Lobster boats stranded outside harbour on P.E.I.’s North Shore: ‘It’s not a good scenario’

April 30, 2025 Canada

More than a dozen lobster fishing boats were stuck offshore Tuesday afternoon and unable to get back into the harbour at North Rustico on P.E.I.’s North Shore. Extremely low tides and strong winds combined with extra sand in the channel meant about half the boats that went out this morning couldn’t get back to the wharf. “We’ve been pretty fortunate here over the years getting in and out, but it’s getting worse with no ice every year,” said Buote, who’s been fishing out of North Rustico for nearly 25 years. “Ice helps… clean up the channels and whatnot, and for some reason dredging doesn’t start till the middle of April and now there’s numerous harbours that need a lot of attention.” Photos. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 09:53

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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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