Vinyard Wind – fisherynation.com

Tag Archives: Vinyard Wind

New Bedford Port Authority, Mass Division of Marine Fisheries, NOAA weigh in through public comments regarding offshore wind

May 5, 2018 New England

The New Bedford Port Authority, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries and NOAA all filed written public comments regarding Vineyard Wind’s Environment Impact Statement. The deadline to file public comments was April 30. All three agencies cited concerns regarding offshore wind’s presence within an important region for commercial fishing as well as marine life that could be affected beyond the acute area. >click to read<10:43

Comment

SMAST meeting brings fishing, offshore wind in the same room

February 12, 2018 New England

Offshore wind developers spent the majority of a 3-hour meeting Monday attempting to win over the local commercial fishing industry. For much of he meeting, the fishermen in attendance rolled their eyes, scoffed at various PowerPoint slides and even went as far as to say offshore wind is unwanted. “Nobody wanted this,” one fisherman out of Point Judith said. “Nobody wanted problems. We are assured there would be none. And here we are.” Twenty members of the Fisheries Working Group on Offshore Wind Energy sat around a table at SMAST East hoping to solve various issues between the two ocean-based industries. >click to read< 18:09

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
- North Coast leaders celebrate report’s focus on independent fishers
  
  North coast leaders are calling the sweeping recommendations of a Parliamentary committee a win for independent fishers. The all-party Standing Committee on Fisheries and Oceans released Read More »
- Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 1985, Shrimp Dragger Fiberglass, Cummins, 540HP – Price Reduced!
  
  Specifications, information, and 28 photo’s click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 12:38 Read More »
- Drought years cut North Coast salmon population
  
  Soon after the commercial salmon season opened on Aug. 1, Chris Lawson steered his 53-foot boat named Seaward out of the marina at Bodega Bay into Read More »
- Canadian Freezer scalloper to be built in Spain
  
  Canadian company Comeau’s Sea Foods, based at Saulnierville in Nova Scotia, has placed an order with Astilleros Armon in Spain for a new 50 metre freezer Read More »
- 2013 Marine Debris Cleanup Projects Announced
  
  SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska – The Alaska Marine Stewardship Foundation announced today that it will be conducting eight marine debris cleanup projects throughout Alaska this season with Read More »
- Emails? Man! Do we get emails.
  
  A fella from New Jersey weighed in on the CONSERVATION LAW FOUNDATION: Saving Seafood is “rather discomposed” article. continue Read More »
- FISH-NL: Labour Board status
  
  FISH-NL received an update Tuesday afternoon from the Labour Relations Board regarding the status of our certification application. On March 10, the Board ordered the Salt-Water Read More »
- Protesters link fish and chips to dolphin by-catch
  
  The group Maui and Hector’s Dolphin Defenders says the nets used to catch fish such as mullet and school shark – used in takeaways – trap Read More »
- Oregon Health Authority pulls social distancing ad which depicts fishermen tossing a man overboard
  
  The Oregon Health Authority (OHA) has pulled an ad that depicted a crew of fishermen throwing a man overboard in a life raft in order to Read More »
- What Happened to F/V Southern Wind on Deadliest Catch?
  
  Like any show that’s been on the air as long as “Deadliest Catch” has, there comes a point when new blood needs to be brought in Read More »
- We destroyed the L.I. Sound in 50 years: an eyewitness account
  
  I grew up in the farmhouse where I now live, and the place that always gave me solace and comfort was the Long Island Sound. Every Read More »
- South Carolina: Multiple people, businesses charged for illegal commercial fish harvest and sales
  
  James Wooten of Bluffton, Dawson Loper of Bluffton, and David Festerman of Griffen, GA are each facing multiple charges for illegally harvesting and selling flounder, tripletail, Read More »
- Something ‘fishy’ about Mississippi State player’s arrest
  
  Mississippi State forward Johnny Zuppardo might win the award for most bizarre arrest, if such an accomplishment were trophy-worthy. Some of the infractions that may lead Read More »
- Athearn Marine Agency Boat of the Week: 42′ Provincial High Sheer Lobster, 500HP, 6 Cylinder John Deere
  
  Specifications, information and 1 photo click here To see all the boats in this series, Click here 13:32 Read More »
- Gina M. Raimondo Sworn in as 40th U.S. Secretary of Commerce
  
  Gina M. Raimondo was sworn in as the 40th U.S. Secretary of Commerce. Secretary Raimondo was sworn in by Vice President Kamala Harris after a bipartisan Read More »
- Commercial Dungeness Crab fleet ordered to end operations June 1 for whale endangerment concerns
  
  An order to end the current crabbing season six weeks early in Northern California will deliver another blow to crab fishermen in Humboldt County after seeing Read More »
- Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/ Long Beach Coast Guard Radios Aren’t Working — Public Advised to Contact Them By Phone
  
  LOS ANGELES − Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach is experiencing a temporary degradation in channel 16 VHF/ Radio communication capabilities throughout the Santa Barbara and Read More »
- Supply and Demand – Fishermen In Iceland Will Not Hunt Whales For The First Time In 17 Years
  
  Fishermen from Iceland will not hunt whales this summer, this will the first year in 17 years that the fishermen will abandon the whale hunting season. Read More »
- Fall season a lifeline for SC shrimpers as NOAA issues glowing fishery report
  
  That big and juicy fresh shrimp served in butter this fall was a tasty break. After a delayed season opening and a spotty summer catch, the Read More »
- SAR air base for Labrador
  
  Seaward Enterprises Association of Newfoundland and Labrador (SEA-NL) congratulates board member Merv Wiseman for spearheading a resolution approved this past weekend by the Liberal Party of Read More »
- Fisherman Charles Wertz, Jr. pled guilty in federal district court to one count of wire fraud and two counts of falsifying federal records
  
  An investigation initiated in July 2010 by NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement (OLE) into Research Set-Aside (RSA) program violations culminated in a guilty plea on August Read More »
- HUGE CATCH off the coast of Gloucester!
  
  On April 28,2016, F/V CAPT NOVELLO caught a huge American flag 38 ft. by 20 ft.. Looking for ANSWERS , WHO LOST IT ?? WHY/?? AND Read More »
- There’s something fishy about the Department of Commerce’s denial of Alan Stein’s FOIA requests
  
  He claims that the Commerce Department and two of its agencies – the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and its Office of the Inspector General – Read More »
- Have you caught a Pacific pink salmon in England? The Environment Agency would love to hear from you!
  
  Up until recently, catching a Pacific pink salmon was as rare as netting a red herring. However in 2017 unprecedented numbers of this species were reported Read More »
- 6 new search and rescue measures expected today
  
  CBCNews- Defence Minister Peter MacKay will announce six new measures related to the search and rescue system on Thursday, including new satellites and changes to response Read More »