New classification rules for U.S. fishing vessels – DNV GL Tackles Safety through Standards

May 12, 2015 National

New classification rules for U.S. fishing vessels address safety issues through collaboration, new rules and an eye towards economy. With this in view, U.S. legislation requires that all new fishing vessels of at least 50 feet overall in length are to be built and maintained to classification rules. Read the rest here. For an excellent breakdown of this, (it’s expensive!) Read SAFE-BOAT SMART-BOAT: Time to grasp an understanding of new USCG safety requirements Click here photo 15:56

Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Act of 2012, Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2010, Vessel construction & classification

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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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