20131005_162959

October 5, 2013

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
November 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

« Oct

November 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
- Always Top Quality! Your Seafreeze Ltd. Price Sheet for November 2020 Has Arrived!
  
  Contact our sales team today! To review the complete price list from Seafreeze Ltd., >Click here< – “The only thing we treat our fish with, is respect” Seafreeze Read More »
- Processor Fined for dumping oily bilge water and raw sewage in Kodiak Waters
  
  A Washington processing company that owns a Kodiak-based vessel was sentenced in federal court to pay $50,000 in fines after the vessel illegally discharged raw sewage Read More »
- Salmon Farms Blamed for Virus Outbreak
  
  Commercial salmon farms in Puget Sound are harming wild salmon but the federal government refuses to act, the Wild Fish Conservancy claims in court. A virus Read More »
- Historic West Coast fishing vessel Stephanie to be restored
  
  The Humboldt Bay Maritime Museum and the City of Eureka teamed up in 2011 to restore a historic wooden fishing vessel, one of the oldest if Read More »
- A Must Read – Common-sense fisheries oversight needed By Daniel Goethel. “Extinction”
  
  As the debate looms over whether Gulf of Maine cod catch limits for 2013 and beyond should be cut by 90 percent or a mere 80 Read More »
- Green Crabs in Maine threatening economy, ecosystem; less so in N.H.
  
  Beneath the seemingly calm and tranquil surface of our coastal waters lurk hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of the little green creatures. And they are Read More »
- Station Menemsha aids disabled fishing vessel
  
  Station Menemsha dispatched a 47-foot motor lifeboat Thursday morning to aid a commercial fishing boat that lost propulsion about 42 miles off Aquinnah. A motor lifeboat Read More »
- Salmon Tender “Lonestar” has Capsized in the Mouth of the Igushik River – All hands safe
  
  A large vessel, used to transport sockeye salmon from the fishing grounds to a processing facility, has capsized in the mouth of one of the major Read More »
- Commercial Fisherman Plead With State Consultant For License System Overhaul
  
  The young men who work the decks of Hank Lackner’s dragger, Jason & Danielle, spend up to three weeks at a time far over the horizon Read More »
- What would they say if it were commercial fishermen? – D.E.C. Officers Target Another Party Boat
  
  On Saturday, for the second time in three weeks, State Department of Environmental Conservation officers boarded a Montauk-based party boat and charged anglers with possessing undersize Read More »
- Coast Guard crews searching for 55′ fishing vessel taking on water near Mount Desert Rock, Maine
  
  BOSTON — Coast Guard rescue crews are searching for two people aboard a 55-foot fishing vessel approximately nine miles northeast of Mount Desert Rock, Maine, on Sunday. Read More »
- Happy 230th Birthday to the U.S. Coast Guard!
  
  The United States Coast Guard celebrates its 230th birthday today. The Coast Guard was created on August 4, 1790, when the first Congress authorized Secretary of Read More »
- Bad Fraser River sockeye run has salmon watchers worried
  
  The latest estimate pegs the run size at 2.4 million salmon, barely a third of the 6.8 million mid-range projection of fishery managers. Commercial fishing that Read More »
- Fishermen’s Alliance Highlights Offshore Wind Threat to Haddock, Lobster Fisheries in Gulf of Maine
  
  An alliance of groups representing New England’s fishermen is highlighting scientific research that suggests offshore wind development could have “population-scale effects” on key fish and crustacean Read More »
- New Jersey: Legislators Propose Bill To Limit Local Say Over Offshore Wind Farm Projects
  
  The bill comes at a time when Ørsted’s proposed offshore wind project has been gaining opposition from several coastal communities concerned about the cables running underneath Read More »
- Biologists hope chinook salmon’s rebound will continue
  
  The number of chinook salmon entering the Yukon has met minimum targets for the second year in a row. This year, 57,000 fish have been counted in the Yukon River at Eagle, Read More »
- Ensuring We Continue to Preserve the Independence of the Inshore Fleet in Canada’s Atlantic Fisheries – The Honourable Gail Shea
  
  The Honourable Gail Shea, Minister of Fisheries and Oceans, today issued the following statement: As a proud Maritimer, I know full well the importance of the Read More »
- Everybody’s Happy About the Harbor Porpoise Decision! Well, Except the Enviros. Here’s a bunch of link’s!
  
  Senator Kerry Welcomes Changes to Gillnet Fishery Closure http://www.savingseafood.org/washington/senator-kerry-welcomes-changes-to-gillnet-fishery-cl-2.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+SavingSeafoodRss+%28Saving+Seafood%29 New Bedford fishermen hail feds’ change of heart on porpoise closure http://www.southcoasttoday.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120926/NEWS/120929902 Northeast Seafood Coalition thanks NOAA Read More »
- Big changes could be coming to East Coast herring fishery
  
  Federal fishing regulators are considering changing the way they manage one of the largest fisheries on the East Coast to better account for its impact on Read More »
- Coronavirus Breakthrough! Live lobster shipment from Nova Scotia to China resumes
  
  For the first time in more than a month, live lobster from Nova Scotia has been flown to China, after fear of the coronavirus and travel Read More »
- Editorial: Fishery panel (NEFMC) holds chance to show need for reforms
  
  Angela Sanfilippo,,, violates standards of Magnuson-Stevens that require NOAA to consider the economic impact on fishing communities.,,And given the secrecy of the “unscheduled” study, there are Read More »
- Biden Administration Is Killing Whales and Covering it Up
  
  The Biden Administration is rushing headlong to start the massive construction of offshore wind power projects off the East Coast. The wind industry calls these installations Read More »
- Coast Guard: Captain’s mistakes led to El Faro sinking
  
  The U.S. Coast Guard has concluded mistakes by the captain of the El Faro led to the sinking of the cargo ship and the deaths of Read More »
- North Carolina Fisheries Association Weekly Update for June 05, 2020
  
  Legislative updates, Bill updates, Calendar, >Click here to read the Weekly Update<, to read all the updates >click here<, for older updates listed as NCFA >click here< 23:07 Read More »
- Rocky Barker: The Endangered Species Act survives, but not all species will
  
  Aldo Leopold’s seed of wisdom grew into the law that has become the foundation of ecosystem protection for 40 years. President Richard Nixon signed the Endangered Read More »