Five injured in reported boat ‘explosion’ at Honolulu’s Pier 36

April 27, 2024 Western Pacific

Rescue crews are responding to a reported fire on a boat docked at Pier 36 in Honolulu where five people were injured. First responders were called out to the scene in the 1200 block of N. Nimitz Highway around 3:30 p.m. “They were all adult males, two in critical condition and both of those men went to The Queen’s Medical Center. An additional male was in serious condition, and he also went to the Queen’s Medical Center. And then two people were also adult males in serious condition, and they went to the Straub Medical Center,” Ireland added. The state said the explosion happened while the men were working in the engine room of the “Kim Thu” — a foreign long-line fishing vessel. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 11:49

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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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