FISHERYNATION.COM

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

•  

  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

  • Liz Warren declines to accept Barney Frank’s proposal to press President Obama for relief for the fishing industry

    “Senator Warren appreciated the opportunity to meet with fishermen, family members, local small business owners, and advocates earlier this week in Gloucester and New Bedford to Read More »

  • Stranded Dragger Aground in Montauk is Freed

    The 55-foot steel-hulled dragger that ran aground in Montauk on the morning of Nov. 27 was finally pulled free Tuesday by the tugboat Judy M., the Read More »

  • We’re not ‘sinister’: Menhaden fish processers want lawsuit dismissed

    As it said it would, Cooke Inc. has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed in a federal district court that claims the seafood company Read More »
  • 

    F/V Villa de Pitanxo: survivors en route to Canadian port of St. John’s

    Three survivors from a Spanish fishing trawler that sank hundreds of miles off the coast of Newfoundland, Canada, were en route to this port city on Read More »

  • Letter: Romeo Theken has worked hard for the fishing industry

    As members of Gloucester’s fishing industry and waterfront economy, we are writing in strong support of Sefatia Romeo Theken’s election for mayor. Since Sefatia has been in Read More »
  • 

    Star ship Enterprise – Biggest beam trawler yet arrives in Newlyn

      Sporting new company colours, the Enterprise PZ99 has joined the OceanFish fleet in Newlyn, and at 42 meters and 471 tons she is by far the Read More »

  • Kodiak Sockeye Season Opens Early on June 1

    Kodiak’s commercial sockeye salmon season gets off to a bang tomorrow (today). Already this week has far exceeded expectations, with Monday setting an all time record Read More »

  • Aquaculture review fast-tracked and expanded by federal government – Nova Scotia added to list

    The federal government has restarted a process to review how fish farms are regulated, and will now expand the scope of the review to include more Read More »

  • Either there are two meetings one for us, and an earlier one for the Press @ 13:00 or they are lying.

    Just intercepted a notice from NOAA Fish Media on twitter, that there is a media advisory from NOAA Whatever about the meeting being at 13:00 – Read More »
  • 

    A year in the life of a tuna boat helicopter pilot

    I had 25 minutes of fuel on board and no place to land except our boat or the sea. As I got closer, I could clearly Read More »
  • 

    After court victory, Maine lobster industry expects status quo for a few more years

    The Maine lobster industry scored a major victory last month, when a federal appeals court ruled that the scientific assumptions used to regulate fishing and protect Read More »

  • The Last Fishermen of Long Island

    Photographers Doug Kuntz, 57, and Tara Israel, 30, are both natives of Eastern Long Island. Although they grew up decades apart, both Kuntz and Israel were drawn Read More »

  • Humboldt County Officials Respond to Recent Turbine Blade Collapse at East Coast Vineyard Wind Farm

    Operations were suspended this week at Vineyard Wind 1, an offshore wind farm located about 35 miles off the coast of mainland Massachusetts, after a damaged wind Read More »
  • 

    Unanimous N.C. Appeals Court Rules State Can Be Sued for Failing to Protect Fishing Rights

    The decision could eventually lead to new restrictions on commercial fishing. The Appeals Court agreed to affirm a trial judge’s ruling in the case, Coastal Conservation Association Read More »
  • 

    Trawler skipper was looking at WhatsApp, swamped a small boat, killing three leaving one survivor

    A Scottish trawler skipper was looking at WhatsApp when his dredger swamped four friends on a fishing trip, killing three of them, a court heard. The Read More »
  • 

    Fishing vessel runs aground in Unalaska, pulled free by F/V Amatuli

    A fishing vessel ran aground in Unalaska Saturday morning. It was en route to offload crab at local processing plant Westward Seafoods. The 92-foot F/V Kevleen Read More »
  • 

    Lobster fishermen land a deer!

    Two brothers lobster fishing off the coast of Antigonish, N.S., on Thursday morning hauled up an unusual catch. Justin and Luc Boudreau first noticed the deer’s Read More »

  • New commercial whelk fishery to open in eastern Nova Scotia

    A new commercial Whelk fishery that will officially start in the spring of 2024 was announced Friday outside Louisbourg Seafood facilities in Louisbourg, N.S. “It’s a Read More »
  • 

    Lobster boat racing season was a summer success

    As attention begins to turn from boat motors to snow blowers, the Maine Lobster Boat Racing Association reports that the summer racing season was a resounding Read More »

  • Navy: Training, testing may kill hundreds of whales, dolphins and injure thousands

    The studies were done ahead of the Navy applying to the National Marine Fisheries Service for permits for its activities. The Navy said that the studies Read More »
  • 

