North Haven fisherman found dead aboard circling boat

October 3, 2015 North Pacific

A 78-year-old North Haven man was confirmed to have died Friday afternoon aboard his lobster boat that was found racing in circles off the Rockland breakwater. Robert Staples died despite the efforts of emergency crews, who performed CPR aboard the lobster boat Legacy and at the dock of the Coast Guard station, said Maine Marine Patrol Sgt. Matt Talbot. The lobster boat, based out of North Haven, was first spotted by the crew of the Maine State Ferry Everett Libby shortly before 3 p.m Video, Read the rest here 09:11

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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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