Carrabelle Boat Captain sentenced for assaulting deckhands in the Gulf of America

June 19, 2025 Gulf of America

Terry Carrington, 38, of Carrabelle, Florida was sentenced today to 84 months in prison after previously pleading guilty to assault with a dangerous weapon and assault resulting in serious bodily injury that occurred in the Gulf of America. The sentence was announced by John P. Heekin, United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida. According to court records, Carrington and the two victims were fishing for red snapper as part of a multi-day commercial fishing trip in April 2024. During the trip, Carrington, without provocation, struck the first victim, breaking his jaw, rendering him unconscious. Carrington then retrieved a rifle and attempted to shoot the second victim, who after multiple shots were fired wrestled the rifle away from Carrington. Ultimately, the victims subdued Carrington and returned to land where they were able to alert law enforcement. more, >>CLICK TO READ<< 06:22

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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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