    P.E.I. lobster season closes Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019

    Despite missing about 10 fishing days, including four last week due to foul weather, Miminegash lobster fisherman Thane Deagle said Tuesday he’s quite satisfied with the Read More »

  • Cooke Aquaculture’s escaped farmed salmon a major concern, says Opposition critic – Number of escapees estimated to be better than 50,000

    Liberal fisheries critic Jim Bennett says a recent incident of Cooke Aquaculture’s farmed salmon escaping from into Hermitage Bay compounds concern over an earlier escape on Read More »

  • Tropical storm Gabrielle Tropical storm Gabrielle – Hurricane Humberto is out there churning

    The storm has begun to accelerate northward and is expected to merge with a cloud front near New England, according to the Canadian Hurricane Centre. The Read More »
  • 

    Texas: Local shrimpers stay in the bays catching live bait

    Local shrimpers spend their morning in the bays catching shrimp for live bait not for people to eat. “Since Gulf King is gone. Everything started going Read More »

  • Mississippi DMR fisheries director will retire

    Dale Diaz, 51, has been director of the Office of Marine Fisheries, which has 47 employees, since February 2007. He has worked for DMR more than Read More »

• Archives

  • November 2024 (124)
  • October 2024 (170)
  • September 2024 (180)
  • August 2024 (178)
  • July 2024 (171)
  • June 2024 (172)
  • May 2024 (191)
  • April 2024 (191)
  • March 2024 (209)
  • February 2024 (192)
  • January 2024 (211)
  • December 2023 (188)
  • November 2023 (202)
  • October 2023 (180)
  • September 2023 (101)
  • August 2023 (241)
  • July 2023 (237)
  • June 2023 (211)
  • May 2023 (235)
  • April 2023 (210)
  • March 2023 (215)
  • February 2023 (179)
  • January 2023 (187)
  • December 2022 (178)
  • November 2022 (187)
  • October 2022 (190)
  • September 2022 (177)
  • August 2022 (203)
  • July 2022 (186)
  • June 2022 (184)
  • May 2022 (186)
  • April 2022 (190)
  • March 2022 (219)
  • February 2022 (167)
  • January 2022 (192)
  • December 2021 (191)
  • November 2021 (182)
  • October 2021 (196)
  • September 2021 (197)
  • August 2021 (205)
  • July 2021 (221)
  • June 2021 (211)
  • May 2021 (221)
  • April 2021 (204)
  • March 2021 (202)
  • February 2021 (188)
  • January 2021 (195)
  • December 2020 (193)
  • November 2020 (181)
  • October 2020 (204)
  • September 2020 (195)
  • August 2020 (189)
  • July 2020 (205)
  • June 2020 (194)
  • May 2020 (225)
  • April 2020 (218)
  • March 2020 (216)
  • February 2020 (209)
  • January 2020 (233)
  • December 2019 (227)
  • November 2019 (240)
  • October 2019 (241)
  • September 2019 (241)
  • August 2019 (270)
  • July 2019 (288)
  • June 2019 (270)
  • May 2019 (263)
  • April 2019 (223)
  • March 2019 (210)
  • February 2019 (155)
  • January 2019 (117)
  • December 2018 (216)
  • November 2018 (169)
  • October 2018 (218)
  • September 2018 (247)
  • August 2018 (258)
  • July 2018 (259)
  • June 2018 (250)
  • May 2018 (251)
  • April 2018 (246)
  • March 2018 (266)
  • February 2018 (256)
  • January 2018 (278)
  • December 2017 (309)
  • November 2017 (281)
  • October 2017 (288)
  • September 2017 (275)
  • August 2017 (284)
  • July 2017 (287)
  • June 2017 (273)
  • May 2017 (276)
  • April 2017 (275)
  • March 2017 (300)
  • February 2017 (252)
  • January 2017 (288)
  • December 2016 (263)
  • November 2016 (268)
  • October 2016 (287)
  • September 2016 (284)
  • August 2016 (293)
  • July 2016 (286)
  • June 2016 (273)
  • May 2016 (246)
  • April 2016 (267)
  • March 2016 (260)
  • February 2016 (265)
  • January 2016 (269)
  • December 2015 (266)
  • November 2015 (281)
  • October 2015 (289)
  • September 2015 (286)
  • August 2015 (298)
  • July 2015 (294)
  • June 2015 (329)
  • May 2015 (316)
  • April 2015 (317)
  • March 2015 (324)
  • February 2015 (301)
  • January 2015 (332)
  • December 2014 (322)
  • November 2014 (330)
  • October 2014 (382)
  • September 2014 (340)
  • August 2014 (347)
  • July 2014 (376)
  • June 2014 (401)
  • May 2014 (344)
  • April 2014 (341)
  • March 2014 (375)
  • February 2014 (374)
  • January 2014 (360)
  • December 2013 (294)
  • November 2013 (372)
  • October 2013 (391)
  • September 2013 (461)
  • August 2013 (566)
  • July 2013 (526)
  • June 2013 (447)
  • May 2013 (475)
  • April 2013 (508)
  • March 2013 (459)
  • February 2013 (352)
  • January 2013 (265)
  • December 2012 (206)
  • November 2012 (168)
  • October 2012 (187)
  • September 2012 (126)
  • August 2012 (4)

