New Bedford Working Waterfront Fesival – September 28 & 29, 2013- Fisherpoets catch the soul of New Bedford’s signature industry

September 24, 2013 New England

NEW BEDFORD — When Jon Broderick graduated from college in Seattle in 1976, he was interested in three things: Poetry, guitar and fishing. So he headed out to Kodiak, Alaska, to have a Jack London-esque adventure in the Big Country. Broderick is one of the fisher-poets and singers who will perform for SouthCoast students at local elementary, middle and high schools on Friday, Sept. 27 before their public performances at the annual Working Waterfront Festival on Saturday and Sunday. more@southcoasttoday The Working Waterfront Festival The earlier post here! 03:30

Fisherpoets, Working Waterfront Fesival - New Bedford

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
April 2024

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

« Mar

April 2024
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

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
- Obama’s moving closer to creating the world’s largest marine reserve — in Hawaii
  
  Obama may have chosen to locate his library in his adopted home state of Illinois, but a new move by Sen. Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) suggests he Read More »
- Whalsay scallop fisherman scoops ‘Hero of the Year’ award
  
  A scallop fisherman from Whalsay has been named Hero of the Year at a UK fishing awards ceremony. George Andrew Williamson scooped the award on Thursday Read More »
- Fisheries Survival Fund Calls for Reevaluation of Draft PEIS on Offshore Wind Development Impacts on Scallop Fisheries in the New York Bight
  
  The Fisheries Survival Fund (FSF) has submitted to the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) regarding the Draft Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (Draft PEIS) for the Read More »
- Work on offshore wind farm begins – Some NJ groups are fighting it!
  
  The $1.6 billion wind farm is known as Ocean Wind and is a partnership with Orsted and PSE&G. But there are some groups in New Jersey Read More »
- US scallop inventories expected to decline in 2013 on new management plan
  
  Framework Adjustment 24 to the Sea Scallop Plan was approved at the November 2012 meeting of the New England Fishery Management Council. The action sets specifications Read More »
- Discovery Channel drops the Harris boys and F/V Cornelia Marie
  
  One of the most enduring and popular storylines on Discovery’s crab-fishing drama “Deadliest Catch” has taken yet another turn. more@zap2it Read More »
- Just Now! UConn R/V Conneticut steams into Gloucester. Possibly to research why the fish port is so idle.(Fishing where the fish are is against the law…….that was easy).
  
  07:43 Read More »
- Struggling salmon fishermen getting federal help, but it may be too late
  
  Earlier this month, two years after a request by Oregon’s governor, the U.S. Department of Commerce declared a Chinook fishery disaster for 2018, 2019 and 2020, Read More »
- New Jersey Lawmakers Calling on Feds to Lift Strict Limits on Fluke Fishing for This Season
  
  The State Assembly is asking the federal government to suspend a 40 percent quota reduction that enters its second year until a new fluke stock assessment Read More »
- Commercial fishing boat Susan Rose grounded at Point Pleasant Beach – Photos
  
  A commercial fishing boat that beached here early Friday morning drew a crowd of curious onlookers on what was a sun-splashed fall day. The boat is Read More »
- Murkowski Muscles GSA in Sustainability Fight – Gets Major Change in Guidelines
  
  In a recent letter (attached) from a GSA Assistant Commissioner, the official writes to Senator Murkowski that the agency agrees, and that “American managed fisheries do Read More »
- Governor Cuomo Calls For Fair and Gradual Changes to Summer Flounder Fishery
  
  Governor Cuomo called on the Mid Atlantic Fishery Management Council to reevaluate a potential 43 percent fluke harvest reduction for New York in 2016. The potential Read More »
- Massive Marathon marina fire destroys home, three lobster boats, fishing gear
  
  The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office credits Deputy Seth Hopp who was driving southbound near 15th Street at 2:35 a.m. When he saw billowing black smoke that Read More »
- It’s tough being a seafood lover living in landlocked central Pennsylvania.
  
  Shaun Knight and Christa Stofferahn are changing all that. In August 2017, they opened Maine Bay & Berry, and since then, Knight has been making the Read More »
- ‘Rock the Shrimpers Relief Benefit’ – Shrimpers explain difficult process with boat removal
  
  The community came together Sunday to raise money for shrimpers who lost everything during Hurricane Ian. The Rock Shrimpers Relief Benefit was held in Cape Coral Read More »
- Italy Fishing Boats Strike Over Fuel Costs
  
  Italian fishing boats will stay in ports this week due to a national strike over high fuel costs that is threatening supplies across the country. “There Read More »
- New Bedford Port Authority, Mass Division of Marine Fisheries, NOAA weigh in through public comments regarding offshore wind
  
  The New Bedford Port Authority, the Massachusetts Division of Marine Fisheries and NOAA all filed written public comments regarding Vineyard Wind’s Environment Impact Statement. The deadline Read More »
- Windfarm plans for Atlantic coast hit fishermen hard and threaten US food supply
  
  Tom Williams, a lifelong fisherman whose sons now captain the family’s two boats, doesn’t scare easily—not after the storms, regulations and economic ups and downs he’s Read More »
- As alewife populations recover, a new economy emerges
  
  Friendship lobsterman Jim Wotton believes the resurgent river herring could feed lobster traps en masse, generating big profits. Wotton, 44, of Friendship, is one of Maine’s authentic Read More »
- Lake Erie Commercial fishing done for the year
  
  Even though the species have changed over the years, Lake Erie has long hosted a valuable commercial fishing industry. The first fish caught in commercial quantities Read More »
- ‘Fraught With Defects’, Connecticut Lawmakers Urge Reforms To Fishing Regulations
  
  Connecticut’s congressional delegation is leading a renewed push for reform of federal commercial fishing quotas critics say are out of date, wasteful, fail to respond to Read More »
- Hugh Akagi – Inherent Indigenous rights are not a gift from government
  
  The Supreme Court of Canada has begun to repair the hundreds of years of friction between Indigenous people and European settlers. The court recently ruled that Read More »
- Prosecutors – Carlos Seafood’s transaction reports didn’t match up
  
  The FV Hera II, a boat that prosecutors said fishing fleet owner Carlos Rafael owned through a shell corporation, reported catching 4,595 pounds of haddock on Read More »
- Rbdf Arrests Dominican Poachers With Huge Catch
  
  Dominican poachers who were arrested by Royal Bahamas Defence Force officials and the US Coast Guard this week were carrying some 30,000 pounds of illegally harvested Read More »
- Maryland Natural Resources Police Charges Five Watermen with Oyster Poaching
  
  “The message is out,” said Col. George F. Johnson IV, NRP superintendent. “Whether it’s patrolling the waters, checking seafood trucks on the highways and back roads, Read More »