Oil spill in Terrebonne Bay on opening day of shrimp season causes grief for fishermen

August 11, 2022 Gulf of Mexico

A Terrebonne Bay oil spill on the first day of Louisiana’s inshore shrimp season has taken a toll on some local fishermen, who say they received no warning of the incident until many hours after it occurred and as a result ended up with fouled nets and oiled boats. The Coast Guard said it was notified through the National Response Center at 3:01 a.m. Monday that a tank platform collapsed at the Hilcorp Caillou Island facility in Terrebonne Bay. “I went out on the opening and I kept pushing all that night,” said Terrebonne Parish shrimper John Sophin. “I didn’t know about the spill, nobody warned me, I didn’t know where it was at.” >click to read< 08:54

Acy Cooper, Coast Guard, Hilcorp Caillou Island facility, Kimberly Chauvin, Louisiana, Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Louisiana Shrimp Association, National Response Center, oil spill, opening day of shrimp season, shrimper John Sophin, shrimper Robert Keenan, tank platform collapsed, Terrebonne Bay

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
- As ‘Jaws’ turns 44, here are 44 things you didn’t know about the original blockbuster
  
  Just when you thought it was safe to go back in the water… The movie, the story of a great white shark terrorising the shores of Read More »
- NMFS proposes reclassifying the humpback whale into 14 distinct population segments
  
  NOAA Fisheries NMFS proposed today to reclassify the humpback whale into 14 distinct population segments under the Endangered Species Act, providing a more tailored conservation approach Read More »
- Watermen tackle offshore wind farm development concerns, company pushes (subsidized) economic benefit
  
  “I just want to be able to go fishing.” Those were fisherman Jimmy Hahn’s words as he is one of many who are concerned about U.S. Read More »
- There’s Whale Meat in the Beer! – Icelandic ‘whale beer’ condemned by conservationists
  
  The brewery’s website claims people who drink it become “true Vikings”. Conservationists have criticised the sale in Iceland of a beer which its makers claim contains Read More »
- Five years after ‘catch shares’ and ‘sectors,’ groundfish industry is on the rocks
  
  Five years have now gone by since the reshaping of the Northeast fishery, five years that the the Northeast groundfishing industry does the best it can Read More »
- RCMP – Debris all that remains of missing fishermen’s boat spotted about 10 nautical miles east of F/V Miss Ally’s last know position
  
  A search of the area where five fishermen are believed to have perished after their boat overturned in stormy seas off Nova Scotia has turned up Read More »
- A rare summer-long chinook opener was not enough to lure SE trollers away from Chumageddon
  
  Chinook trollers in Southeast may have left a sizeable portion of their allocation in the water when the summer season wrapped up on September 20 – Read More »
- Paul Cohan: This is in response to John Bullard in the Myopic View Column in the GDT
  
  I don’t know where to start. This is one of those instances where “to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool is better than opening Read More »
- Ocean plankton’s absorption of CO2 higher than assumed
  
  In making their findings, the researchers have upended a decades-old core principle of marine science known as the Redfield ratio, named for famed oceanographer Alfred Redfield. He Read More »
- CHRISTMAS CRACKER CREWS
  
  Christmas was a time of conflict within Hull’s trawling industry. The clash was between love and money. Trawlermen loved to be at home over the festive Read More »
- Massachusetts Lobstermen Test Ropeless Fishing Gear to Save Right Whales
  
  Researchers say conservationists and the fishing industry must work together to save the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale. Only about 400 of these whales are Read More »
- Inoperable weather buoys at mouth of the Columbia River stir concern
  
  On the first day of commercial Dungeness crab season, Kelsey Cutting began his morning the way most crab fishermen do: checking the weather. Like many commercial Read More »
- Green crab parasite may be death of lobsters
  
  Results of a study published last week show a parasite is being transferred from green crab bait to lobsters, and more results on another parasite, a Read More »
- Commercial longline seasons to open March 11th, on time
  
  Commercial longliners in Alaska can go fishing on March 11 after all. The National Marine Fisheries Service announced Friday. March 3 that March 11th will be Read More »
- Bill would extend shrimping season in portion of Mississippi Sound
  
  A bill that would open part of the Mississippi Sound a month earlier than the traditional June start of shrimping season is headed to Gov. Phil Read More »
- The American Samoa Fisheries Task Force needs support for petition
  
  The American Samoa Fisheries Task Force is urging support for a petition that’s been filed with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to exempt US purse seines Read More »
- Five B.C. First Nations say salmon decision shows systemic racism at DFO
  
  The five Nuu-Chah-Nulth First Nations are upset that Ottawa decided to give a surplus allocation of salmon — which arose this year due to reduced recreational Read More »
- Taufen: Volksverdummung’s Alive and Well in Fisheries
  
  The Germans call the stupefaction, misleading or brainwashing of the people ‘Volksverdummung’— which seems to be well-established in the seafood industry these days. It’s been largely Read More »
- Deep Sea Fishermen’s Benefit Fund treasurer accused of stealing over $10,000 pleads not guilty
  