• Tags

  Alaska Alaska Department of Fish and Game Athearn Marine Agency Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission Boat of the Week BOEM Brexit British Columbia California canada Coast Guard commercial fisherman commercial fishermen commercial fishing Coronavirus Department of Fisheries and Oceans DFO Dungeness crab FFAW FISH-NL Gulf of Maine Gulf of St. Lawrence lobster Louisiana maine massachusetts National Marine Fisheries Service new-england-fishery-management-council Newfoundland and Labrador New Jersey NMFS NOAA North Atlantic right whale North Carolina. North Carolina Fisheries Association North Pacific Fishery Management Council Nova Scotia Obituary offshore wind offshore wind farm offshore wind farms Oregon Scotland United Kingdom weekly update

• Comments

  • Julie Evans on Bam! Scientists study wind farm construction noise impacts on lobsters… by making big noises
  • borehead - Moderator on Charter Capt. Found Guilty of Illegal Commercial Fishing On LI
  • Capt. TJ Karbowski on Charter Capt. Found Guilty of Illegal Commercial Fishing On LI
  • Jesse Kvale on Alaska fisherman could get six months in prison after attempting to kill sperm whale
  • Joel Hovanesian on Alaska fisherman could get six months in prison after attempting to kill sperm whale
  • Brandon Gaines on Alaska fisherman could get six months in prison after attempting to kill sperm whale
  • james R Lovgren on Election Jitters, Industry Headwinds Undermine Biden’s Final Offshore Wind Auction
  • borehead - Moderator on Scalloper who was asked to take down anti-wind flag: ‘It’s wrong in so many ways’
  • Joel Hovanesian on Scalloper who was asked to take down anti-wind flag: ‘It’s wrong in so many ways’
  • John osmers on ‘I make nothing’: Local fishers weigh leaving the industry as inflation drives up costs
  • Dylan on Alaska’s “Imploding” Fishing Industry Has Shed 38,000 Jobs
  • Marty Connor on Did New Bedford police tell a fisherman to take down his ‘anti-windmill’ flag?
  • Judi Camarato on Second Minke Whale Found Dead Off Jersey Coast Days Since Offshore Wind Survey Ship Returned
  • Ian on Rare whale died of chronic entanglement in Maine fishing gear
  • John osmers on Rare whale died of chronic entanglement in Maine fishing gear
  • borehead - Moderator on Maine Unions Lead on the Green Energy Transition
  • Davis on Right whales and offshore wind: reflections on an uneasy coexistence
  • David zielinski on DOCUMENTARY ON THE WAY EXPOSING THE ILLEGAL SINKING OF THE 110’ MV WILD ALASKAN AND COAST GUARD MISCONDUCT
  • Gordon A Bell on Original Peter Pan Seafood investor wins auction for troubled company’s assets
  • james R Lovgren on James Binniker Named New Director of NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement
  • Joel Hovanesian on James Binniker Named New Director of NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement
  • Chris iversen on California’s trillion dollars floating wind fantasy
  • Mary Howard on IS THE G.A.O. SLOWWALKING ITS INVESTIGATION OF OFFSHORE WIND IMPACTS? By Jim Lovgren
  • Charles Bernier on Effort builds to save historic legacy of sardine carrier ‘Jacob Pike’
  • Brian Pontolilo on Mass. and Rhode Island pick 3 new wind projects, with less power than originally sought
  • Dennis OBrien on Biden – Harris Administration Approves Nation’s Tenth Offshore Wind Project
  • A on Biden – Harris Administration Approves Nation’s Tenth Offshore Wind Project
  • Russell Gary Smith on Offshore wind energy development: A David vs Goliath story
  • Your nightmare on New NOAA opinion: Wind farm pile driving causing “temporary disturbance” causing “temporary disturbance”
  • borehead - Moderator on Feds say SC boat owner may face prison for catching too many fish, then concealing it

• Facebook