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Fishing Boat Captain Pays $22,300 To Settle Federal Fisheries Case With NOAA

May 17, 2022 South Atlantic

The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced a settlement agreement with a commercial fishing captain. Darrell York of the commercial fishing vessel, F/V Watch Out, agreed to pay $22,300 restitution for resource-related crimes dating back to 2015. During a stop in January 2021, officers discovered 13 red snapper and one gag grouper in the hidden compartment. >click to read< 13:20

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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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Fishing Boat Captain Pays $22,300 To Settle Federal Fisheries Case With NOAA

Ocean Resource Privatization

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

Recent Posts

Flag hopping fishing companies drive small fishermen to piracy. – The link between illegal fishing and piracy

MSA Reauthorization: Partisan bickering sinking fishing bill

San Diego’s “Fishy” History: The Birth of Tuna Fisheries

Covid shutdowns and hurricanes rock Louisiana seafood industry

Plymouth’s fishing community speak of their grief after losing ‘great bloke’ Tony

New Harbour dealt a blow as Daley Brothers decide not to open fish plant for 2018

Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Edward Markey take different tacks on fishing aid

One wharf to be ready by spring at Red Head Harbour

New York Summer Flounder Fishery for Federal Fishery Permit Holders to Reopen Tomorrow

National Marine Fisheries Service proposes rules to protect bluefin tuna

FRIENDSHIP, Maine – proposed wind turbine farm off Monhegan Island was met with skepticism and outright opposition

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LIFO policy: Newfoundland and Labrador will take a major hit if the inshore shrimp fishery collapses

Maine lobstermen prepare for uncertain summer season, hoping for further federal relief

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Doubt surrounds stranded sailors as Coast Guard reveals women had emergency beacon and never activated it

Northumberland Fishermen’s Association wants carapace size increase

Virginia shucks oyster taxes, starts user fees

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Mayday Mayday: Democratic Control Over Our Fish is Going Down

North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for February 9, 2018

Long Island Sound Lobster Season Closes For The First Time

Rhode Island Fishermen’s Alliance Weekly Update – APRIL 7, 2013

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