The Discard Ban: Fishers will have to work longer, top skipper warns

December 15, 2015 International News

Fishing crew are going to have to work longer hours when the discard ban is extended from the start of next year, according to north-east celebrity skipper Jimmy Buchan. Mr Buchan, who starred in the BBC’s Trawlermen series, which highlighted the hardships of life at sea, said the new landing obligation on the white-fish fleet was likely to add to the pressure of limited time at sea under current EU catch rules. He added: “Although I have to remain optimistic, I am very sceptical that this new regulation will be very easy to operate within. Read the article here 08:00

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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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