  As a young boy, David Bruns loved to play on the docks at Shem Creek. He’d always wait to see what the fishing boats and shrimp Read More »
- Petersburg crabber fined for using others’ pot tags
  
  A Petersburg crabber was fined this week for using other permit holders’ crab pot tags and fishing more pots than he’s allowed. 54-year-old Andy Knight was Read More »
- Report says skipper died after wheelhouse hatch fall
  
  The skipper of a Fraserburgh-registered boat died when he fell through the wheelhouse hatch after three hours drinking in a pub, a report has said. Andrew Read More »
- This day in Stamford history: 10 years ago – Lobster catches keep falling
  
  The state’s commercial lobster catch fell to its lowest level in 25 years in 2008, according to the state Department of Environmental Protection. The continuing decline Read More »
- Solar And Wind – Taxpayer-Funded Ponzi Schemes with renewable portfolio laws, or quotas created by your elected politicians
  
  The solar electricity industry is dependent on federal government subsidies for building new capacity. The subsidy consists of a 30% tax credit and the use of Read More »
- Cape May announces its first Seafood Festival
  
  CAPE MAY — There will be flounder, clam chowder and scallops, but seafood lovers will also be able to taste spiny dogfish, skate wings, whelk and Read More »
- Whale protection, trawl limits entangle Zone C lobstermen
  
  October is a peak month, according to the state Department of Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry, for feistiness in Maine’s population of hornets and wasps. Lobstermen too, Read More »
- Baker | Kathy Dunderdale’s fisheries legacy – Evaluating how the premiers handled the fishery
  
  “Good-bye and good riddance to the worst premier the fishery ever saw,” I had a fisherman tell me this past Wednesday when Kathy Dunderdale pulled the Read More »
- Maine delegation adds 6-year pause on lobster rules to federal spending bill
  
  Maine’s congressional delegation has inserted a six-year pause on new regulations intended to protect endangered right whales into a key federal spending package as it seeks Read More »
- St. Anthony harvesters told they can’t keep their crab
  
  Frustrated crab fishermen gathered outside the Department of Fisheries and Oceans (DFO) office in St. Anthony early Wednesday morning. While the crab fishery officially ended on Read More »
- Environmentalists, fishermen clash over proposed Chumash marine sanctuary
  
  A controversial underwater national park proposed off the Central Coast aims to protect and manage the area’s marine life, stop oil drilling and seismic surveys, and Read More »
- Criticism of NPFMC bycatch measures failed to take successes into account
  
  OPINION: A recent commentary singing the praises of bycatch reduction in Canada, and asserting that the North Pacific Fishery Management Council is unable or unwilling to Read More »
- Some Inconvenient Truths about California Squid Marketing: C W P A responds to Paul Greenberg’s “The long journey of local seafood to your plate”,
  
  On July 11 the Los Angeles Times carried an opinion editorial “The long journey of local seafood to your plate”, by author Paul Greenberg, who made Read More »
- Tributes to Skipper John, who faced pirates and broke fishing records
  
  He spent 50 years breaking numerous records and battling all weathers at sea as he was named a port’s top skipper. Now touching tributes have been Read More »
- North Coast Fishermen Voice Concerns About the Proposed Individual Transferable Quota System
  
  The United Fishermen and Allied Workers’ Union’s president met with North Coast fishermen today, to discuss the proposed changes the DFO plans to make to the Read More »
- ‘Wicked Tuna’: T.J. Ott Pays 5-Figure Fine for Illegal Act
  
  Back on Dec. 7, 2022, the Massachusetts Environmental Police revealed that its officers began investigating the illegal sale of bluefin tuna, a federally regulated species in Read More »
- Texas House passes H.B.1260, The “Gulf Shrimp Liberty Act”
  
  The Texas House passed House Bill 1260 by State Representative Dade Phelan, which creates a new occupational license for non-Texas commercial shrimpers for the unloading of Read More »
- Coast Guard medevacs crewmember from fishing vessel near Grand Isle, La.
  
  The Coast Guard medevaced a crewmember from a fishing vessel Thursday near Grand Isle, Louisiana. Coast Guard Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report over VHF-FM Read More »
- New Zealand: Abandoned shipwreck finally removed from East Coast beach
  
  An abandoned boat that proved a thorn in the side of both Gisborne District Council and the police has finally been removed from a remote East Read More »
- “Protect the Gulf of Maine”: Fishermen to Rally in Augusta April 28th
  
  Leaders in the lobster fishing industry are planning a “Protect the Gulf of Maine” rally in Augusta next week to highlight issues related to the development Read More »
- SAINT PETER’S SUNDAY PROCESSION WITH FAITH, FAMILY, AND FRIENDS
  
  The rain held off for a glorious Fiesta Sunday with family and friends processing through downtown, from Saint Peter’s Square to the Saint Peter’s Club. Viva Read More »
- Coast Guard medevacs Fisherman off Ocean City
  
  The Hannah Boden medevaced a man Tuesday requiring medical assistance aboard a boat 62 miles east of Ocean City. Watchstanders at in New Haven, Connecticut, received Read More »
- Catch shares tied to cod losses – State fisheries chief cites lack of controls under NOAA system
  
  The 2010 catch share commodification of the Northeast groundfishery, hailed by advocates including NOAA Administrator Jane Lubchenco as a sure path to restoring overfished stocks and Read More »