  The treasurer for the Deep Sea Fishermen’s Benefit Fund is accused of stealing more than $10,000 from the Warrenton nonprofit. Janelle Marie Adams, 42, of Hammond, Read More »
- Have you heard? Nutrient pollution is changing sounds in the sea
  
  Nutrient pollution emptying into seas from cities, towns and agricultural land is changing the sounds made by marine life – and potentially upsetting navigational cues for Read More »
- St. Bernard Parish spends hundreds of thousands and still can’t get bulk ice to docks – video
  
  “It’s sort of like white gold. Cold gold,” explained F.J. Campo, owner and operator of Campo’s Marina in Shell Beach. “If you have a boat that Read More »
- $4.2 million federal grant seeks to help Louisiana seafood processors recoup COVID losses
  
  Louisiana will receive a $4.2 million federal grant to help seafood processors recover losses sustained during the ongoing COVID pandemic. It’s part of a $50 million Read More »
- Past lobster season openers starts and misses in southwestern Nova Scotia
  
  There are years the opening of the lobster fishery off southwestern Nova Scotia goes off without a hitch, but not always. The season is always slated Read More »
- Carlos Rafael Has Been Banned From Fishing Forever! ‘Codfather’ Civil Case Settlement
  
  The federal government says it has settled its civil case against a fishing magnate known as The Codfather, saying he will never be allowed to return Read More »
- Group studying ways to keep more fish out of shrimp nets
  
  A meeting being held this week in New Bern will kick off an effort to study new methods and potential gear for reducing the bycatch of Read More »

Archives
- November 2024 (71)
- October 2024 (170)
- September 2024 (180)
- August 2024 (178)
- July 2024 (171)
- June 2024 (172)
- May 2024 (191)
- April 2024 (191)
- March 2024 (209)
- February 2024 (192)
- January 2024 (211)
- December 2023 (188)
- November 2023 (202)
- October 2023 (180)
- September 2023 (101)
- August 2023 (241)
- July 2023 (237)
- June 2023 (211)
- May 2023 (235)
- April 2023 (210)
- March 2023 (215)
- February 2023 (179)
- January 2023 (187)
- December 2022 (178)
- November 2022 (187)
- October 2022 (190)
- September 2022 (177)
- August 2022 (203)
- July 2022 (186)
- June 2022 (184)
- May 2022 (186)
- April 2022 (190)
- March 2022 (219)
- February 2022 (167)
- January 2022 (192)
- December 2021 (191)
- November 2021 (182)
- October 2021 (196)
- September 2021 (197)
- August 2021 (205)
- July 2021 (221)
- June 2021 (211)
- May 2021 (221)
- April 2021 (204)
- March 2021 (202)
- February 2021 (188)
- January 2021 (195)
- December 2020 (193)
- November 2020 (181)
- October 2020 (204)
- September 2020 (195)
- August 2020 (189)
- July 2020 (205)
- June 2020 (194)
- May 2020 (225)
- April 2020 (218)
- March 2020 (216)
- February 2020 (209)
- January 2020 (233)
- December 2019 (227)
- November 2019 (240)
- October 2019 (241)
- September 2019 (241)
- August 2019 (270)
- July 2019 (288)
- June 2019 (270)
- May 2019 (263)
- April 2019 (223)
- March 2019 (210)
- February 2019 (155)
- January 2019 (117)
- December 2018 (216)
- November 2018 (169)
- October 2018 (218)
- September 2018 (247)
- August 2018 (258)
- July 2018 (259)
- June 2018 (250)
- May 2018 (251)
- April 2018 (246)
- March 2018 (266)
- February 2018 (256)
- January 2018 (278)
- December 2017 (309)
- November 2017 (281)
- October 2017 (288)
- September 2017 (275)
- August 2017 (284)
- July 2017 (287)
- June 2017 (273)
- May 2017 (276)
- April 2017 (275)
- March 2017 (300)
- February 2017 (252)
- January 2017 (288)
- December 2016 (263)
- November 2016 (268)
- October 2016 (287)
- September 2016 (284)
- August 2016 (293)
- July 2016 (286)
- June 2016 (273)
- May 2016 (246)
- April 2016 (267)
- March 2016 (260)
- February 2016 (265)
- January 2016 (269)
- December 2015 (266)
- November 2015 (281)
- October 2015 (289)
- September 2015 (286)
- August 2015 (298)
- July 2015 (294)
- June 2015 (329)
- May 2015 (316)
- April 2015 (317)
- March 2015 (324)
- February 2015 (301)
- January 2015 (332)
- December 2014 (322)
- November 2014 (330)
- October 2014 (382)
- September 2014 (340)
- August 2014 (347)
- July 2014 (376)
- June 2014 (401)
- May 2014 (344)
- April 2014 (341)
- March 2014 (375)
- February 2014 (374)
- January 2014 (360)
- December 2013 (294)
- November 2013 (372)
- October 2013 (391)
- September 2013 (461)
- August 2013 (566)
- July 2013 (526)
- June 2013 (447)
- May 2013 (475)
- April 2013 (508)
- March 2013 (459)
- February 2013 (352)
- January 2013 (265)
- December 2012 (206)
- November 2012 (168)
- October 2012 (187)
- September 2012 (126)
- August 2012 (4)

FISHERYNATION.COM

continuously updated