End of the line? How Brexit left Hull’s fishing industry facing extinction

June 13, 2021 International News

It was a Wednesday morning and it had been touch and go whether all of them would be able to get time off from their day jobs to make the trip. Seven hours later, they stood on the quayside at Greenwich, as Princess Anne swung a bottle of champagne at the looming yellow hull of the UK’s newest and biggest whitefish trawler. Many of the people gathered that day had voted for Brexit in the EU referendum and hopes were high that it would usher in a new era for a British industry that had been dwindling for years. The Kirkella was the larger of two new boats built by the private company UK Fisheries in 2018, at a combined cost of nearly £59m, landing fish at Hull for the first time in a decade. The Princess Royal summed up the optimistic mood on the quayside when she offered her congratulations “to the owner for their investment in the future of fishing”. As the bottle smashed against the boat, the players launched into a lung-busting rendition of Hearts of Oak. >click to read< 09:02

Brexit, distant-water trawler sits idle, End of the line?, facing extinction, Hull’s fishing industry, Princess Anne, UK factory trawler Kirkella, UK’s departure from the EU

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date
November 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

« Oct

November 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
- On The Hot Seat! Dare GOP confronts N.C. GOP chair on shrimp vote
  
  In the wake of the N.C. Fisheries Commission’s approval of a petition putting greater limits on shrimp trawling, the Dare County GOP has written a letter Read More »
- Sacramento River King Salmon hold on, but drought, heat may take toll next year
  
  The California drought and a strange warming trend in the ocean have not yet killed off the Sacramento River’s king salmon, which are swimming off the Read More »
- A Unique Catch! Lobsterman Charles Rossi hauled in a blue, calico and red lobster all in one day!
  
  No, the red lobster pictured above is not already cooked. It’s rare. Dorr Lobster Company, Inc. fisherman Charles Rossi hauled in a blue, calico and red Read More »
- Retired Commercial Fisherman Captain Nick Mosich has passed away
  
  For over thirty years the fishing vessel Mauritania patrolled the Eastern Pacific searching for tuna to bring home to market. At the helm was Captain Nick Read More »
- Fishermen could use a little extra under the tree – Steve Urbon
  
  I have never seen former New Bedford Mayor John Bullard look so downcast as he did last Thursday at the special meeting of the New England Read More »
- MSA Re-Auth Roadshow: Northeast Seafood Coalition Policy Director Vito Giacalone Testifies
  
  Giacalone testified about the immediate reality affecting small groundfish fishing businesses in the Northeast region. He said long-term policy improvements will not matter if there are no fishermen Read More »
- New shellfish regulations taking effect in NC
  
  New regulations are taking effect in North Carolina to help keep shellfish safer for people to eat. The new rules are designed to the spread of Read More »
- Bill C—228: Federal NDP MP proposes bill requiring fish farming be done in closed containment
  
  Bill C—228, a bill that would require fish farming to be carried out in closed containment facilities, is on the table in the House of Commons Read More »
- Lobstermen are opposed to this. Stopping American Aquafarms is your fight, too
  
  The project will include 30 in-water fish pens, 150 feet in diameter; dozens of generators to power pumps and lights day and night; barges for feed Read More »
- F/V Scandies Rose: Tragedy survivor details harrowing experience during sinking
  
  Jon Lawler, who was on the F/V Scandies Rose on Dec. 31, 2019, when the boat began rapidly sinking into the sea,,, As soon as things Read More »
- Boat and Ship Industry Ideal for 3D Printer R&D Tax Credits – What is 3D Printing? An Overview.
  
  Although many boat and ship components are standard items, the added transportation costs and marine specifications often make parts and components difficult to source and very Read More »
- Gulf of Mexico Reef Fish Shareholders’ Alliance fights NOAA over aqua farms
  
  The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) decision to approve industrial offshore fish farming last month in federally protected waters in the Gulf of Mexico is Read More »
- Fishermen cautioned from spreading fake news on social media
  
  KUALA SELANGOR: Over 86,000 registered fishermen in the country have been cautioned against receiving and spreading unverified information on the social media.The Malaysian Fisheries Development Authority Read More »
- National Hurricane Center – Hurricane Jose – Hurricane Maria Public Advisory’s At 800 PM EDT
  
  Public Advisory At 800 PM EDT, the center of Hurricane Jose was located by an Air Force reconnaissance plane near latitude 37.5 North, longitude 71.2 West. Read More »
- USDA approves $25 million wild caught shrimp-buy program to help distressed seafood industry
  
  The USDA announced the purchase of Gulf of Mexico and South Atlantic wild-caught shrimp through its Section 32 Program for distribution to food banks and other Read More »
- Speedy surgery puts transmitters into Hudson River fish
  
  The biologist wore an orange slicker rather than hospital scrubs, and his operating room was a small fishing boat in the middle of the Hudson River. Read More »
- After yearslong shortfall caused by drought and environmental restrictions, California Is Overflowing With Salmon
  
  The phones began ringing at Giovanni’s Fish Market & Galley a week after salmon season opened in May and have barely let up since. “It’s all Read More »
- Lobstermen help rescue fisherman who fell from cliffs in York
  
  A boat crew pulling lobster traps off the coast of York on Monday rescued a fisherman who had fallen from a cliff and was clinging to Read More »
- Why California’s most productive salmon hatchery is millions of fish short
  
  California’s most productive salmon hatchery has 6 million fewer fish this year, another sign the state’s drought woes linger despite last winter’s record rainfall. The federal Read More »
- Louisiana Dept. of Wildlife and Fisheries: report of loss linked to Bonnet Carre Spillway opening
  
  “This is the worst I’ve ever seen it in my life,” Shrimper Charles Robin said. Robin is a shrimper in Yscloskey. He said his catch dropped Read More »
- StarKist Samoa GM credits God for cannery’s success
  
  The regular Sunday morning church service at the Pago Pago Congregationl Christian Church of American Samoa was more packed than usual. The general manager of StarKist Samoa and division Read More »
- 28 accidents reported since crab season began off Oregon, Washington
  
  Since the commercial Dungeness crab season began on January 15th, Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Portland marine investigators have responded to 28 marine accidents involving commercial Read More »
- US Shark Fishermen, Oceana wants you to waste the fins from your legal fishery
  
  State shark fin bans are under threat—from NOAA – Primordially graceful, sharks have roamed our oceans for 400 million years. They ruled the seas before the Read More »
- Cassidy Urges International Trade Commission to Keep Antidumping Orders on Shrimp from China, India, Thailand, Vietnam
  
  U.S. Senator Bill Cassidy M.D. (R-LA) expressed his support for continuing antidumping orders on imports of frozen warmwater shrimp imported from China, India, Thailand, and Vietnam Read More »
- The Associated Press reported erroneously,,, Correction: Alaska-Salmon Hatcheries story
  
  In a story Aug. 11 (Scientists warn of too many pink salmon in North Pacific) >click< about Alaska salmon hatcheries, The Associated Press reported erroneously that Read More »