Plymouth fisherman calls for ‘reset’ as industry hit by ‘exploding costs’

June 18, 2025 International, International News

A Plymouth fisherman has joined a call for his peers to have their say over vital changes urgently needed to halt a “slow decline” brought about by “exploding costs”. The Great British Inshore Fishing Survey, hosted by the Lyme Bay Fisherman’s CIC, wants all small-scale fishermen across England, Scotland and Wales to have their voices heard. It aims to let the Government know what needs to be done to make the lives and livelihoods of small-scale fishermen, their families and community, better. Plymouth fishermen Brian Tapper said: “Owner operators and other small scale fishing fleets do not have the time or PR machines to be heard where it matters, this is our chance to make sure that the Government and its regulators can be in no doubts about what we think, what works well, and what needs changing. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 08:26

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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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