‘Potentially lethal’: Crown wants $2.95M in fines for Richmond ammonia release

March 30, 2023 Canada

A Richmond-based fishing company should pay $2.95 million in fines related to the handling and discharge of ammonia in 2017, a Vancouver provincial court judge heard March 29. Judge Ellen Gordon heard the ammonia was taken from the Viking Enterprise trawler, stored on the Reagle wharf and then transported to the company operations near Jacombs Road and Cambie Road. “This was a horrific incident, a very dangerous incident,” Gordon said. Multiple individual and corporate defendants pleaded guilty to three counts from an indictment of 10 that involved the transportation, storage and then venting of the potentially lethal substance into the air or runoff into a storm drain to a nearby slough. >click to read< 08:05

Arctic Pearl Fishing Ltd., Arctic Pearl Ice, British Columbia, Cold Storage Ltd., discharge of ammonia, F/V Viking Enterprise, Judge Ellen Gordon, multiple individual and corporate defendants, provincial court judge, Vancouver, Xian Pang (Steve) Liu and Kwong Man Sang Company Ltd.

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
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
- Money Well Spent! $450,0000 in State Funding of Cooperative Fisheries Research at UMass Dartmouth
  
  “UMass Dartmouth is fully committed to research that strengthens the scientific basis for fisheries management. Such research advanced the University’s mission to be an anchor of Read More »
- More humpbacks could cause problems by Ed Schoenfeld, CoastAlaska News (audio)
  
  There’s a baby boom going on with Alaska’s humpback whales. Slow-but-steady population growth is good news for the species, as well as whale-watchers. But it could Read More »
- Mistrial declared in case alleging illegal fluke fishing
  
  A federal judge in Central Islip has declared a mistrial in the case of an East Northport fisherman charged with illegally harvesting $400,000 worth of fluke. Read More »
- John K. Bullard, Regional Administrator, National Marine Fisheries Service to hold Constituent Call on Draft Resources Document for Groundfish Industry
  
  On Monday, June 24th, from 3:00 – 5:00 PM, NOAA Fisheries National Marine Fisheries Service Northeast Regional Administrator John Bullard will be hosting a public conference call Read More »
- Shelburne company pleads guilty in fisherman’s death
  
  A Shelburne fishing company has pleaded guilty to three Occupational Health and Safety Act charges in the death of a lobster fisherman last year. Jimmy Buchanan Read More »
- Ben Platt: Whales aren’t at risk from crab fishing along California’s coast
  
  Anyone who lives in or near California’s many historic fishing communities like Morro Bay, Monterey, or Half Moon Bay, has probably heard the term “ropeless” crab Read More »
- Why fishermen are mailing corks to Murkowski
  
  Bristol Bay fishermen who oppose the Pebble Mine are adding an unusual task to their pre-season chores: They’re writing messages on cork floats and mailing them Read More »
- Lobsterman Julie Eaton running for House District 134
  
  Lobster boat Captain Julie Eaton has announced she is running for Maine State House of Representatives for District 134. District 134 represents the towns of Frenchboro, Read More »
- Lower and middle class Americans will pay for the Biden Administration offshore wind power “plan”
  
  Last week, the Biden administration announced “a bold set of actions” that it said will “catalyze” the installation of 30,000 megawatts of new offshore wind capacity by Read More »
- Europe’s 500 year old seafood tradition
  
  It was low tide, so Axel trudged through wet sand for about 1km to reach the water’s edge. When the sea and sand finally met, Bekaert Read More »
- Lawsuit filed over new rules for hired halibut skippers
  
  The changes to the individual fishing quota, or IFQ, program revolve around the hired master program, and when a quota holder can have someone else catch Read More »
- Whale research Vessel Shearwater traveling at 9 (?) knots plows into a North Atlantic right whale
  
  A Provincetown Center for Coastal Studies research vessel R/V Shearwater “accidentally” collided with a North Atlantic right whale Wednesday, prompting the organization to issue a warning Read More »
- SMAST professor Brian Rothschild, and the SMAST Team are coming to the rescue! (There is a God!) It ain’t NOAA either.
  
  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHSkMwUa2i4 I’m willing to bet my sou’wester that the SMAST Team will get some real results that the industry can believe. SMAST plans independent groundfish survey to Read More »
- Owner of New Bedford vessel capsized off Martha’s Vineyard fears 3 crew members perished
  
  Coast Guard crews from Air Station Cape Cod were continuing the search for the three missing fishermen Monday,,, Luis Martins, who owns a fish processing plant Read More »
- Don’t forget the Meth! Breakdown leads to charges for Skipper and Mate
  
  Water police responded to calls for help at 7.15am today about 15 nautical miles from North Haven where the commercial fishing boat had broken down. The Read More »
- Say no to blood money
  
  New England Aqua Ventus, a joint venture between Diamond Offshore Wind, a subsidiary of the Mitsubishi Corporation, and RWE Renewables, the second largest company in offshore Read More »
- North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for April 18, 2016
  
  Click here to read the Weekly Update, to read all the updates, Click here 10:33 Read More »
- Hunt for oil, gas in Gulf of St. Lawrence questioned – “The way fishermen feel is government is going to walk over us anyway,”
  
  The Ecology Action Centre in Halifax and fishermen in Cape Breton are raising the alarm over the possibility of oil and gas exploration in the Gulf Read More »
- Commercial fishermen dealing with off the chart fuel prices
  
  The fuel prices are also affecting prices out at sea. Many commercial fishermen use diesel, which is now running well over 6 dollars a gallon. Captain Read More »
- From injury to impact: a timeline of the eight critical moments that led up to R116 crash
  
  Shortly after 9.15pm on March 13, 2017, the F/V King’s Cross trawler was on the northern edge of Porcupine Bank when Captain William Buchan told his Read More »
- Teenager helps land Utqiagvik’s first whale of fall season
  
  “Jen, you wanna harpoon?” She hesitated, not knowing where to throw it. While captain Donovan maneuvered the boat closer, Gatten and Adams coached the teenager on Read More »
- Let’s Take a Closer Look at This Big Fish Farm Proposal for the Samoa Peninsula
  
  There have been lots of ideas in recent years for how to maximize the economic potential of Humboldt Bay. “More cruise ships!” some suggested. “More oysters!” Read More »
- It will benefit the powerful’: row over Brixham fish market levelling up plan
  
  Critics claim the plans for the Devon harbour town of Brixham, which is expected to land a record-breaking £50m worth of fish this year, will lead to Read More »
- Breaking! Top “Wicked Tuna” Series Boat F/V Hard Merchandise sinks at the dock.
  
  Captain Dave Marciano’s Hard Merchandise sank at the dock in East Gloucester. Details are unavailable at the moment. I would call him, but I’m sure he’s Read More »
- Conservationists: Overturning Net Ban is Fishing for Trouble
  
  TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – Florida commercial fishermen are working to overturn a 20-year-old amendment to the state constitution that limits the gear they can use. The Net Read More »