Castletownbere Lifeboat Rescues Fishing Crew off Beara Peninsula

February 17, 2025 International, International News

On Sunday, Castletownbere RNLI launched to assist a fishing boat taking on water off the West Cork coast. The mission began at 04.20 am when Valentia Coastguard requested help for a 20-metre vessel with two people onboard that had lost power. The lifeboat departed at 04:30, helmed by Coxswain Marney O’Donoghue, alongside mechanic David O’Donovan and crew members Dean Hegarty, Joe Cronin, and Andrew O’Neill. Upon arrival, approximately two miles south-west of Blackball Head, the crew found another local fishing boat standing by in challenging conditions, including Force 7 southeasterly winds and a swell of 4 to 5 metres. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 08:37

Andrew O’Neil, another local fishing boat, Beara Peninsula, Castletownbere Lifeboat, Coxswain Marney O’Donoghue, crew members Dean Hegarty, Force 7 southeasterly winds, Ireland, Joe Cronin, mechanic David O’Donovan, rescues fishing crew, RNLI, search and rescue, standing by in challenging conditions, two people onboard

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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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