2024 Scottish Skipper Expo: Aberdeen industry showcase set to break its own records

March 22, 2024 International, International News

The 2024 Scottish Skipper Expo in Aberdeen is looking to be the biggest yet, and the decision to make this an event taking place every second year has ensured that companies don’t want to miss out on what is expected to become a unique showcase for the UK fishing sector. ‘We are delighted with the response to this year’s event, with companies from around the world eager to secure their stand space to ensure that they are part of the bi-annual event,’ said Mara Media’s Commercial Fishing Manager Sharon Boyle. more, >>click to read<< 09:20

2024 Scottish Skipper Expo, Aberdeen, Mara Media, Peterhead Port Authority, Scottish Skipper Expo, Sharon Boyle, sponsor Scottish Fishermen’s Federation, than 130 companies

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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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Ocean Resource Privatization

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The New England groundfish debacle (Part III): who or what is at fault? Nils E. Stolpe/FishNet

Recent Posts

R.I. fisherman to officials: ‘We’re hanging on by our fingertips’

The Mouth of The Kenai – The Redoubt Reporter: This is a two part story about the history of clamming on the Kenai Peninsula.

North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for September 29, 2017

Historic fishing trawler Arctic Corsair to be at the centre of major Hull tourist attraction

Conservationists plan to sue over right whale deaths

Hartlepool fishermen fear for future after crab deaths

Halifax trawler faces arrest over broken Greenland cable – accuses owners and crew of CF/V Acadienne Gale II of negligence

Nova Scotia Fisheries and Aquaculture Loan Board has called the loans for three different fishing vessels

Oregon hunting, angling and commercial fishing fees will go up dramatically to feed a ravenous bureaucracy

FALL 2017 Pacific Islands Fishery Newsletter

Coast Guard crew medically evacuates ill fishing vessel crewmember off Oregon Coast

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‘Something fishy’ — Protesters sign their disapproval of Kenai River Sportfishing Association

NOAA Drones find a home at MacDill hangar for their new toys

King crabs invade UK waters threatening native species

FREEPORT, Maine – Invasive green crabs creep back into Casco Bay

Updated 05:06 – Hurricane Arthur makes landfall in U.S. – will likely reach Atlantic Canada as tropical storm

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Herring sac roe prices down from last year

Two Newport Port Commissioners and Staff to Meet with Federal Grant Officials to Save International Terminal Project

Environmental group distraught as tuna conservation body succumbs to politics

Expanding habitat protection zones in the Key’s

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