Sullivan Presses Commerce Nominee on NOAA Surveys Needed for Alaska Fishermen

May 7, 2025 National, North Pacific

U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), a member of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, today pressed the nominee to serve as deputy secretary of the Department of Commerce, Mr. Paul Dabbar, on concerns about the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) ability to complete fisheries stock surveys in Alaska if staffing and approved funding from the department are not prioritized. Sen. Sullivan noted in the committee hearing that conducting surveys is one of the Commerce Department’s core responsibilities with regard to fisheries, and surveys are needed in order for Alaskans to harvest in various fisheries across the state. Sen. Sullivan also demanded that Dabbar and Commerce officials work promptly with Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick to sign the pending maintenance contract for the Kodiak, Alaska-based NOAA research vessel, Oscar Dyson, which conducts these critically important surveys. Video, more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 09:36

Alaska, Commerce Science and Transportation Committee, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, Dept of Commerce, fisheries stock surveys, Mr. Paul Dabbar, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, NOAA, presses commerce nominee, Senator Dan Sullivan

Leave a ReplyCancel reply

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Ocean Resource Privatization

Articles Posted by Date
May 2025

M T W T F S S

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8 9 10 11

12 13 14 15 16 17 18

19 20 21 22 23 24 25

26 27 28 29 30 31

« Apr

May 2025
M	T	W	T	F	S	S
	1	2	3	4
5	6	7	8	9	10	11
12	13	14	15	16	17	18
19	20	21	22	23	24	25
26	27	28	29	30	31

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

Recent Posts
- A Columbia River gillnetter joins historical collection at maritime museum
  
  After plying the Columbia River for more than half a century, the fishing boat Endeavor is getting a spot in the Columbia River Maritime Museum’s growing Read More »
- Lobster boat racing season was a summer success
  
  As attention begins to turn from boat motors to snow blowers, the Maine Lobster Boat Racing Association reports that the summer racing season was a resounding Read More »
- Just Now!! A tight fit.
  
  Gloucester – A tight fit. The lobster boat Dominatrix drives between the stern of the herring trawler Western Venture and the Coast Guard station’s large vessel Read More »
- UPDATE 1: Coast Guard, local agencies continue response to boat fire near Santa Cruz Island
  
  SAN PEDRO, Calif. Coast Guard and partner agencies continue their response to a vessel fire that led to the Conception sinking near Santa Cruz Island Monday Read More »
- Nuclear is the future – Wind & Solar Debacle Means It’s Time to Bring Small Nuclear Reactors Onshore
  
  SMRs are no pipe dream: 200 small nuclear reactors are presently powering 160 ships and submarines all around the world and have been for decades. What’s on Read More »
- Worst storm in years batters Western Alaska coast
  
  A powerful, historic storm continued to batter a huge swath of the Western Alaska coast Saturday, causing severe flooding, evacuations, power outages and wind damage to Read More »
- Envelope pushed in St. Marys Bay and Digby folk pushed into a corner – Susan Beaton
  
  So now that the dust is starting to settle, righteous keyboard warriors can take a breather. So let’s try to give the people of Digby County Read More »
- Biscayne National Park’s General Management Plan – No-fishing zone no solution to coral loss
  
  Were Charles Dickens alive today, it’s possible that the drama surrounding the inclusion of a no-fishing zone in Biscayne National Park’s General Management Plan (GMP) could Read More »
- A lobster season Q&A: Supply and demand, price volatility and challenges in markets
  
  It’s never smooth sailing for the Atlantic Canada lobster industry. Each year there are issues and challenges to contend with. The weather and catches are beyond Read More »
- NEFMC Seeks Input From Fishermen and Research Partners on RSA Programs; Take the Online Survey!
  
  The New England Fishery Management Council is asking fishermen and their cooperative research partners who participate in the Atlantic Sea Scallop, Atlantic Herring, and/or Monkfish Research Read More »
- The Launching of the Victory Rose
  
  A storm delay wasn’t enough to steal Victory Rose’s thunder as the mammoth Parkol Marine-built boat took to the water for the first time. The 37th Read More »
- Waterman Allen Ray Crockett of Tangier Island has passed away
  
  Mr. Allen Ray Crockett, beloved husband of Jeanette Bowden Crockett, passed away Monday, June 28, 2021. Allen was the son of the late Merrill Ray Crockett Read More »
- Fisheries Labour Market Information Study – Shortage in skilled labour may limit fishing industry growth
  
  About 40 per cent of Canada’s fish harvesters will soon reach retirement age, which places a “serious limitation” on the economic growth potential in the fishing Read More »
- Missing Port Dover, Ontario fisherman embraced sunrises and the water
  
  Fisherman Michael Smith lived for the mornings he could venture on to the water with the Donna F and watch the sunrise, according to cousin and Read More »
- Senators tour Seattle boat to study loans for new fishing fleet
  
  While standing in the processing factory section of the F/V Blue Pacific on Thursday morning, the senators heard about the steps involved in rebuilding the freezer Read More »
- Russian fishing trawler “Mekhanik Maslak” catches fire in St Petersburg shipyard
  
  The Russian fishing trawler “Mekhanik Maslak,” caught fire while reportedly under construction at the Admiralty Shipyards in St Petersburg. The fire covered more than 800 square Read More »
- Staging A Storm Scene! ‘Deadliest Catch’ Writer Caught In Blatant Fakery Scheme!
  
  Of course the Kardashians have shamelessly staged scenes for their “reality” show — The Hollywood Reporter accused the gritty Discovery channel hit, featuring seasoned fishermen including Sig Read More »
- The world famous Kenai River king salmon are facing a major crisis
  
  There appear to be several reasons for the low returns: poor ocean survival, catches by the high-seas trawlers, setnet catches in Cook Inlet and marginal productivity. Read More »
- Texas Game Wardens on Border Make Large Gillnet Seizure
  
  Texas game wardens conducting an enhanced marine patrol of the lower Rio Grande near Boca Chica along the Texas–Mexico border recently seized roughly 8,000 feet of Read More »
- Fisheries disaster declared in multiple fisheries, multiple states
  
  Wednesday,, Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross announced his determination that commercial fishery failures occurred for multiple fisheries between 2017 and 2019 in Alaska, California, Georgia, and Read More »
- How a Mi’kmaq nation found prosperity and a seafood empire
  
  The urban Mi’kmaq reservation, on the southern edge of Sydney, N.S., used to be the kind of place many in Cape Breton avoided. It was seen Read More »
- Fishing Vessel: Engine Room Only Shutoff Valve Let Fire Spread
  
  Fuel shutoff valves outside the engine room might have stopped a fire that destroyed a shrimp boat after an explosion off Louisiana last year, federal investigators Read More »
- Houseboat Dwellers Can Now Generate All the Electricity They Need From the Ocean
  
  The oceans contain nearly unimaginable amount of power. Engineers have long dreamed of transforming some of it into electricity. Complex past concepts have ranged from “tide Read More »
- Fish processor testifies against RCMP over Shippagan riots that destroyed his plant
  
  A Moncton court has begun hearing a lawsuit against the RCMP that alleges the force didn’t do its job during the 2003 riots in Shippagan that Read More »
- Fisherman airlifted safely from F/V Newfoundland Pioneer after suspected heart attack
  
  CBCNews – A fisherman had to be airlifted to hospital in St. Anthony on Monday amid a medical emergency. A search and rescue official said a Read More »