Commercial Fisherman Scott Allan Fulford of Peabody, MA, has passed away

November 3, 2023 New England

Scott Allan Fulford, 69, of Peabody, MA, passed away peacefully on October 31, 2023 at the Kaplan House with his family lovingly by his side. Scott was born on July 26, 1954 in Gloucester, MA to Robert and Mary “Mairi” (Sylvester) Fulford. It was here that his true love for the water began. He grew up in East Gloucester, learning all the ins and outs of the commercial fishing industry. He began working alongside his father at the age of 12. He would work in the family business before and after school. Fishing was the Fulford way of life. It was all that they knew. It has been said that Scott never needed maps; he intuitively navigated the waters. After graduating from Gloucester High School in 1972, he went on to carry out his high school goal of owning his own fleet of fishing vessels. He was the proud Captain of Lisa Marie, Sea Hag, The Rolling Stone II and Step Two. Like so many other fishermen, and his dad before him, he worked on the infamous Phyllis A. >>click to read<< 10:47

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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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