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Trawler captain dumped fish to save ship

May 10, 2019 International News

A judge has stepped in to settle allegations of misreporting catch by a fishing company, after a trawler captain had to dump 30,000 kilograms of southern blue whiting to save his ship.Independent Fisheries Ltd pleaded guilty to two charges in the Christchurch District Court but the judge immediately discharged the company without conviction and declined to make any forfeiture order about the trawler. >click to read<10:37

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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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Trawler captain dumped fish to save ship

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

Lobster Fisherman Derrick Wadden says Lobsters filling traps ‘like flies’ in Cape Breton

This is Fish Radio. I’m Laine Welch …. Seven elements to be considered for any catch share plan. That’s up after this –

P.E.I. lobster levy will launch this spring

Fishing Industry Opposes New Floating Wind Farm Project Area

Herring fishery closed off WA’s South Coast, fish limit reduced in response to report

Record Pacific tuna catch prompts calls for more protection

One Great Lakes invasive species may have found a niche

Fishermen fight back on imported shrimp

Shell pleased with early seismic data – Company doing 3D mapping of Shelburne Basin

TUNA SHOWDOWN: Pacific tuna stock faces growing crisis of inaction

Searching for Keith – A detective’s quest reveals how one idealistic fisheries observer may have collided with criminals and desperate migrants—and paid for it with his life.

Doherty: Pharmaceuticals are poisoning NJ’s water supply, putting families at risk. We must act now.

SEA-NL calls on new federal Fisheries and Oceans minister to investigate allegations ‘pirate’ draggers destroying Grand Banks

Salvage of sunken commercial fishing boat in Port of Eden nears completion

A New England story goes Australian – Fishing industries under pressure

On air with Stonington lobster! QVC network features Greenhead’s tails

Judge rules that NMFS failed to consider costs, data of new observer program

Video: Save the Gulf of Maine – The Maine Reset

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Large Pelagics Research Center and “Wicked Tuna”s Captain Bill “Hollywood” Muniz – Tracking Atlantic Bluefin Tuna

Flawed Science, Flawed Agency. U.S. District Court Judge Richard G. Stearns Flawed Judgement on behalf of NOAA/NMFS

One of the worst stone crab seasons on record in Southwest Florida – video

Quitting While on Top

Carteret Catch to give away four-course gourmet dinner – On a 90′ Trawler!

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