2nd body recovered, 3rd fisherman still missing in Newfoundland’s Placentia Bay

June 17, 2015 Canada

Three fishermen were reported overdue Tuesday evening, according to a person involved in the search. The body of one of the men was located early Wednesday morning, while the second body was recovered hours later. A family member of one of the men told CBC News they were fishing for crab. The men left Southern Harbour on Sunday on a longliner, which they anchored at Davis Cove. Around 4:30 a.m. Tuesday, the three went by speedboat to check fishing pots and were expected back mid-afternoon. Read the rest here 11:45

2nd body recovered, 3rd fisherman still missing, Newfoundland's Placentia Bay, Three fishermen reported overdue

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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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