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I Rescued as Coast Guard, local agencies searching for persons in the water in Mobile Bay, Alabama

November 29, 2019 Gulf of Mexico

The Coast Guard and local agencies are searching for two people in the water in Mobile Bay, Alabama, Friday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Mobile received a report at approximately 5:00 a.m. of a capsized fishing vessel approximately five miles south of the entrance to Mobile Bay. A nearby Good Samaritan vessel rescued one passenger from the water in fair condition. Two passengers are still missing. >click to read< 12:33

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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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I Rescued as Coast Guard, local agencies searching for persons in the water in Mobile Bay, Alabama

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

Recent Posts

Why save the Hawaii Aquarium Fishery? Aquarium Fish Collectors and what we do

Commercial fisheries landings increased more than $25 million in value in 2023

Lack of Nation to Nation relationship between the Canadian Government and Indigenous fishermen causes conflict

‘The Worst In 15 Years’: Opening day for Peconic Bay scallop season was dismal and the forecast is even more grim

Area legislators urge feds to protect local fishermen – NOAA’s draft rules on tuna draw fire

Japan PM Fumio Kishida to meet fishermen on Fukushima water release plan

Woman shot on fishing vessel in Port of Cape May

Who speaks up for tourism in midst of aquaculture pollution?

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Mi’kmaw negotiator advocates for reduction in commercial catches to bolster treaty fishery

The Wind Energy Kooks: Environmentalists plan 6-day march in Mass. To Support the Enron Fallacy

Longtime Shrimper Wayne Magwood and F/V Winds of Fortune retire from Shem Creek

Keys commercial fishermen hurting from mahi mahi limit

New crab trappers in Louisiana need to be field trained

Coast Guard Cutter Seneca medevac’s 48-year-old male off the F/V Pontus 30 miles East of Nantucket

Listen – Todays Oversight Hearing on the Implications of President Obama’s National Ocean Policy

Port aux Basques declares state of emergency as Hurricane Fiona destroys multiple homes, floods streets

Brexit deal branded ‘sell out’ after ‘shameful’ treatment of fishermen

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Mass. Maritime Launches First-in-the-Nation Offshore Wind Training Facility

Adult pink salmon perish in spawning channel – More info needed to determine causes of periodic de-watering: DFO official

Lobster band pushes Atlantic Canada brand – Atlantic Canadian lobster have higher protein, are heartier and travel better,”

EU referendum: Would Scotland’s fishermen be better in or out?

NMFS survey delivers more bad news to Bering Sea crab fleet

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