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

Recent Posts

Canadian SAR Swimmer Films MEDEVAC of Injured Crewmember

Tasmanian fishermen fed up with seal relocation into other fishing grounds

Highway 103 honours lost fishermen – Highway 103 runs from Halifax to Yarmouth

“Greater Atlantic” First River Herring Technical Expert Working Group on March 27, 1-4pm.Attend via Webinar

NEFMC fails to tackle cod problem – “We’re losing the rest of that value to protect one stock that is highly romanticized,”

Offshore Wind Farms: NJ forcefully tips its hand, as we read this stuff delivers a fraction of its total capacity!

Commercial fishermen issue demand to start netting lake trout on Lake Michigan

Body found on West Island, believed to be missing fisherman

Casting Call!

Offshore exploration and drilling back on table for Georgia

Ghost traps major problem in the Keys – Bill Kelly says there would be a lot of fishermen out of business

Musquash teen who died fishing dreamed of being a lobster fisherman

Friends of Captain Jean Frottier devastated by loss of fisherman

F/V Terry F runs into serious trouble, Coast Guard rescues crew and a dog, vessel breaks up, Fundraiser!

Gale warnings holding back flotilla- Two boats left Woods Harbour ,Lady Faith, Rachel Elizabeth, with Crustacean Frustration and Slave Driver not far behind.

Miss Ally logs detail efforts to save crew before sinking – ‘Something went terribly wrong’

ITQ’s: Changes to salmon fishery causing concern among Prince Rupert fishermen

Commercial fishing for Southeast red king crab to open this fall after six years

South Atlantic Fishery Management Council – The Snapper Grouper Advisory Panel meeting starts at 1:30 today (Tues). You can listen in via webinar

WWII Veteran, Commercial Fisherman Stanley J. Dykovitz of Southampton has passed away

Fish Tales: Al Cottone hanging on, ‘one month at a time’

Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council meeting in Galveston, TX, October 21 – 24, 2019

Arctic Corsair: Hull trawler dry-docked ahead of restoration

New Brunswick Crab fishermen to test ropeless fishing

Changes in forage fish abundance alter Atlantic cod distribution, affect fishery success – What do you think?

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